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height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Margaret_Thatcher_%281981%29.jpg/255px-Margaret_Thatcher_%281981%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Margaret_Thatcher_%281981%29.jpg/340px-Margaret_Thatcher_%281981%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="606" data-file-height="709" /></a><figcaption>Thatcher in 1981</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Gang of 25</b> or the <b>Group of 25</b><sup id="cite_ref-mtf_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mtf-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was a cohort of British <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> backbench members of Parliament (MPs) that threatened to vote against prime minister <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher" title="Margaret Thatcher">Margaret Thatcher</a>'s 1981 <a href="/wiki/Autumn_Statement" class="mw-redirect" title="Autumn Statement">Autumn Statement</a>. The statement contained <a href="/wiki/Monetarist" class="mw-redirect" title="Monetarist">monetarist</a> measures to control inflation. Similar measures introduced since 1979 had reduced inflation but caused job losses in the manufacturing sector. </p><p>The majority of the Gang put their names to a 25 November letter to Thatcher's <a href="/wiki/Chief_Whip" title="Chief Whip">Chief Whip</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jopling" title="Michael Jopling">Michael Jopling</a>, that stated they would vote against any <a href="/wiki/Deflation" title="Deflation">deflationary</a> economic measures. A potential revolt by the Gang, plus twenty others suspected by Jopling, could negate the Conservatives' 45-seat majority and lead to the government being defeated in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a>. The move came at a low point for Thatcher, following the <a href="/wiki/1981_Brixton_riot" title="1981 Brixton riot">Brixton</a> and <a href="/wiki/1981_Toxteth_riots" title="1981 Toxteth riots">Toxteth</a> riots and when the new <a href="/wiki/SDP%E2%80%93Liberal_Alliance" title="SDP–Liberal Alliance">SDP–Liberal Alliance</a> was <a href="/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_1983_United_Kingdom_general_election#1981" title="Opinion polling for the 1983 United Kingdom general election">polling strongly</a>. There were concerns that <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Dorrell" title="Stephen Dorrell">Stephen Dorrell</a> would defect to the SDP, to join <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Brocklebank-Fowler" title="Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler">Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler</a>, who had defected in March. A conciliatory approach was adopted, with meetings arranged between Gang members and senior government figures. Thatcher's <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Private_Secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Private Secretary">Parliamentary Private Secretary</a> (PPS), <a href="/wiki/Ian_Gow" title="Ian Gow">Ian Gow</a>, took over the response to the crisis, and he considered that Jopling was overstating the risk of a significant rebellion. The vote on the Autumn Statement passed on 8 December, with none of the Gang voting against the government, though 12 were among 14 Conservative MPs who abstained on the motion. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gang_of_25&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thatcher, leader of the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a>, came to power in the <a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1979 United Kingdom general election">1979 general election</a>. She inherited a weak economy, just emerging from the <a href="/wiki/Winter_of_Discontent" title="Winter of Discontent">Winter of Discontent</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-brit_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She considered inflation a key problem to be brought under control.<sup id="cite_ref-Cobham2003_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cobham2003-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 142">: 142 </span></sup> Under her <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> predecessors, this had been as high as 25% (in <a href="/wiki/Consumer_price_index" title="Consumer price index">consumer price index</a> terms) in 1975, though it had fallen to 17% in 1979.<sup id="cite_ref-cpi_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cpi-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/First_Thatcher_ministry" title="First Thatcher ministry">Conservative government</a> attempted to reduce inflation by raising the <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_England" title="Bank of England">Bank of England</a> base <a href="/wiki/Rate_of_interest" class="mw-redirect" title="Rate of interest">rate of interest</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Cobham2003_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cobham2003-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 142">: 142 </span></sup> This was increased from 12% at the 1979 election to 17% by the end of the year.<sup id="cite_ref-bank_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bank-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Interest rates were lowered to 12% by early 1981 as the high rate had increased the value of <a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">sterling</a>, rendering exports more expensive.<sup id="cite_ref-Cobham2003_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cobham2003-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 142">: 142 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bank_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bank-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chancellor of the Exchequer <a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Howe" title="Geoffrey Howe">Geoffrey Howe</a>'s <a href="/wiki/1981_United_Kingdom_budget" title="1981 United Kingdom budget">Spring 1981 budget</a> was strongly <a href="/wiki/Monetarist" class="mw-redirect" title="Monetarist">monetarist</a> and was intended to allow further interest rate reductions to weaken sterling and improve exports. However, the value of sterling <a href="/wiki/Currency_appreciation_and_depreciation" title="Currency appreciation and depreciation">depreciated</a> quicker than expected, and the government was concerned that it would lead to excessive inflation. Howe raised interest rates by 2% in September and 2% in October to reach 16%.