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Gordon James Oakes (22 June 1931 – 15 August 2005) was a British Labour Party politician. Early lifeOakes was educated at Wade Deacon grammar school, Widnes and at Liverpool University. A solicitor by profession, he became a councillor on Widnes Borough Council in 1952, serving as Mayor in 1964. Parliamentary careerOakes unsuccessfully contested Bebington in 1959 and Manchester Moss Side at a 1961 by-election. He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolton West from 1964 to 1970, when he was beaten by the Conservative Robert Redmond by 1,244 votes. He was re-elected for Widnes from a 1971 by-election until 1983, and for Halton from 1983 until 1997. Oakes served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Home Secretary from 1966, and in the government of Harold Wilson as a junior minister and as a Minister of State under James Callaghan. He was made a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom in 1979. He left the Opposition front bench in 1983. He was one of the MPs approached in the 1994 Cash-for-Questions affair, to which he responded "That is not how we do things here". DeathHe died of cancer on 15 August 2005 at the age of 74.[1] References1. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1496271/Gordon-Oakes.html|title=Gordon Oakes - Obituary|date=16 August 2005|work=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=1 June 2017}} External links
| title = Member of Parliament for Bolton West | years = 1964–1970 | before = Arthur Holt | after = Robert Redmond }}{{s-bef | before = James MacColl }}{{s-ttl | title = Member of Parliament for Widnes | years = 1971–1983 }}{{s-non | reason = Constituency abolished }}{{s-new | constituency}}{{s-ttl | title = Member of Parliament for Halton | years = 1983–1997 }}{{s-aft | after = Derek Twigg }}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Oakes, Gordon}}{{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub}} 19 : 1931 births|2005 deaths|Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies|Transport and General Workers' Union-sponsored MPs|UK MPs 1964–66|UK MPs 1966–70|UK MPs 1970–74|UK MPs 1974|UK MPs 1974–79|UK MPs 1979–83|UK MPs 1983–87|UK MPs 1987–92|UK MPs 1992–97|People from Widnes|Alumni of the University of Liverpool|Deaths from cancer in England|Councillors in Cheshire|Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Bolton West |
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