Enoch Powell's political career ended in 1987 as a member of which party?
Enoch Powell October to 12 November 2016, with Powell portrayed by Ian McDiarmid and Clem Jones by George Costigan. UK Parliament elections Notes Bibliography Further reading Enoch Powell John Enoch Powell (16 June 19128 February 1998) was a British politician, classical scholar, author, linguist, soldier, philologist and poet. He served as a Conservative Member of Parliament (1950–74), then Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) MP (1974–87), and was Minister of Health (1960–63). Before entering politics, Powell was a classical scholar, becoming a full professor of Ancient Greek at the age of 25 in Australia. During World War II, he served in both staff and
Enoch Powell on 20 April 1968, a poll which was taken after the speech reported that 74% of Britons agreed with Powell's opinions on mass immigration. In "The Trial of Enoch Powell", a Channel 4 television broadcast in April 1998, on the thirtieth anniversary of his Rivers of Blood speech (and two months after his death), 64% of the studio audience voted that Powell was not a racist. Some in the Church of England, of which Powell was a member, took a different view. Upon Powell's death, Barbados-born Wilfred Wood, then Bishop of Croydon, said "Enoch Powell gave a certificate of respectability