Tony Benn

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British politician Labour Party politician democratic socialist human political activist

Tony Benn was a prominent British Labour politician and left-wing campaigner known for his long parliamentary career and advocacy for democratic socialism and constitutional reform.

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Label	Occurrences
Tony Benn canonical	7
Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British politician ⓘ Labour Party politician ⓘ democratic socialist ⓘ human ⓘ political activist ⓘ
birthDate	1925-04-03 ⓘ
birthPlace	England ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London
burialPlace	St Mary’s Church, Kensal Green ⓘ
causeOfDeath	leukaemia ⓘ
child	Hilary Benn ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
deathDate	2014-03-14 ⓘ
educatedAt	New College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ Westminster School ⓘ
familyName	Benn ⓘ
father	William Wedgwood Benn ⓘ
fullName	Tony Benn self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn
givenName	Anthony ⓘ
hasSignatureItem	mug of tea ⓘ pipe ⓘ
ideology	democratic socialism ⓘ left-wing politics ⓘ socialism ⓘ
memberOf	House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ British Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
memberOfPoliticalParty	Labour Party (UK) ⓘ surface form: Labour Party
mother	Margaret Wedgwood Benn ⓘ
movement	British left-wing politics ⓘ
nickname	Tony Benn self-link ⓘ
notableFor	Euroscepticism ⓘ advocacy of democratic socialism ⓘ campaigning against hereditary peerages ⓘ campaigning for constitutional reform ⓘ campaigning for greater parliamentary democracy ⓘ opposition to the House of Lords ⓘ opposition to the Iraq War ⓘ support for public ownership ⓘ support for trade unions ⓘ
notableWork	Arguments for Democracy ⓘ Arguments for Socialism ⓘ Dare to be a Daniel ⓘ
occupation	diarist ⓘ politician ⓘ writer ⓘ
parliamentaryServiceEnd	2001 ⓘ
parliamentaryServiceStart	1950 ⓘ
placeOfDeath	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
positionHeld	Member of Parliament ⓘ Minister of Technology of the United Kingdom ⓘ Postmaster General of Great Britain ⓘ surface form: Postmaster General of the United Kingdom President of the Board of Trade of the United Kingdom ⓘ Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero ⓘ surface form: Secretary of State for Energy of the United Kingdom Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development ⓘ surface form: Secretary of State for Industry of the United Kingdom
religion	Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ surface form: Anglicanism
representedInParliament	Bristol South East ⓘ Chesterfield ⓘ
spouse	Caroline Benn ⓘ

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Postmaster General of Great Britain → positionHeldBy → Tony Benn ⓘ

Westminster School → hasNotableAlumni → Tony Benn ⓘ

Secretary of State for Trade and Industry → officeHoldersInclude → Tony Benn ⓘ

Tony Benn → fullName → Tony Benn self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn

Tony Benn → nickname → Tony Benn self-link ⓘ

Brooks's (gentlemen's club) → hasNotableMember → Tony Benn ⓘ

subject surface form: Brooks's

Tribune → notableContributor → Tony Benn ⓘ

William Wedgwood Benn → child → Tony Benn ⓘ