Morgan Walter Phillips (18 June 1902-15 January 1963) was General Secretary of the British Labour Party, leading the party to two election victories. June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... The General Secretary is the most senior employee of the British Labour Party. ...

Born in Aberdare, Glamorgan, one of the six children of William Phillips, Phillips was brought up in Bargoed. He left school when he was 12 to become a colliery surface worker. Aberdare (Welsh: Aberdâr) is an industrial town in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff in the traditional county of Glamorgan, in south Wales, situated (as the name implies) at the confluence of the Dar and Cynon rivers. ... Glamorgan or Morgannwg is a maritime traditional county of Wales, UK, and was previously a medieval kingdom or principality. ... Bargoed (Welsh: Bargod) is a town in the Rhymney Valley, one of the South Wales Valleys. ... Wyoming coal mine Coal mining is the mining of coal. ...

When he was 18, Phillips became a member of the Caerphilly divisional Labour Party, and served as secretary of the party in Bargoed, 1923-25. He was chairman of the Bargoed Steam Coal Lodge, 1924-26. He was able to attend the Labour College, London for a two-year course in economic and social subjects. He remained in London and became secretary of the Labour Party in West Fulham, 1928-30. and later in Whitechapel, 1934-37. He became a councillor on Fulham borough council, 1934-37. In Fulham Labour Party he met Norah Lusher, later Baroness Phillips, whom he married in 1930. They had a son and a daughter, Gwyneth Dunwoody, a long-serving Labour MP from 1964. Caerphilly Castle Caerphilly (Welsh: Caerffili) is a town in Glamorgan, Wales, located at the bottom of the Rhymney Valley. ... A Constituency Labour Party (CLP) is an organisation of members of the British Labour Party who live in a particular parliamentary constituency in England, Scotland and Wales. ... A secretary is an office/administrative support position. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom. ... Whitechapel is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, United Kingdom. ... The Metropolitan Borough of Fulham was a metropolitan borough in the County of London between 1899 and 1965, when it was merged with the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith to form the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. ... Gwyneth Patricia Dunwoody (born in Fulham, London on 12 December 1930), is the longest-serving woman Member of the United Kingdom Parliament, having been the Labour Party MP for Exeter between 1966 and 1970, then MP for Crewe from February 1974 to 1983 then following boundary changes, for the Crewe...

In 1937 he was employed at the party's headquarters as propaganda officer, then as secretary of the party's research department from 1941. He soon rose to become secretary of the party in 1944, formally renamed general secretary in 1960. Phillips revolutionised the organisation of the Party and aimed to appeal to a wider set of people and professions, a professional basis for the election victories in 1945 and 1950, that saw fewer trade unionists and more professionals elected to Parliament. He called for recognition of middle class aspiration for wealth, home ownership and leisure opportunities, and warned against excessive emphasis on nationalisation. Nevertheless, he was blamed for the defeat in the 1955 general election. Nationalization is the act of taking assets into state ownership. ... The 1955 United Kingdom general election was held on May 26, 1955, four years after the previous general election. ...

However, Phillips' reputation rose in the unsuccessful 1959 general election campaign. His daily press conferences were seen as an outstanding success, attracting much interest. He understood journalists and gave concise and insightful answers. He presented a clear analysis of what had happened during the election defeat and constructive proposals for the future, many of which are included in his paper, Labour in the Sixties (1960), that laid foundations for the return to power of the Labour Party in 1964. He also published East meets West (1954) and various political and economic pamphlets. This United Kingdom general election was held on October 8, 1959, and marked a third successive victory for the ruling Conservative party, led by Harold MacMillan. ...

Phillips was a key figure in the international Labour movement and presided over several conferences of the International Socialist Committee from 1944 onwards. He served as chairman of the Socialist International from its formation in 1948 until 1957. He suffered a stroke in August 1960, at the height of his career, and retired as General Secretary in 1961, dying in early 1963. The official symbol of Socialist International The Socialist International is a worldwide organization of social democratic, labor, and democratic socialist political parties. ...

His daughter Gwyneth married John Dunwoody, who would also become a Labour Member of Parliament. Their daughter, Tamsin Dunwoody-Kneafsey is a Member of the Welsh Assembly. The Right Honourable Dr. John Elliot Orr Dunwoody CBE (June 3rd 1929 —January 27th 2006) was a British Labour politician. ... Tamsin Dunwoody-Kneafsey (b. ... The National Assembly for Wales (or NAW) (Welsh: Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru) was established in 1998, following a 1997 referendum in which a small majority of voters (but not the electorate) voted in favour of the Labour Governments plans for devolution. ...