 On 12 November 1963 Jack Braddock died of a heart attack , at the age of 71 , while attending an official function in Liverpool . The October 1964 general election brought Labour a narrow victory under Harold Wilson , while in Liverpool Exchange , Bessie achieved her best personal majority to date , 9 @,@ 746 . She did not take a post in the new government ; according to The Guardian she was offered a job , but declined on the grounds of health and age . Although she fought the next election , in March 1966 , and held Liverpool Exchange easily , for the final six years of her parliamentary life she was relatively inactive and often absent through illness . Her last contribution in the House was on 27 January 1969 , a question regarding facilities for disabled drivers . 
