Bruce Joseph Grocott,Baron GrocottPC (born 1 November 1940) is a British politician who has been a Member of the House of Lords since 2001. A member of the Labour Party,he served as a Member of Parliament for four terms between 1974 and 2001,representing constituencies in Staffordshire and Shropshire.
He was appointed to the post of lecturer,and later a senior lecturer,at the City of Birmingham College of Commerce (later Birmingham Polytechnic,now Birmingham City University). During this time he was elected to Bromsgrove Urban District Council. From 1972 to 1974 he was a principal lecturer at North Staffordshire Polytechnic.
House of Commons
His first attempt to become a member of Parliament was in the 1970 election when he stood unsuccessfully for South West Hertfordshire. He was then selected as a candidate and elected as Member of Parliament for Lichfield and Tamworth in October 1974,[1] in which position he became Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister for Local Government and Planning,and later the Minister of Agriculture.[2]
He lost his seat at the 1979 general election and joined Central Television as a presenter and producer,working on programmes such as Left,Right and Centre,Central Lobby and Central Weekend.
He transferred to Telford in 1997 when The Wrekin was divided. He served this seat until the 2001 general election,when he stepped down from the Commons.
House of Lords
He was made a life peer under the title of Baron Grocott,of Telford,in the County of Shropshire,on 2 July 2001,[4] quickly being promoted to a government whip in the House of Lords.
In October 2012 it was announced that Lord Grocott had been elected as the next chancellor of the University of Leicester,the first time in the university's history that a former student had been appointed to the post. He was installed as chancellor at the degree ceremony in DeMontfort Hall on 24 January 2013.[6] His term finished in July 2018 and he was replaced by Lord Willetts.[7]
Personal life
Grocott is married with two sons and lives in Staffordshire.
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