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 | Harold Wilson James Callaghan |
Chancellor | Denis Healey |
Preceded by | Marcus Fox |
Succeeded by | Tom Cox |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 11 July 2001 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
Nationality | British |
Political party | Labour |
Thomas Pendry, Baron Pendry, PC (born 10 June 1934)[1][2] is a Labour politician and member of the House of Lords. He was the Labour member of parliament for Stalybridge and Hyde from 1970 to 2001.
In 2001, he was made a member of the Privy Council on the recommendation of Tony Blair. After the 2001 election he was promoted to the peerage on 4 July as Baron Pendry.[3]
He is president of the Football Foundation Ltd.[4][5]
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