<sup id="cite_ref-Cobham2003_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cobham2003-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 143">: 143 </span></sup> Around this time, the UK started to feel the effects of the <a href="/wiki/Early_1980s_recession" title="Early 1980s recession">early 1980s recession</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Cobham2003_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cobham2003-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 142">: 142 </span></sup> Thatcher's economic policies, including monetarism and the elimination of <a href="/wiki/Government_subsidies" class="mw-redirect" title="Government subsidies">government subsidies</a>, led to the collapse of many manufacturing companies and an increase in unemployment.<sup id="cite_ref-brit_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Threat_from_the_SDP">Threat from the SDP</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gang_of_25&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Threat from the SDP"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By mid-1981, Thatcher's leadership was in her "darkest hour"; her popularity plunged after the <a href="/wiki/1981_Brixton_riot" title="1981 Brixton riot">April Brixton riot</a> and the <a href="/wiki/1981_Toxteth_riots" title="1981 Toxteth riots">July Toxteth riots</a>. The Conservative leadership were also worried about the effects of the June <a href="/wiki/SDP%E2%80%93Liberal_Alliance" title="SDP–Liberal Alliance">SDP–Liberal Alliance</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(UK)" title="Social Democratic Party (UK)">Social Democratic Party</a> (SDP) had been formed in March 1981 by the <a href="/wiki/Gang_of_Four_(SDP)" title="Gang of Four (SDP)">Gang of Four</a> and like-minded MPs who had defected from the Labour Party; they were joined soon after by <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Brocklebank-Fowler" title="Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler">Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler</a>, who defected from the Conservatives during a debate on Howe's budget.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbc_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Polling showed Thatcher's approval rating was the lowest recorded for any prime minister and below that even of the unpopular Labour Party leader <a href="/wiki/Michael_Foot" title="Michael Foot">Michael Foot</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Research_Department" title="Conservative Research Department">Conservative Research Department</a> conducted polls in late summer that showed the popularity of the Alliance might render the Conservatives a <a href="/wiki/Minority_party" class="mw-redirect" title="Minority party">minority party</a>, achieving just 16% of the vote (compared to the SDP–Liberal 40%) which would be their worst election performance for 100 years.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbc_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Conservative leadership feared the party was close to splitting.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thatcher carried out a <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_reshuffle" title="Cabinet reshuffle">cabinet reshuffle</a> in September; this was considered to be a purge of the so-called <a href="/wiki/Wets" class="mw-redirect" title="Wets">wets</a>, Conservatives on the left of the party who tended to disagree with her economic policies.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The party was shaken by SDP–Liberal <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1979%E2%80%932010)#1979–1983_Parliament" title="List of United Kingdom by-elections (1979–2010)">by-election victories</a> in the formerly Conservative-held seats of <a href="/wiki/1981_Croydon_North_West_by-election" title="1981 Croydon North West by-election">Croydon (22 October)</a> and <a href="/wiki/1981_Crosby_by-election" title="1981 Crosby by-election">Crosby (26 November)</a>. The SDP at this time was actively courting moderate Conservative MPs to join their party in order to demonstrate their <a href="/wiki/Centrist" class="mw-redirect" title="Centrist">centrist</a> appeal.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gang_of_25">Gang of 25</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gang_of_25&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Gang of 25"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox" style="clear: right; float:right;margin:0 0 1.5em 1.5em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:115%">Gang of 25 letter to Chief Whip</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-style: italic">Collective protest against govt economic policy</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:21_names.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="21 names"><img alt="21 names" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/21_names.svg/280px-21_names.svg.png" decoding="async" width="280" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/21_names.svg/420px-21_names.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/21_names.svg/560px-21_names.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="497" data-file-height="246" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Signatures in the order they appeared on the letter</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="image icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/61/Searchtool.svg/16px-Searchtool.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/61/Searchtool.svg/24px-Searchtool.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/61/Searchtool.svg/32px-Searchtool.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://c59574e9047e61130f13-3f71d0fe2b653c4f00f32175760e96e7.