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Jack Cooper, Baron Cooper of Stockton Heath

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John Cooper, Baron Cooper of Stockton Heath (7 June 1908 – 2 September 1988) was a British Labour Party politician and trade union leader.

He was mentored by his Uncle, Charles Dukes (Charles Dukes, 1st Baron Dukeston) the drafter of the United Nations Human Rights Act for the United Kingdom.[citation needed]

At the 1950 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Deptford, but stood down from the House of Commons at the 1951 general election.

From 1961 to 1973 he was general secretary of the National Union of General and Municipal Workers.

On 11 July 1966, he was made a life peer as Baron Cooper of Stockton Heath, of Stockton Heath in the County Palatine of Chester.[1]

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  1. ^ "No. 44051". The London Gazette. 12 July 1966. p. 7828.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Deptford
19501951
Succeeded by
Trade union offices
Preceded by
Tom Cochrane
Southern District Secretary of the National Union of General and Municipal Workers
1944–1962
Succeeded by
Fred Walker
Preceded by Chairman of the National Union of General and Municipal Workers
1952–1962
Succeeded by
Preceded by General Secretary of the National Union of General and Municipal Workers
1962–1973
Succeeded by
Preceded by Trades Union Congress representative to the AFL-CIO
1967
With: Harry Nicholas
Succeeded by
Preceded by President of the Trades Union Congress
1971
Succeeded by