Former founder-member of the SDP and Labour minister in 1970s has died at the age of 90
Lady Shirley Williams, one of the original “gang of four” Labour politicians who split to form the Social Democratic party, has died, the Liberal Democrats have announced.
She became the MP for Hitchin in 1964 and stepped down from the House of Lords in 2016, having served more than 50 years in politics.