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/D80D0B65B1A44646887C3600259F7402.pdf">25 November letter</a> (released 2012)<sup id="cite_ref-mtf_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mtf-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>On 25 November, Thatcher's <a href="/wiki/Chief_Whip" title="Chief Whip">Chief Whip</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jopling" title="Michael Jopling">Michael Jopling</a>, received a letter signed by 21 <a href="/wiki/Backbench_MP" class="mw-redirect" title="Backbench MP">backbench MPs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The letter noted that the signatories had previously warned Jopling that they were in "fundamental disagreement with the government's economic analysis" but that they believed no action had been taken. The letter stated that collectively the signatories would "vote against any consequent measures presented to the House" if the effect of the <a href="/wiki/Autumn_Statement" class="mw-redirect" title="Autumn Statement">Autumn Statement</a> was to "<a href="/wiki/Deflation" title="Deflation">deflate</a> aggregate demand in the economy". The letter was typed on one side of paper, headed with the House of Commons logo. The text is just two sentences long, and the remainder of the page is taken up by the handwritten signatures of the MPs.<sup id="cite_ref-mtf_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mtf-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The letter came when Thatcher's economic policies did not show results, with factories closing, unemployment increasing, and inflation increasing.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_8-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were significant concerns that the 21 named MPs, as well as suspected Gang members <a href="/wiki/Jim_Lester" title="Jim Lester">Jim Lester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Needham" title="Richard Needham">Richard Needham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Patten" title="Chris Patten">Chris Patten</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Wheeler_(British_politician)" title="John Wheeler (British politician)">John Wheeler</a>, would split from the party.<sup id="cite_ref-mtf_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mtf-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-guardian_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbc_8-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thatcher and her chief advisers nicknamed the group the "Gang of 25", after the SDP founders.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_8-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of the Gang was <a href="/wiki/Ian_Gilmour" class="mw-redirect" title="Ian Gilmour">Ian Gilmour</a>, a "wet" who had lost his position as <a href="/wiki/Lord_Privy_Seal" title="Lord Privy Seal">Lord Privy Seal</a> and Commons foreign affairs spokesman in the September reshuffle, and another was <a href="/wiki/Keith_Speed" title="Keith Speed">Keith Speed</a>, a former navy minister who Thatcher had sacked in May for objecting to defence cuts.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There were particular concerns that <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Dorrell" title="Stephen Dorrell">Stephen Dorrell</a> was on the verge of defecting to the SDP, but Jopling managed to extract an assurance from him that he would not do so. During a period described as "brutal in-fighting", the leadership adopted a conciliatory approach, inviting Dorrell, Patten and <a href="/wiki/Tristan_Garel-Jones" title="Tristan Garel-Jones">Tristan Garel-Jones</a> to drinks with Thatcher in the House of Commons.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Garel-Jones was not a member of the Gang of 25 but was a "wet" who held <a href="/wiki/Pro-Europeanism" title="Pro-Europeanism">pro-European views</a>; he had voted against the government in his 1979 maiden speech.<sup id="cite_ref-garel_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-garel-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The measures had little effect and, on 4 December, Jopling wrote to Thatcher warning her that up to 20 other MPs were considering abstaining on a key vote on the Autumn Statement. He stated, "We have got far more dissidents than I expected, and some are very unhappy indeed … We are facing a very serious situation which we must discuss".<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Conservative majority in the House was only 45, so this number of rebels would be problematic to the government.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_8-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thatcher's <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Private_Secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Private Secretary">PPS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ian_Gow" title="Ian Gow">Ian Gow</a>, took charge of the situation and arranged for each of the potential dissidents to meet with Howe and the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Secretary_to_the_Treasury" title="Chief Secretary to the Treasury">Chief Secretary to the Treasury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leon_Brittan" title="Leon Brittan">Leon Brittan</a>. Gow considered that Jopling was overstating the potential for a rebellion; he wrote to Thatcher that Jopling, "though an outstanding chief whip, does not share our conviction. Like the original 25, he, in his heart, favours <a href="/wiki/Reflation" title="Reflation">reflation</a> and foresees the deepest difficulty for our party if the budget is not reflationary. I take the opposite view. In my opinion, the gravest danger for our country is if we follow our predecessors, and lose our nerve".<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_6-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The critical vote on the Autumn Statement came on 8 December. None of the Gang of 25 voted against the government though 14 Conservative MPs abstained, including 12 of the Gang.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_6-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-decvote_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-decvote-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The government won the vote by 307 votes to 265, and it, and the party, survived. At the end of the year, Gow wrote an emotional letter to Thatcher reassuring her that the views of the Gang of 25 did not reflect those of the party or the nation as a whole. He called her a "giant amongst pygmies" but cautioned that "[w]hether that iron resolve will be sufficient, we do not know".