Barbara Castle Barbara Castle Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, PC, GCOT ("née" Betts; 6 October 1910 – 3 May 2002) was a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Blackburn from 1945 to 1979, making her the longest-serving female MP in the history of the House of Commons until that record was broken in 2007 by Gwyneth Dunwoody. She later became the Member of the European Parliament for Greater Manchester from 1979 to 1989 and subsequently a member of the House of Lords, having been granted a life peerage in 1990. One of the most significant
Jim Blackburn (politician) Jim Blackburn (politician) Theodore "Jim" Blackburn (born 2 July 1943) is an American politician and a Republican member of the Wyoming House of Representatives representing District 42 since January 5, 2015. Blackburn challenged incumbent Republican Representative Pete Illoway in the Republican primary and lost, 58% to 42%. After incumbent Republican Representative Lynn Hutchings retired to run for the Wyoming Senate, Blackburn announced his candidacy. He defeated Tom Jones in the Republican primary with 55% of the vote. Blackburn defeated Democrat Gary Datus in the general election, 66% to 34%. Blackburn ran unopposed for the Republican nomination, and defeated Democrat Juliet