John Parker (UK politician)
- John Parker (UK politician)
Herbert John Harvey Parker (15 July 1906 – 24 November 1987), normally known as John Parker was a long-serving British Labour politician.
He was educated at Marlborough College and St John's College, Oxford, where he was Chair of Oxford University Labour Club. In 1931 he contested the seat of Holland-with-Boston. In 1935 he was elected MP for Romford in Essex, which he represented until 1945; and he subsequently sat for Dagenham (1945–1983). He was the last serving member of the House of Commons to have been elected before World War II, and with 48 years in Parliament, he remains Labour's longest-serving MP ever. [cite web |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2184260,00.html | title=People |author=Stephen Bates |date=2007-10-05 |publisher=The Guardian |accessdate=2007-10-05]
He was General Secretary of the Fabian Society during World War II, and subsequently its Vice-Chairman and Chairman, and was a junior minister in the Dominions Office 1945-6. In the 48th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1979-1983) he was the Father of the House of Commons.
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