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1945- . British left-wing Labour politician.
He was leader of the Greater London Council
(GLC) 1981-86 and a member of Parliament from
1987. Livingstone joined the Labour Party
1968, and was active in London politics from
1971. As leader of the GLC until its
abolition 1986, he displayed outside GLC
headquarters current unemployment figures so
that they were clearly visible to MPs in the
Palace of Westminster across the river
Thames. He was elected to Parliament
representing the London constituency of Brent
East 1987.