<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_6-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbc_8-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_events">Later events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gang_of_25&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Later events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thatcher's interest rate policy was successful in reducing inflation; the inflation rate (as measured by <a href="/wiki/CPI" class="mw-redirect" title="CPI">CPI</a>) fell to 12% in 1981 and around 5% in 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-Cobham2003_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cobham2003-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 143–144">: 143–144 </span></sup> The government were able to gradually lower the interest rate to 9% by November 1982, though in that month, a sharp drop in the value of sterling prompted a temporary rise in rates.<sup id="cite_ref-Cobham2003_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cobham2003-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 143–144">: 143–144 </span></sup> Thatcher's political popularity was restored following the April 1982 <a href="/wiki/Argentine_invasion_of_the_Falkland_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands">Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands</a> and the British victory in the subsequent <a href="/wiki/Falklands_War" title="Falklands War">Falklands War</a> (which ended in June).<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_6-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She won an increased majority of 144 at the <a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983 general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-brit_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the end of her first term, Thatcher's government had inflation stabilised; the CPI rate remained between 3% and 6% until the end of <a href="/wiki/Thatcher%27s_premiership" class="mw-redirect" title="Thatcher's premiership">Thatcher's premiership</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cpi_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cpi-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, unemployment continued to rise, reaching 3 million in 1986 (it had been 1.3 million in 1979). Thatcher remained in office until 1990 when her anti-<a href="/wiki/Federalisation_of_the_European_Union" title="Federalisation of the European Union">federalist</a> stance on the <a href="/wiki/European_Community" class="mw-redirect" title="European Community">European Community</a> and the failed implementation of the "<a href="/wiki/Poll_tax_(Great_Britain)" title="Poll tax (Great Britain)">poll tax</a>" led to splits in the party and her resignation.<sup id="cite_ref-brit_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jopling remained Chief Whip until June 1983 when he was appointed <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Agriculture,_Fisheries_and_Food" title="Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food">Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gow later rose to <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Housing" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of State for Housing">Minister of State for Housing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_the_Treasury" title="Minister of State for the Treasury">Minister of State for the Treasury</a> in Thatcher's government before resigning in protest at the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Irish_Agreement" title="Anglo-Irish Agreement">Anglo-Irish Agreement</a> in 1985. He was later assassinated by the IRA in 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_8-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thatcher recognised that Garel-Jones did not support her politics but appointed him a <a href="/wiki/Whip_(politics)" title="Whip (politics)">whip</a> in 1982; he became highly respected by both sides of the House and rose through the Whips' Office to become <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Chief_Whip" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Chief Whip">Deputy Chief Whip</a> in 1989, before Thatcher appointed him <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of State for Europe">Minister of State for Europe</a> in 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-garel_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-garel-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite their dissent some of the Gang were later appointed to government positions by Thatcher. Dorrell became an assistant whip in 1987, a full whip the following year and a junior health minister in 1990. He later joined the cabinet under <a href="/wiki/John_Major" title="John Major">John Major</a> as <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_National_Heritage" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State for National Heritage">Secretary of State for National Heritage</a> and <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Health" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State for Health">Health Secretary</a> in the mid-1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-dorrell_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dorrell-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Needham was appointed a junior Northern Ireland minister in 1985, holding the position beyond the end of Thatcher's premiership.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Patten was appointed a junior Northern Ireland minister in 1983 and held a string of ministerial positions, reaching the cabinet in 1989 with appointment as <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_the_Environment" title="Secretary of State for the Environment">Secretary of State for the Environment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1990, Thatcher arranged for <a href="/wiki/Robert_McCrindle" title="Robert McCrindle">Robert McCrindle</a> to receive a knighthood for his service to the Conservative Party, even though he continued to be outspoken against some of her economic and social policies.