Niall MacDermot

Niall MacDermot (10 September 1916 – 22 February 1996) was a British Labour Party politician.

MacDermot was educated at Rugby School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and served in the Intelligence Corps during the Second World War.^[1] He was first elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham North, at a by-election in 1957 following the death of Conservative MP Sir Austin Hudson.

MacDermot lost his seat two years later at the 1959 general election, and unsuccessfully contested the equivalent seat at the 1961 London County Council election. He returned to Parliament as MP for Derby North at a by-election in 1962.

He was Financial Secretary to the Treasury from 1964 to 1967, and retired from the Commons at the 1970 general election.

From 1970 to 1990, he was Secretary-General of the International Commission of Jurists, succeeding Sean MacBride.^[2]

Notes

^ MacDERMOT. "MacDERMOT, Niall". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 2018 (online ed.). A & C Black. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |othernames= ignored (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) (subscription required)
^ Tam Dalyell (27 February 1996). "OBITUARY: Niall MacDermot". The Independent.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Austin Hudson	Member of Parliament for Lewisham North 1957–1959	Succeeded by Christopher Chataway
Preceded by Clifford Wilcock	Member of Parliament for Derby North 1962–1970	Succeeded by Phillip Whitehead
Political offices
Preceded by Alan Green	Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1964–1967	Succeeded by Harold Lever

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