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Plymouth
Solomon Islands
Torquay
David Owen
History of Great Britain
1966
Election
Plymouth
Elected
Member
of
Parliament
for Plymouth
1968
Junior Minister
Appointed
Junior
Minister
1974
Parliament
5th Mar London
Appointed Parliamentary
Under
Secretary
1976
Privy Council
Appointed
Member
of the
Privy
Council
1977
CLV
Helps found the
Campaign
for
Labour
Victory, begining of the SDP
1977
Diplomacy
London
Has talks in
Madrid
about the future of Gibraltar
1977
Minister
21st Feb
Appointed
Foreign
Minister
1978
Independence
7th July Solomon Islands
The
Solomon
Islands are granted independence after 85 years of
British
rule
1980
Resignation
Resigns from the
Shadow
Cabinet
1981
SDP
25th Jan London
One of the "Gang of Four", former
Labour
Ministers who found the SDP
1983
Election
June
The Liberal-SDP
Alliance
win 25% of the popular vote
1983
Party Leader
Appointed
Party
Leader
of the SDP
1985
Conference of SDP
2nd Sep Torquay
Opening day of the
SDP
Conference
in Torquay
1987
Election
The SDP-Liberal
Alliance
win 22.6% of the popular vote, 7% behind Labour
1987
Resignation
6th Aug London
Resigns as leader of the
SDP
after his
Party
votes to merge with the
Liberal
Party
1990
Dissolution
3rd June
Announces the dissolution of the SDP, continues as an
Independent
Social
Democrat
14th Nov London
Dissolves the SDP
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