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gang of 25 member <a href="/wiki/Sir_Anthony_Meyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Anthony Meyer">Sir Anthony Meyer</a> unsuccessfully stood against Thatcher as a <a href="/wiki/Stalking_horse" title="Stalking horse">stalking horse</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1989_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="1989 Conservative Party leadership election">1989 Conservative Party leadership election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_6-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was <a href="/wiki/Deselected" class="mw-redirect" title="Deselected">deselected</a> ahead of the <a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">1992 general election</a> and in 2001 left the party to join the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> (the party formed in 1988 from the merger of the SDP and <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal Party</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meyer joined fellow Gang member <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Dykes" title="Hugh Dykes">Hugh Dykes</a>, who had defected to the Liberal Democrats in 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dorrell also joined the party in 2019, having briefly been a <a href="/wiki/Change_UK" title="Change UK">Change UK</a> member.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite significant fears at the time of its formation, the Gang of 25 is now less well remembered as a Conservative <a href="/wiki/Political_faction" title="Political faction">faction</a> than the wets and the young, left-wing "blue chips".<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_6-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, the 25 November letter from the Gang was given to the <a href="/wiki/Churchill_Archives_Centre" title="Churchill Archives Centre">Churchill Archives Centre</a>, which holds a collection of archives on Thatcher.<sup id="cite_ref-mtf_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mtf-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Members">Members</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gang_of_25&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Member list as recorded by the Margaret Thatcher Foundation. Members marked with an asterisk did not sign the letter of 25 November.<sup id="cite_ref-mtf_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mtf-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Voting record from <i><a href="/wiki/Hansard" title="Hansard">Hansard</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-decvote_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-decvote-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"><b>Voted with the government on 8 December</b> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 10em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Crouch_(politician)" title="David Crouch (politician)">David Crouch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hunt_(British_politician,_born_1929)" title="John Hunt (British politician, born 1929)">John Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Lester" title="Jim Lester">Jim Lester</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_McCrindle" title="Robert McCrindle">Robert McCrindle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Madel" title="David Madel">David Madel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Anthony_Meyer,_3rd_Baronet" title="Sir Anthony Meyer, 3rd Baronet">Anthony Meyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Needham" title="Richard Needham">Richard Needham</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Patten" title="Chris Patten">Chris Patten</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Pollock_(politician)" title="Alexander Pollock (politician)">Alexander Pollock</a></li> <li>Keith Speed</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyril_Townsend" title="Cyril Townsend">Cyril Townsend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wheeler_(British_politician)" title="John Wheeler (British politician)">John Wheeler</a>*</li> <li>Mark Wolfson</li></ul></div> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"><b>Abstained</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 10em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Cormack" title="Patrick Cormack">Patrick Cormack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julian_Critchley" title="Julian Critchley">Julian Critchley</a></li> <li>Stephen Dorrell</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Dykes" title="Hugh Dykes">Hugh Dykes</a></li> <li>Ian Gilmour</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hicks_(British_politician)" title="Robert Hicks (British politician)">Robert Hicks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Knox_(politician)" title="David Knox (politician)">David Knox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Miscampbell" title="Norman Miscampbell">Norman Miscampbell</a></li> <li>Charles Morrison</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robin_Squire" title="Robin Squire">Robin Squire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Walters" title="Dennis Walters">Dennis Walters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Watson_(Skipton_MP)" title="John Watson (Skipton MP)">John Watson</a></li></ul></div> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gang_of_25&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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for <a href="/wiki/Finchley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Finchley (UK Parliament constituency)">Finchley</a> (1959–1992)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Member of Parliament</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Public_Bodies_(Admission_to_Meetings)_Act_1960" title="Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960">Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act (1960)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circular_10/70" title="Circular 10/70">Circular 10/70</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_Margaret_Thatcher" title="Shadow Cabinet of Margaret Thatcher">Shadow Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Britain_Awake" title="Britain Awake">"Britain Awake" (1976)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_vote_of_no_confidence_in_the_Callaghan_ministry" title="1979 vote of no confidence in the Callaghan ministry">Vote of no confidence in the Callaghan ministry (1979)</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="9" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Margaret_Thatcher_(1983).