Harold Wilson Harold Wilson James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, (11 March 1916– 24 May 1995) was a British Labour politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1964 to 1970 and 1974 to 1976. Entering Parliament in 1945, Wilson was appointed a parliamentary secretary in the Attlee ministry and rose quickly through the ministerial ranks; he became Secretary for Overseas Trade in 1947 and was elevated to Cabinet shortly thereafter as President of the Board of Trade. In opposition to the next Conservative government, he served as Shadow Chancellor (19551961) and Shadow Foreign Secretary (19611963). Hugh Gaitskell,
Phil Wilson (British politician) supported the proposal to join the European Economic Area to mitigate the disadvantages of Brexit. Wilson's constituency of Sedgefield voted to Leave the European Union by 59.4%. Phil Wilson (British politician) Philip Wilson (born 31 May 1959) is a Labour Party MP in the United Kingdom. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Sedgefield on 19 July 2007 in a by-election that followed the resignation of Tony Blair, former Prime Minister and MP for Sedgefield. The son of a Fishburn colliery worker, Wilson has lived in the Sedgefield constituency all of his life. After attending Trimdon Secondary Modern