Charles Pannell

For the U.S. federal judge, see Charles A. Pannell Jr.

The Right Honourable The Lord Pannell PC
Minister of Public Buildings and Works
In office 16 October 1964 – 6 April 1966
Prime Minister	Harold Wilson
Preceded by	Geoffrey Rippon
Succeeded by	Reg Prentice
Member of Parliament for Leeds West
In office 21 July 1949 – 28 February 1974
Preceded by	Thomas Stamford
Succeeded by	Joseph Dean
Personal details
Born	(1902-09-10)10 September 1902
Died	23 February 1990(1990-02-23) (aged 87)
Political party	Labour

Thomas Charles Pannell, Baron Pannell, PC (10 September 1902 – 23 March 1980) was a British Labour Party politician.

He entered local politics in the outer London suburbs: he was a member of Walthamstow Borough Council from 1929–36 and of Erith Borough Council from 1938–55, and served as Mayor of Erith in 1945-46. He also sat on Kent County Council, where he was deputy leader of the Labour group from 1946-49.

He was elected Member of Parliament for Leeds West at a 1949 by-election, and served until his retirement at the February 1974 general election.

Pannell served as Minister of Public Building and Works in the first Wilson government, 1964-66.

On 21 June 1974 he was created a life peer, taking the title Baron Pannell, of the City of Leeds.

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Charles Pannell