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Margaret_Thatcher_%281983%29.jpg/85px-Margaret_Thatcher_%281983%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="85" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Margaret_Thatcher_%281983%29.jpg/128px-Margaret_Thatcher_%281983%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Margaret_Thatcher_%281983%29.jpg/170px-Margaret_Thatcher_%281983%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2444" data-file-height="3259" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ideology</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thatcherism" title="Thatcherism">Thatcherism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conservatism" title="Conservatism">Conservatism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_market" title="Free market">Free market</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_democracy" title="Union democracy">Union democracy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Premiership_of_Margaret_Thatcher" title="Premiership of Margaret Thatcher">Premiership</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ministers_under_Margaret_Thatcher" title="List of ministers under Margaret Thatcher">Ministers</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wets_and_dries" title="Wets and dries">wets and dries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cold_War_(1979%E2%80%931985)" title="Cold War (1979–1985)">1st term</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cold_War_(1985%E2%80%931991)" title="Cold War (1985–1991)">2nd–3rd term</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/First_Thatcher_ministry" title="First Thatcher ministry">1st ministry<br />(1979–1983)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/June_1979_United_Kingdom_budget" title="June 1979 United Kingdom budget">Budget (1979)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_United_Kingdom_budget" title="1980 United Kingdom budget">Budget (1980)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_lady%27s_not_for_turning" title="The lady's not for turning">"The lady's not for turning" (1980)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_United_Kingdom_budget" title="1981 United Kingdom budget">Budget (1981)</a> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Gang of 25</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Irish_hunger_strike" title="1981 Irish hunger strike">Irish hunger strike (1981)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_United_Kingdom_budget" title="1982 United Kingdom budget">Budget (1982)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falklands_War" title="Falklands War">Falklands War</a> (1982) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rejoice_(Margaret_Thatcher)" title="Rejoice (Margaret Thatcher)">"Rejoice"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diana_Gould%E2%80%93Margaret_Thatcher_exchange" title="Diana Gould–Margaret Thatcher exchange">Diana Gould exchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_flags_over_Port_Stanley" title="White flags over Port Stanley">"White flags over Port Stanley"</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_budget" title="1983 United Kingdom budget">Budget (1983)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/Second_Thatcher_ministry" title="Second Thatcher ministry">2nd ministry<br />(1983–1987)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1984_United_Kingdom_budget" title="1984 United Kingdom budget">Budget (1984)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brighton_hotel_bombing" title="Brighton hotel bombing">Brighton hotel bombing</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/GCHQ_trade_union_ban" title="GCHQ trade union ban">GCHQ trade union ban</a> (1984) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Civil_Service_Unions_v_Minister_for_the_Civil_Service" title="Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Service">CCSU case</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%931985_United_Kingdom_miners%27_strike" title="1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike">Miners' strike (1984–85)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_United_Kingdom_budget" title="1985 United Kingdom budget">Budget (1985)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Irish_Agreement" title="Anglo-Irish Agreement">Anglo-Irish Agreement</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1985" title="Local Government Act 1985">Local Government Act (1985)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rate-capping_rebellion" title="Rate-capping rebellion">rate-capping rebellion</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westland_affair" title="Westland affair">Westland affair</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_United_Kingdom_budget" title="1986 United Kingdom budget">Budget (1986)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_budget" title="1987 United Kingdom budget">Budget (1987)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/Third_Thatcher_ministry" title="Third Thatcher ministry">3rd ministry<br />(1987–1990)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1988_United_Kingdom_budget" title="1988 United Kingdom budget">Budget (1988)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%931994_British_broadcasting_voice_restrictions" title="1988–1994 British broadcasting voice restrictions">Broadcasting restrictions (1988)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sermon_on_the_Mound" title="Sermon on the Mound">"Sermon on the Mound" (1988)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruges_speech" title="Bruges speech">Bruges speech</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_United_Kingdom_budget" title="1989 United Kingdom budget">Budget (1989)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poll_tax_(Great_Britain)" title="Poll tax (Great Britain)">Community Charge (1989–90)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Poll_tax_riots" title="Poll tax riots">Poll tax riots</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_United_Kingdom_budget" title="1990 United Kingdom budget">Budget (1990)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._No._No._(Margaret_Thatcher)" title="No. No. No. (Margaret Thatcher)">"No. No. No." (1990)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Prime_Minister%27s_Resignation_Honours" title="1990 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours">Resignation Honours (1990)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_history_of_Margaret_Thatcher#Conservative_Party_leadership_elections" title="Electoral history of Margaret Thatcher">Party elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1975_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="1975 Conservative Party leadership election">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="1989 Conservative Party leadership election">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="1990 Conservative Party leadership election">1990</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_history_of_Margaret_Thatcher#United_Kingdom_general_elections" title="Electoral history of Margaret Thatcher">General elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1979 United Kingdom general election">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1987 United Kingdom general election">1987</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Bibliography_of_Margaret_Thatcher" title="Bibliography of Margaret Thatcher">Books</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Downing_Street_Years" title="The Downing Street Years">The Downing Street Years</a></i> (1993 autobiography)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Path_to_Power_(Thatcher_book)" title="The Path to Power (Thatcher book)">The Path to Power</a></i> (1995 memoir)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Statecraft:_Strategies_for_a_Changing_World" title="Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World">Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World</a></i> (2003)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Family</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Denis_Thatcher" title="Denis Thatcher">Denis Thatcher</a> (husband) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thatcher_baronets" title="Thatcher baronets">baronetcy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Thatcher" title="Mark Thatcher">Mark Thatcher</a> (son)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Thatcher" title="Carol Thatcher">Carol Thatcher</a> (daughter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Roberts" title="Alfred Roberts">Alfred Roberts</a> (father)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_have_become_a_grandmother" title="We have become a grandmother">We have become a grandmother</a>" (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cultural_depictions_of_Margaret_Thatcher" title="Cultural depictions of Margaret Thatcher">Cultural depictions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Film and<br />television</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Anyone_for_Denis%3F_(video)" title="Anyone for Denis? (video)">Anyone for Denis?</a></i> (1982 TV play)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Spitting_Image" title="Spitting Image">Spitting Image</a></i> (1984–1996 & 2020 TV series)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Statesman_(1987_TV_series)" title="The New Statesman (1987 TV series)">The New Statesman</a></i> (1987–1991 TV series)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thatcher:_The_Final_Days" title="Thatcher: The Final Days">Thatcher: The Final Days</a></i> (1991 film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Falklands_Play" title="The Falklands Play">The Falklands Play</a></i> (2002 play)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Archer:_The_Truth" title="Jeffrey Archer: The Truth">Jeffrey Archer: The Truth</a></i> (2002 TV film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Alan_Clark_Diaries" title="The Alan Clark Diaries">The Alan Clark Diaries</a></i> (2004 TV series)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pinochet_in_Suburbia" title="Pinochet in Suburbia">Pinochet in Suburbia</a></i> (2006 docudrama)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Long_Walk_to_Finchley" title="The Long Walk to Finchley">The Long Walk to Finchley</a></i> (2008 film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Margaret_(2009_film)" title="Margaret (2009 film)">Margaret</a></i> (2009 film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Queen_(British_TV_serial)" title="The Queen (British TV serial)">The Queen</a></i> (2009 TV serial)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Iron_Lady_(film)" title="The Iron Lady (film)">The Iron Lady</a></i> (2011 film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hunt_for_Tony_Blair" title="The Hunt for Tony Blair">The Hunt for Tony Blair</a></i> (2011 episode)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/In_Search_of_La_Che" title="In Search of La Che">In Search of La Che</a></i> (2011 film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Crown_season_4" title="The Crown season 4">The Crown</a></i> (2020 TV series)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Reagan_(2024_film)" title="Reagan (2024 film)">Reagan</a></i> (2024 film)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Plays</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Handbagged" title="Handbagged">Handbagged</a></i> (2010, 2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Audience_(2013_play)" title="The Audience (2013 play)">The Audience</a></i> (2013)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Statues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Margaret_Thatcher_(London_Guildhall)" title="Statue of Margaret Thatcher (London Guildhall)">London Guildhall (1998)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Margaret_Thatcher_(Palace_of_Westminster)" title="Statue of Margaret Thatcher (Palace of Westminster)">Palace of Westminster (2007)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Margaret_Thatcher_(Grantham)" title="Statue of Margaret Thatcher 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