Education
Irving was educated at Pendower School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and the London School of Economics.
Irving was educated at Pendower School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and the London School of Economics.
He was a school teacher and lecturer and served as an alderman on Dartford Borough Council. In Harold Wilson"s Labour Government 1964-1970, he was the government"s Deputy Chief Whip and Treasurer of the Household from 1964 to 1966, and served as a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons from 1966 to 1970, when he lost his seat to the Conservatives. He was re-elected in 1974, but lost the seat again in 1979, to the Conservative Bob Dunn.
Subsequently, on 10 July 1979, Irving was created a life peer as Baron Irving of Dartford, of Dartford in the County of Kent.
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Irving was twice Member of Parliament for Dartford, originally elected in 1955.