Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Sir Gerald Bernard Kaufman (born 21 June 1930) is a British Labour Party politician, who has been a Member of Parliament (MP) since 1970, first for Manchester Ardwick, and then subsequently for Manchester Gorton. He was a government minister during the 1970s, and a member of the Shadow Cabinet in the 1980s. Born in Leeds to Jewish parents, the son of Louis and Jane Kaufman, and educated at Leeds Grammar School, Kaufman graduated in philosophy, politics and economics at the University of Oxford (Queen's College).