Studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Jesus College, Oxford. He later became an Economic History lecturer and a research fellow
Elected to Parliament in 1945, appointed to the Attlee government as a Parliamentary Secretary
Led Labour to a narrow victory at the 1964 election. As prime minister oversaw a period of low unemployment and relative economic prosperity
Presided over significant societal changes, abolishing capital punishment, partially decriminalising male homosexuality, relaxing the divorce laws, and liberalising birth control and abortion law
