Heppell, T and Hill, M (2015) Prime ministerial powers of patronage: ministerial appointments and dismissals under Edward Heath. Contemporary British History. ISSN 1361-9462
Abstract
This article examines how Edward Heath utilised the Prime Ministerial power of ministerial appointment between 1970 and 1974. It does so within the context of the difficulties that Heath experienced in managing the ideological tensions within his party during his leadership tenure and his subsequent removal from the leadership of the Conservative Party in early 1975. Critically, by utilising Cabinet Office papers (PREM 5), the article demonstrates how his Chief Whip, Francis Pym, made a series of recommendations on how ministerial allocation could be used to aid party management and address backbench criticism about his leadership, and how Heath disregarded much of this advice.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015, Taylor and Francis. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Contemporary British History in 2015 available online: http://wwww.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13619462.2014.997715 |
Keywords: | The Conservative Party; Edward Heath; Heath government 1970–74; ministerial selection; cabinet ministers |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 13 Mar 2015 14:52 |
Last Modified: | 09 Jan 2017 08:21 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13619462.2014.997715 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis (Routledge) |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/13619462.2014.997715 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:83518 |