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Longford was initially a member of the [[Conservative Party]] but was converted to [[Socialism]] by his fiancee (the biographer Elizabeth Longford), whom he married in 1931. From 1945 to 1951 he was a junior minister in the Labour government of [[Clement Attlee]] and from 1964 to 1968 was a cabinet minister in the Labour government of [[Harold Wilson]].

Longford was initially a member of the [[Conservative Party]] but was converted to [[Socialism]] by his fiancee (the biographer Elizabeth Longford), whom he married in 1931. From 1945 to 1951 he was a junior minister in the Labour government of [[Clement Attlee]] and from 1964 to 1968 was a cabinet minister in the Labour government of [[Harold Wilson]].

In 1971 he was a leader of the [[Nationwide Festival of Light]] and in the early 1970s carried out a personal investigation into the pornograp[hy industry, a move which led to him being nicknamed 'Lord Porn' by the British press. Around the same time, his activities as a prison visitor brought him into contact with [[Myra Hindley]]. Convinced of her repentance, he campaigned unsuccessfully for her release from prison, a brave if misguided move which earned him much personal obloquy.

In 1971 he was a leader of the [[Nationwide Festival of Light]] and in the early 1970s carried out a personal investigation into the pornography industry, a move which led to him being nicknamed 'Lord Porn' by the British press. Around the same time, his activities as a prison visitor brought him into contact with [[Myra Hindley]]. Convinced of her repentance, he campaigned unsuccessfully for her release from prison, a brave if misguided move which earned him much personal obloquy.

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