Editing Roy Hattersley (section)

==Early political career and education==
Hattersley was a socialist and Labour supporter from his youth, electioneering at the age of 12 for his local MP and city councillors, beginning in 1945. He attended [[The City School (Sheffield)|Sheffield City Grammar School]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Short, sharp aftershock|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2007/sep/18/schools.ofsted|work=The Guardian|date=18 September 2007}}</ref> passing the [[eleven-plus]] (locally known as the "scholarship") on his second attempt in 1945 and went from there to study at the [[University of Hull]]. Having been accepted to read English at the [[University of Leeds]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://books.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2010899,00.html |title=Books for pleasure|work=The Guardian|date= 12 February 2007|access-date= 13 February 2007}}</ref> he was diverted into reading Economics at Hull when told by a Sheffield colleague of his mother that it was necessary for a political career.

At university, Hattersley joined the Socialist Society (SocSoc) and was one of those responsible for changing its name to the "Labour Club" and affiliating it with the non-aligned [[International Union of Socialist Youth]] (IUSY) rather than the Soviet-backed [[International Union of Students]]. Hattersley became chairman of the new club and later treasurer, and he went on to chair the [[National Association of Labour Student Organisations]]. He also joined the executive of the IUSY.