The Labour politician, who is survived by his wife, son and daughter, was born in Dundee and served as an MP in Glasgow for 29 years.

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Ms King, who became only the second black female MP when she was elected at 29, lost her Bethnal Green and Bow seat in 2005 to Respect Party politician George Galloway.

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As MPs debated second reading of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill on 29 June 2011, Tory MP for Shipley Philip Davies described the legislation as a "disaster for the Conservative brand".

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The son of Britain's first woman MP Nancy Astor, he was only 29 when he took over the editorship of the Sunday paper but went on to recruit writers such as George Orwell, Arthur Koestler and Kenneth Tynan during his 27-year tenure.

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