The Lord Pendry | |
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | |
In office 11 November 1978 –4 May 1979 | |
Prime Minister | James Callaghan |
Sec. of State | Roy Mason |
Preceded by | Raymond Carter |
Succeeded by | The Lord Elton |
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | |
In office 8 March 1974 –11 January 1977 | |
Prime Minister |
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Chancellor | Denis Healey |
Preceded by | Marcus Fox |
Succeeded by | Tom Cox |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
In office 11 July 2001 –26 February 2023 Life peerage | |
Member of Parliament for Stalybridge and Hyde | |
In office 18 June 1970 –14 May 2001 | |
Preceded by | Fred Blackburn |
Succeeded by | James Purnell |
Personal details | |
Born | Broadstairs,Kent,England | 10 June 1934
Died | 26 February 2023 88) | (aged
Political party | Labour |
Thomas Pendry,Baron Pendry, PC (10 June 1934 –26 February 2023) was a British Labour politician and member of the House of Lords. He was previously the Labour member of parliament for Stalybridge and Hyde from 1970 to 2001. In 2000,prior to his retirement as an MP he was made a member of the Privy Council on the recommendation of Tony Blair. After the 2001 election he was elevated to the peerage on 4 July as Baron Pendry,of Stalybridge in the County of Greater Manchester. [1] He was president of the Football Foundation Ltd and was formerly sports advisor to Tameside District Council Sports Trust. [2] [3]
Pendry was born in Broadstairs,Kent on 10 June 1934. [4] [5] In an article in Cheshire Life magazine in June 2004,Pendry revealed that he was born in relatively comfortable circumstances,attending school at St Augustine's Abbey [6] and,later,Plater College. He worked as a trade union officer for NUPE,and as an engineer.
Pendry was a councillor on Paddington Borough Council in London from 1962 to 1965 (when the borough was abolished),representing Harrow Road South. [7] He was elected to Parliament in 1970 for Stalybridge and Hyde,which at the time covered areas in Cheshire and Lancashire,and subsequently became part of Greater Manchester. He served as an opposition whip between 1971 and 1974.
In James Callaghan's administration between 1976 and 1979 Pendry served as a junior Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (assistant government whip) and subsequently as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
In 1979 he returned to the backbenches,until he was appointed to the post of Shadow Minister for Sport and Tourism by John Smith,a position he held until 1997. When the Labour government came to power in 1997,Pendry was the only member of the shadow team not to be appointed to a government post.
Lord Pendry had a love of sport that he developed during National Service with the Royal Air Force. He was appointed President of the Football Foundation in February 2003 and continued to serve in this capacity up until his death in 2023. [8] A young Pendry learnt boxing at the hands of a Benedictine monk,becoming an Oxford Blue and boxing for the RAF.[ citation needed ]
Pendry was a member of the Lords and Commons Cigar Club. From June to September 2018,he sat on the Regenerating Seaside Towns and Communities Committee. His memoir,Taking It on the Chin,was published in 2016. [9]
Pendry died on 26 February 2023,at the age of 88. [10]
On 21 July 1995,the Labour-controlled Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council,the local authority which had administered the area covered by the Stalybridge and Hyde constituency since 1974,made Pendry an honorary freeman of the borough. [11] At the same time,the council granted him the lordship of the manor of Mottram in Longdendale. Tameside Council have also named part of Trinity Street in front of the old Stalybridge market hall,Lord Pendry Square. [12] A local football club,Stalybridge Celtic,have named one of their stands The Lord Tom Pendry Stand. [13]
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The Metropolitan Borough of Tameside is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England. It is named after the River Tame,which flows through the borough,and covers the towns of Ashton-under-Lyne,Audenshaw,Denton,Droylsden,Dukinfield,Hyde,Mossley and Stalybridge. Tameside is bordered by the metropolitan boroughs of Stockport to the south,Oldham to the north and northeast,Manchester to the west,and to the east by the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire. As of 2011 the overall population was 219,324. It is also the 8th-most populous borough of Greater Manchester by population.
Stalybridge is a town in Tameside,Greater Manchester,England,with a population of 23,731 at the 2011 Census.
Ashton-under-Lyne is a market town in Tameside,Greater Manchester,England. The population was 45,198 at the 2011 census. Historically in Lancashire,it is on the north bank of the River Tame,in the foothills of the Pennines,6 miles (9.7 km) east of Manchester.
Stalybridge Celtic Football Club is an English football club based in Stalybridge,Greater Manchester. They are currently members of the Northern Premier League Division One West and play at Bower Fold. The team traditionally plays in a blue and white strip.
Dukinfield is a town in Tameside,Greater Manchester,England,on the south bank of the River Tame opposite Ashton-under-Lyne,6.3 miles (10.1 km) east of Manchester. At the 2011 Census,it had a population of 19,306.
Hyde is a town in Tameside,Greater Manchester,England,which had a population of 34,003 in 2011.
Mossley (/ˈmɒzli/) is a town and civil parish in Tameside,Greater Manchester,England. It is located in the upper Tame Valley and the foothills of the Pennines,3 miles (4.8 km) south-east of Oldham and 8.9 miles (14.3 km) east of Manchester.
Denton and Reddish is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Andrew Gwynne of the Labour Party.
Stalybridge and Hyde is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Jonathan Reynolds,a member of Labour Co-op.
Bower Fold in Stalybridge,Greater Manchester,England,is the home ground of Stalybridge Celtic football club and,intermittently,Oldham rugby league club.
Hyde United Football Club is a semi-professional football club in Hyde,Greater Manchester,England. Formed in 1919,they were renamed Hyde F.C. between 2010 and 2015 as part of a sponsorship deal with Manchester City.
Jonathan Neil Reynolds is a British politician who is currently serving as Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade. A member of Labour Co-op,he has also been Member of Parliament (MP) for Stalybridge and Hyde since 2010.
Dukinfield / Stalybridge is an electoral ward of Tameside,England. It is represented in Westminster by Jonathan Reynolds Labour Co-operative MP for Stalybridge and Hyde.
Hyde Godley is an electoral ward of Tameside,England. It is represented in Westminster by Jonathan Reynolds Labour Co-operative MP for Stalybridge and Hyde.
Hyde Werneth is an electoral ward of Tameside,England. It is represented in Westminster by Jonathan Reynolds Labour Co-operative MP for Stalybridge and Hyde.
Hyde Newton is an electoral ward of Tameside,England. It is represented in Westminster by Jonathan Reynolds Labour Co-operative MP for Stalybridge and Hyde.
Mossley is an electoral ward of Tameside,England. It is represented in Westminster by Jonathan Reynolds Labour Co-operative MP for Stalybridge and Hyde.
Stalybridge South is an electoral ward of Tameside,England. It is represented in Westminster by Jonathan Reynolds Labour Co-operative MP for Stalybridge and Hyde.
Stalybridge North is an electoral ward of Tameside,England. It is represented in Westminster by Jonathan Reynolds Labour Co-operative MP for Stalybridge and Hyde.
Longdendale is an electoral ward of Tameside,England. It is represented in Westminster by Jonathan Reynolds Labour Co-operative MP for Stalybridge and Hyde.
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