The success of Eileen Desmond of the Labour Party in Cork Mid in holding a seat previously held by her husband Dan Desmond, led to an unacceptable mathematical situation with regard to the government's majority.

Eileen Desmond ( née Harrington ; 29 December 1932 – 6 January 2005 ) was an Irish Labour Party politician.

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* 7 January – Eileen Desmond, Irish Labour Party TD, Cabinet Minister, MEP and Seanad Éireann member ( born 1932 ).

He was a Member of the European Parliament ( MEP ) from 1981 to 1984, replacing Eileen Desmond who resigned as an MEP when she was appointed Minister for Health and Social Welfare.

British sociologist Eileen Barker titled her 1984 book, which was based on seven years of first-person study of members of the Unification Church in the United States and Great Britain and has been influential in the field of the sociology of religion, The Making of a Moonie: Choice or Brainwashing ?.

* October 22 – Eileen Gordon, British politician

** Dame Eileen Atkins, British actress

A series of distinguished British actresses have portrayed Queen Mary on stage and screen, including Dame Wendy Hiller ( on the London stage in Crown Matrimonial ), Dame Flora Robson ( in A King's Story ), Dame Peggy Ashcroft ( in Edward & Mrs Simpson ), Phyllis Calvert ( in The Woman He Loved ), Gaye Brown ( in All the King's Men ), Dame Eileen Atkins ( in Bertie and Elizabeth ), Miranda Richardson ( in The Lost Prince ), Margaret Tyzack ( in Wallis & Edward ), and Claire Bloom ( in The King's Speech ).

* 1983 BRIT Awards – Best British single ( for " Come On Eileen ")

The phrase " Come on Eileen " is used as the chorus to the song, which was loosely inspired by the song " A Man Like Me " by the 1960s British soul group Jimmy James and the Vagabonds .< ref >

An American feature film version from Columbia Pictures was released in 1988, directed by British veteran director Ken Annakin, starring Tami Erin as Pippi with Eileen Brennan, Dennis Dugan, John Schuck and Dick Van Patten in supporting roles.

It was adapted from Woolf's novel by British actress Eileen Atkins and starred Vanessa Redgrave in the title role.

The third series of Jeeves and Wooster won a British Academy Television Award for Best Design for Eileen Diss.

The film starred Kate Beckinsale as Flora, Joanna Lumley ( also famed from her role as Patsy in the British TV comedy " Absolutely Fabulous ") as her friend and mentor Mary Smiling, Rufus Sewell as Seth, Ian McKellen as Amos Starkadder, Eileen Atkins as Judith, Stephen Fry as Mybug, Miriam Margolyes as Mrs. Beetle, and Angela Thorne as Mrs Hawk-Monitor.

Eileen Maud O ' Shaughnessy ( 25 September 1905 – 29 March 1945 ) was the first wife of British writer George Orwell.

His wife, Lady Eileen Walwyn, was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1947.

Helen O ' Hara ( born Helen Bevington, 5 November 1956 ) is a British musician, formerly a member of the band Dexys Midnight Runners between 1982 and 1987, including performing on songs such as " Come on Eileen " from the Too-Rye-Ay album.

Eileen Arbuthnot Robertson ( born on 20 January 1903 at Moor Cottage, South Holmwood, Surrey, died on 21 September 1961 in Hampstead, London ) was a British novelist, critic and broadcaster.

* Eileen Agar, British Surrealist painter and photographer

* Eileen Helsby, British actress

* Eileen Hiscock, British athlete

* Eileen O ' Shaughnessy, wife of British writer George Orwell

* Eileen Power, British economic historian and medievalist

With Eileen Atkins she created the British period drama Upstairs, Downstairs, and played the role of the house parlourmaid Rose Buck for the duration of the series, from 1971 until 1975.

* Eileen Agar ( 1899 – 1991 ), British painter and photographer

He played Eileen Grimshaw's love interest Pat in the British soap Coronation Street.

* July 7 – Eileen Lemass, Irish politician

Angela Eileen Watkinson ( born Angela Eileen Ellicott 18 November 1941, Leytonstone ) is a politician in the United Kingdom.

