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, Loughlin was educated at St Mary's School. In 1945, he began working for the

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as an area organiser, holding the post until 1974. He was Member of Parliament for West Gloucestershire from 1959 until he stood down at the October 1974 general election. He was

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from 1965 to 1967, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Social Security from 1967 to 1968 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Public Building and Works from 1968 to 1970.

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claimed that Prime Minister

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had planned to sack Loughlin, but declined to do on hearing about the death of his daughter in a car crash.

References

*Times Guide to the House of Commons February 1974 *

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* 1914 births 1993 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Ministers in the Wilson governments, 1964–1970 UK MPs 1959–1964 UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1966–1970 UK MPs 1970–1974 UK MPs 1974 {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub