The House of Commons, 24 July 1986
1 of 2 portraits of Tom King
The House of Commons, 24 July 1986
by Chris Orr
aquatint and etching, 1986
13 3/8 in. x 21 3/8 in. (340 mm x 542 mm)
Purchased, 2008
Primary Collection
NPG 6834
Artistback to top
- Christopher John ('Chris') Orr (1943-), Artist; Professor and Course Director of Printmaking at the Royal College of Art. Artist or producer of 1 portrait, Sitter in 3 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Leo Abse (1917-2008), Lawyer, writer and Labour politician; MP for Pontypool and Torfaen. Sitter in 11 portraits. Identify
- Jack Ashley, Baron Ashley of Stoke (1922-2012), Labour politician; MP for Stoke-on-Trent. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Anthony Wedgwood ('Tony') Benn (1925-2014), Politician; Chairman of the Labour Party. Sitter in 26 portraits. Identify
- (William) John Biffen, Baron Biffen (1930-2007), Conservative politician; Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
- Sir John Alec Biggs-Davison (1918-1988), Conservative politician; MP for Chigwell and Epping Forest and Chairman of the Monday Club. Sitter in 6 portraits. Identify
- Sir Rhodes Boyson (1925-2012), Methodist preacher, head teacher and Conservative politician; MP for Brent North. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Peter Leonard Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville (1934-2023), Management consultant and Conservative politician; MP for the Cities of London and Westminster. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Ronald Duncan ('Ron') Mclaren Brown (1940-2007), Politician; MP for Edinburgh Leith. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Dale Norman Campbell-Savours, Baron Campbell-Savours (1943-), Politician; MP for Workington. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Dennis Andrew Canavan (1942-), Politician; MP for Falkirk West and West Stirlingshire. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- William Gibson Clark, Baron Clark of Kempston (1917-2004), Politician and major. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Robert Finlayson ('Robin') Cook (1946-2005), Politician; Foreign Secretary. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Edwina Currie (née Cohen, later Currie Jones) (1946-), Politician; MP for South Derbyshire and writer. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Sir Thomas Dalyell of the Binns, 11th Bt ('Tam Dalyell') (1932-2017), Labour politician; MP for West Lothian and Linlithgow. Sitter in 2 portraits.
- Terence Anthony Gordon ('Terry') Davis (1938-), Politician; Secretary General of the Council of Europe. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Geoffrey Kenneth Dickens (1931-1995), Company director and politician. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Sir Edward Dillon Lott du Cann (1924-2017), Conservative politician; Chairman of the Conservative Party. Sitter in 8 portraits. Identify
- Robert John ('Bob') Dunn (1946-2003), Politician; MP for Dartford. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Sir Nicholas Hardwick Fairbairn (1933-1995), Lawyer and politician. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Michael Fallon (1952-), Politician; Secretary of State for Defence. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Andrew Matthew William Faulds (1923-2000), Actor and politician. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Terence Fields (1937-2008), Politician and Militant tendency supporter. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Michael Foot (1913-2010), Editor, man of letters and Labour politician; MP for Ebbw Vale and Blaenau Gwent and leader of the Labour Party. Sitter in 18 portraits. Identify
- Sir Clement Raphael Freud (1924-2009), Writer, journalist and politician. Sitter in 7 portraits. Identify
- Ian Reginald Edward Gow (1937-1990), Politician and solicitor. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- John Selwyn Gummer (1939-), Politician; Chairman of the Conservative Party. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Douglas Martin Hogg, 3rd Viscount Hailsham (1945-), Lawyer and Conservative politician; MP for Grantham and Sleaford and North Hykeham. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
- William Winter Hamilton (1917-2000), Labour politician; MP for Fife. Sitter in 10 portraits. Identify
- Judith Constance Mary Hart (née Ridehalgh), Baroness Hart of South Lanark (1924-1991), Politician; MP for Lanark and Clydesdale and Minister of Overseas Development. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
- Roy Sydney George Hattersley, Baron Hattersley (1932-), Politician, author and journalist. Sitter in 6 portraits. Identify
