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
Peter Jenkins (journalist) Peter Jenkins (journalist) Peter George James Jenkins (11 May 1934 – 27 May 1992) was a British journalist and Associate Editor of "The Independent". During his career he wrote regular columns for "The Guardian", "The Sunday Times" as well as "The Independent". Jenkins was educated at Culford School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he took a BA in History. He began his career as a journalist with the "Financial Times" (1958–60) and progressed to "The Guardian" where he was variously their Labour Correspondent (1963–67), Washington Correspondent (1972–74), and Political Commentator and Policy Editor (1974–85). He was a political columnist for