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his seat in January 1984. Ironically, this opened the way for Tony Benn to return to the House of Commons as Varley's successor in the seat. Varley served five years at Coalite, until the company was acquired in 1989, and subsequently held other directorships, including as a regional director for
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when Labour returned to power in 1974, and was the cabinet's youngest member. The appointment of an NUM-sponsored MP helped the government end the NUM strike which had led the previous government to ration electricity to three days a week. Varley subsidised the
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After Kinnock's election as party leader in 1983, Varley announced that he would retire from Parliament at the next general election. However, he ended up leaving before then, as he was appointed as Chairman of
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at the Ministry of Technology from 1969. During the Labour Party's period of opposition in the early 1970s, Varley was Chairman of the Trade Union Group of MPs, and became spokesman on fuel and power.
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he advocated a 'No' vote but was not prominent in the campaign. Immediately afterwards Wilson swapped Varley's and Benn's posts, so that Varley was effectively promoted to
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for the post of party Treasurer (an office he had coveted for some years) in 1981. He served as opposition spokesman on employment, and resisted an attempt by
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and chose a British design for new nuclear power stations over an American rival. He also began the procedure to nationalise
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plc, a private company manufacturing coal-based products including a coke-like smokeless fuel of the same name. He
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When Labour went into opposition in 1979, Varley was elected to the Shadow Cabinet in fifth place. He led
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was retiring from Parliament. He was narrowly selected in June 1963 and duly held the
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Despite rebelling against the government's application to join the
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In 1955, Varley married Marjorie Turner, and they had one son.
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in November 1968. He served briefly as a junior minister under
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Index

The Right Honourable
PC

Secretary of State for Industry
Harold Wilson
James Callaghan
Tony Benn
Keith Joseph
Secretary of State for Energy
Harold Wilson
The Lord Carrington
Tony Benn
Shadow Secretary of State for Employment
James Callaghan
Michael Foot
Jim Prior
John Smith
Shadow Secretary of State for Industry
James Callaghan
John Biffen
John Silkin
Member of Parliament
Chesterfield
George Benson
Tony Benn
Poolsbrook
Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Labour
Alma mater
Ruskin College

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