Frank Field, who passed away recently, served as M.P. for Birkenhead for 40 years (1979-2019), mainly as a member of the Labour Party, but latterly, as an Independent.  Having lost his seat in 2019, he entered the House of Lords in 2020. Frank Field was originally a member of the Conservative Party, but resigned in the early 1960's over his disagreement with party policy on apartheid in...