- Jeremy Joseph James ('Jerry') Hayes (1953-), Politician and lawyer. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Bernard John ('Barney') Hayhoe, Baron Hayhoe (1925-2013), Politician; Conservative MP for several constituencies. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey (1917-2015), Labour politician; Secretary of State for Defence and Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sitter in 17 portraits. Identify
- Sir Edward Heath (1916-2005), Prime Minister. Sitter in 62 portraits. Identify
- (Bentley) John Heddle (1941-1989), Consultant surveyor and politician. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Eric Samuel Heffer (1922-1991), Politician; Chairman of the Labour Party. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine, Baron Heseltine (1933-), Conservative politician; MP for Tavistock and Henley and businessman. Sitter associated with 9 portraits. Identify
- (James) Richard Holt (1931-1991), Politician; MP for Langbaurgh. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- David Arthur Russell Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford (1936-), Journalist, economist and politician. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Eric Douglas Harvey Hoyle, Baron Hoyle (1930-), Businessman and politician. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- John Hume (1937-2020), Recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize; politician; leader of the SDLP; MP for Foyle; MEP for Northern Ireland. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Douglas Hurd, Baron Hurd of Westwell (1930-), Foreign Secretary. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Sir Gerald Bernard Kaufman (1930-2017), Politician and author. Sitter in 10 portraits. Identify
- (Henry) Paul Guinness Channon, Baron Kelvedon (1935-2007), Politician; Secretary of State for Transport. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Sir (John) Anthony Kershaw (1915-2008), Politician, barrister, cavalry officer and company director. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Robert Kilroy-Silk (1942-), Journalist, writer and politician. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Thomas Jeremy ('Tom') King, Baron King of Bridgwater (1933-), Businessman and politician. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Neil Gordon Kinnock (1942-), Labour politician; Vice-President of the European Commission. Sitter in 8 portraits. Identify
- Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont, Baron Lamont of Lerwick (1942-), Conservative politician; Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby (1932-2023), Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1983-89. Sitter in 8 portraits. Identify
- Sir Mark Alexander Lennox-Boyd (1943-), Conservative politician; MP for Morecambe and Lonsdale. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Terence ('Terry') Lewis (1935-), Labour politician; MP for Worsley. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Anthony Joseph Lloyd (1950-), Labour politician and Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Anna Anderson McCurley (1943-2022), Teacher and politician; MP for Renfrew West and Inverclyde. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Sir Albert McQuarrie (1918-2016), Businessman and Conservative politician; MP for East Aberdeenshire and Banff and Buchan. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- (Peter) Gerald ('Gerry') Malone (1950-), Editor of 'The European' and Conservative politician; MP for Aberdeen South and Winchester. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Sir Robert John ('Robin') Maxwell-Hyslop (1931-2010), Conservative politician; MP for Tiverton. Sitter in 8 portraits. Identify
- Michael Hugh Meacher (1939-2015), Politician; Minister of State for the Environment. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- David John Mellor (1949-), Conservative politician, newspaper columnist, arts and music critic and radio broadcaster. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Merlyn Rees, Baron Merlyn-Rees (1920-2006), Politician; Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Home Secretary. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
- Ian Mikardo (1908-1993), Writer, zionist and Labour politician; MP for Reading, Bethnal Green and Poplar. Sitter in 7 portraits. Identify
- Austin Vernon Mitchell (1934-2021), Labour politician, journalist, writer and lecturer in History and Politics; MP for Great Grimsby. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Sally Oppenheim-Barnes, Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes (1928-), Social worker and Conservative politician; MP for Gloucester. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- David Anthony Llewellyn Owen, Baron Owen (1938-), Labour politician; Foreign Secretary and co-founder of the Social Democratic Party. Sitter in 8 portraits. Identify
- Sir (Arthur) John Page (1919-2008), Conservative politician; MP for Harrow West. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Cecil Edward Parkinson, Baron Parkinson (1931-2016), Conservative politician; Secretary of State for Trade and Industry. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
- Matthew Francis Parris (1949-), Journalist, broadcaster and Conservative politician; MP for South Derbyshire. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- (John) Enoch Powell (1912-1998), Politician, classical scholar, linguist and poet. Sitter in 32 portraits. Identify
- Reginald Ernest Prentice, Baron Prentice (1923-2001), Politician, Minister of State for Social Security. Sitter in 15 portraits. Identify
- Francis Leslie Pym, Baron Pym (1922-2008), Conservative politician; Foreign Secretary, Defence Secretary, Northern Ireland Secretary and Leader of the House of Commons. Sitter associated with 30 portraits. Identify
- Peter Wynford Innes Rees, Baron Rees (1926-2008), Lawyer, businessman and Conservative politician; MP for Dover. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- (Ieuan) Wyn Pritchard Roberts, Baron Roberts of Conwy (1930-2013), Journalist and Conservative politician; MP for Conwy. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Jeffrey William Rooker, Baron Rooker (1941-), Politician; Minister of State for Sustainable Food, Farming and Animal Health. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Norman Anthony Francis St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley (1929-2012), Barrister, author and Conservative politician; MP for Chelmsford. Sitter in 6 portraits. Identify
- Robert Michael James Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury (1946-), Chancellor of the University of Hertfordshire and Conservative politician; MP for South Dorset. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Peter David Shore, Baron Shore of Stepney (1924-2001), Labour politician; Cabinet Minister and MP for Bethnal Green and Stepney. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Clare Short (1946-), Labour politician; MP for Birmingham Ladywood. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
- Dennis Edward Skinner (1932-), Politician; MP for Bolsover. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
- John Smith (1938-1994), Politician; leader of the Labour Party. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
- Antony Kirby ('Tony') Speller (1929-2013), Businessman and Conservative politician; MP for North Devon. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- David Martin Scott Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood (1938-), Politician; Leader of the Liberal Party and first Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament. Sitter in 22 portraits. Identify
- Anthony Louis ('Tony') Banks, Baron Stratford (1943-2006), Labour politician; Minister for Sport. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
- Norman Tebbit, Baron Tebbit (1931-), Politician; Chairman of the Conservative Party. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
- Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts), Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven (1925-2013), Prime Minister. Sitter in 54 portraits. Identify
- Sir Donald Thompson (1931-2005), Politician; MP for Sowerby and Calder Valley. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- George Gordon Harvey Walden (1939-), Diplomat, journalist and Conservative politician; MP for Buckingham. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- (Bruce) Bernard Weatherill, Baron Weatherill (1920-2007), Politician; Speaker of the House of Commons. Sitter in 11 portraits. Identify
Placesback to top
- Place portrayed: United Kingdom: England, London (House of Commons, Palace of Westminster, London)
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1986back to top
Current affairs
Hampton Court Palace is devastated by fire. Much of the third floor and the roof of the building were destroyed, although, thanks to the courage of the fire fighters, only one painting and one piece of furniture were ruined.Prince Andrew, Duke of York, marries Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey.
Art and science
Poems on the Underground, the brainchild of American writer Judith Chernaik, is launched by London Underground. A rolling programme of poems is displayed in tube train carriages, bringing contemporary and classic poetry to commuters.The Independent Newspaper is first published.
Artists, Gilbert and George win the Turner Prize.
International
An explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power station leads to nuclear meltdown in the reactor and causes massive nuclear contamination over Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, western Europe, the UK and Ireland, and even North America. The 2005 Chenobyl Forum attributed 56 direct deaths to the disaster and estimated that 9,000 people may die from some form of cancer as a result of exposure to radiation.Comments back to top
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