Eileen Gordon ( born 22 October 1946 ) is a politician in the United Kingdom.

* Eileen O ' Connell ( politician ), Nova Scotia NDP MLA, 1996-2000

* Eileen Anderson, Hawaii politician

* Eileen Bell, Northern Ireland politician

* Eileen Lemass, Irish politician

* Eileen Paisley, Baroness Paisley of St George's, Northern Irish politician

Eileen Bell CBE ( born 15 August 1943 ) is a Northern Ireland politician, former member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for North Down and former deputy leader of the Alliance Party.

Eileen Lemass ( born 7 July 1932 ) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician.

* Eileen S. Naughton ( 1945-), American politician

Desmond John Morris FZS, born 24 January 1928 in Purton, north Wiltshire, is a British zoologist and ethologist.

* 1928 – Desmond Morris, British anthropologist

* September 17 – Desmond Lynam, British TV presenter

* May 1 – Desmond Titterington, British race car driver ( d. 2002 )

Although one of British cinema's most recognisable characters and an important and long-standing element in the ' Bond ' franchise, ' Q ' did not make Desmond Llewelyn rich — the actor was merely paid ' by the day ' for his few hours of work on-set, and did not share in the money made by the films.

William Desmond Anthony Pertwee MBE ( born 21 July 1926 ) is a British comedy actor.

Sir ( Charles Otto ) Desmond MacCarthy ( 1877 – 1952 ) was a British literary critic and journalist.

On 19 August 1998, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, chairman of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission ( TRC ), stated that recently uncovered letters had implicated the British MI5, the American CIA, and then South African intelligence services in the crash.

He also received the 1981 Desmond Davis award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, for his outstanding contributions to the industry.

Sir John Desmond Patrick Keegan, OBE, FRSL ( 15 May 1934 – 2 August 2012 ) was a British military historian, lecturer, writer and journalist.

* Desmond & Jean Bowen: Heroic Option: The Irish in the British Army, Pen & Sword Books ( 2005 ), ISBN 1-84415-152-2.

Desmond Bagley ( 29 October 1923, Kendal – 12 April 1983, Southampton ), was a British journalist and novelist principally known for a series of best-selling thrillers.

Desmond Henry Browne, Baron Browne of Ladyton ( born 22 March 1952 ) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Kilmarnock and Loudoun from 1997 to 2010.

* Desmond & Jean Bowen: Heroic Option: The Irish in the British Army, Pen & Sword Books ( 2005 ), ISBN 1-84415-152-2.

* Bowen, Desmond & Jean: Heroic Option: The Irish in the British Army, Pen & Sword Books ( 2005 ), ISBN 978-1-84415-152-3.

The more organic sound on the album is attributed to the work of French guitarist Jean-Félix Lalanne, and producers such as Desmond Child, Anders Bagge and the British team True North ( composed of Take That singer Gary Barlow and Elliot John Kennedy ).

* Desmond & Jean Bowen: Heroic Option: The Irish in the British Army, Pen & Sword Books ( 2005 ), ISBN 1-84415-152-2.

Desmond Cory is a pseudonym used by British mystery / thriller writer Shaun Lloyd McCarthy ( Lancing, Sussex, February 16, 1928-January 2001 )

Desmond Cory authored some 40 + novels, including the creation of serial characters such as Johnny Fedora, a debonair British secret agent.

Desmond Skirrow ( born in either 1923 or 1924 in Barry, South Wales ) was a British advertising executive and novelist.

The 2008 British drama film Adulthood directed by Noel Clarke stared David Ajala as PCSO Desmond " Buds "

Desmond George King-Hele ( born 3 Nov 1927 at Seaford in Sussex ) is a British physicist and author.

* Listen to an oral history interview with Desmond King-Hele-a life story interview recorded for An Oral History of British Science at the British Library

Desmond James Conrad Ackner, Baron Ackner, PC, QC ( 18 September 1920 – 21 March 2006 ) was a British judge and Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.