Jack Diamond, Baron Diamond

(Redirected from John Diamond, Baron Diamond) British politician (1907–2004)

The Right HonourableThe Lord DiamondPC

Chief Secretary to the Treasury
In office 20 October 1964 – 19 June 1970
Prime Minister	Harold Wilson
Preceded by	John Boyd-Carpenter
Succeeded by	Maurice Macmillan
Member of Parliament for Gloucester
In office 12 September 1957 – 29 May 1970
Preceded by	Moss Turner-Samuels
Succeeded by	Sally Oppenheim
Member of Parliament for Manchester Blackley
In office 5 July 1945 – 4 October 1951
Preceded by	John Lees-Jones
Succeeded by	Eric Johnson

Personal details
Born	John Diamond (1907-04-30)30 April 1907 Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Died	3 April 2004(2004-04-03) (aged 96) Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, England
Political party	Labour (until 1981; 1995–2004) SDP (1981–88) 'Continuing' SDP (1988–90) Non-affiliated (1990–95)

John Diamond, Baron Diamond, PC (30 April 1907 – 3 April 2004), known as Jack Diamond, was a British Labour Party politician.

Diamond was educated at Leeds Grammar School and became an accountant. Diamond became managing director of Capitol and Provincial News Theatres. He was elected Member of Parliament in 1945 for the Blackley division of Manchester, but lost it in 1951. In 1946 and 1947, he was parliamentary private secretary to the Ministry of Works. He returned to the House of Commons in a 1957 by-election for Gloucester, caused by the death of its Labour MP, Moss Turner-Samuels.

He served as Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 1964, a cabinet position from 1968, and Privy Councillor from 1965. He represented Gloucester until his surprise defeat in 1970 by the Conservative candidate, Sally Oppenheim.

Diamond was appointed to the Privy Council in the 1965 Birthday Honours, and was created a life peer as Baron Diamond of the City of Gloucester on 25 September 1970. In 1981 he left the Labour Party for the new Social Democratic Party (SDP). He led the SDP in the House of Lords from 1982 to 1988 but opposed its merger with the Liberals, associating instead with the Owenite 'continuing' SDP before rejoining Labour in 1995.

Family

Diamond was first married in 1932 and had two sons and a daughter. He had a daughter, Joan, by his second wife, Julie Goodman, whom he married in 1948. They separated in 1966 and divorced 10 years later. Upon his death at 96, he was survived by his children and by his third wife, Barbara Kagan, whom he had married in 1976.

References

Roth, Andrew (6 April 2004). "obituaries: Lord Diamond". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
"No. 43667". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1965. p. 5471.
"No. 45207". The London Gazette. 6 October 1970. p. 10875.
Sheila Gunn, 'Diamond refuses to yield ground.' The Times, 15 March 1988, p. 4.

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Jack Diamond

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded byJohn Lees-Jones	Member of Parliament for Manchester Blackley 1945–1951	Succeeded byEric Johnson
Preceded byMoss Turner-Samuels	Member of Parliament for Gloucester 1957–1970	Succeeded bySally Oppenheim
Political offices
Preceded byJohn Boyd-Carpenter	Chief Secretary to the Treasury 1964–1970	Succeeded byMaurice Macmillan
Party political offices
Preceded byIan Mikardo	Treasurer of the Fabian Society 1950–1964	Succeeded byMichael Shanks
Preceded byNew position	Leader of the Social Democratic Party in the House of Lords 1982–1988	Succeeded byThe Lord Jenkins of Hillhead Leader of the SLD in the House of Lords The Baroness Stedman Leader of the continuing SDP in the House of Lords

Liberal Democrats

Leadership

Leaders	Steel (Liberal) (1988) Maclennan (SDP) (1988) Ashdown (1988–1999) Kennedy (1999–2006) Campbell (2006–2007) Clegg (2007–2015) Farron (2015–2017) Cable (2017–2019) Swinson (2019) Davey (from 2020)
Deputy leaders	Johnston (1988–1992) Beith (1992–2003) Campbell (2003–2006) Cable (2006–2010) Hughes (2010–2014) Bruce (2014–2015) Swinson (2017–2019) Davey (2019–2020) Cooper (from 2020)
Leaders in the Lords	Seear (Liberal) (1988) Diamond (SDP) (1988) Jenkins (1988–1997) Rodgers (1997–2001) Williams (2001–2004) McNally (2004–2013) Wallace (2013–2016) Newby (from 2016)
Presidents	Wrigglesworth (1989–1990) Kennedy (1991–1994) Maclennan (1995–1998) Maddock (1999–2000) Dholakia (2001–2004) Hughes (2005–2008) Scott (2009–2010) Farron (2011–2014) Brinton (2015–2019) Pack (from 2020)

Leadership elections

Leadership	1988 (Ashdown) 1999 (Kennedy) 2006 (Campbell) 2007 (Clegg) 2015 (Farron) 2017 (Cable) 2019 (Swinson) 2020 (Davey) 2024 (Davey)
Deputy leadership	2003 (Campbell) 2006 (Cable) 2010 (Hughes) 2014 (Bruce) 2017 (Swinson) 2019 (Davey)

Frontbench team
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Frontbench in opposition	Frontbench Team of Paddy Ashdown (1997–1999) Frontbench Team of Charles Kennedy (1999–2006) Frontbench Team of Menzies Campbell (2006–2007) First Frontbench Team of Vince Cable (2007) Frontbench Team of Nick Clegg (2007–2010) Frontbench Team of Tim Farron (2015–2017) Second Frontbench Team of Vince Cable (2017–2019) Frontbench Team of Jo Swinson (2019) Frontbench Team of Ed Davey (2020-present)
State parties	English Liberal Democrats Scottish Liberal Democrats Welsh Liberal Democrats
Regional parties	London Liberal Democrats Northern Ireland Liberal Democrats
Conference	Liberal Democrat Conference
Committees	Federal Board
SAOs	LGBT+ Liberal Democrats Young Liberals (English Young Liberals, Scottish Young Liberals, Welsh Young Liberals/Rhyddfrydwr Ifanc Cymru)

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