Roy Jenkins 1983 general election, when Owen succeeded him unopposed. Jenkins was disappointed with Owen's move to the right, and his acceptance and backing of some of Thatcher's policies. At heart, Jenkins remained a Keynesian. He continued to serve as SDP Member of Parliament for Glasgow Hillhead until his defeat at the 1987 general election by the Labour candidate George Galloway, after boundary changes in 1983 had changed the character of the constituency. From 1987, Jenkins remained in politics as a member of the House of Lords as a life peer with the title Baron Jenkins of Hillhead, of Pontypool in the
Brian Garton Jenkins Chairman for its Silver Jubilee Appeal in 1987/1988 which raised £1M. For his Lord Mayor's Appeal, Jenkins chose a new CSV venture "Learning Together" whereby university students gave time in schools to help students understand universities better and encourage suitable pupils to apply. As his last major appointment, Jenkins was elected in 2004 Prior of the Order of St John and chairman of St John Ambulance, posts he held until final retirement in 2010. Brian Garton Jenkins Sir Brian Garton Jenkins (born 3 December 1935) is a retired English chartered accountant and business man who was President of the Institute