Tony Lloyd
Sir Anthony Joseph Lloyd (25 February 1950 – 17 January 2024)[1] was a British Labour Party politician. He was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochdale in 2017. Between 1983 and 1997, he was MP for Stretford. He then represented Manchester Central until 2012. Formerly Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner between 2012 and 2017, and was interim Mayor of Greater Manchester between 2015 and 2017.
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 Official portrait, 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mayor of Greater Manchester | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interim 29 May 2015 – 8 May 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Office established | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Andy Burnham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 22 November 2012 – 8 May 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Office established | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Office abolished | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 5 December 2006 – 15 March 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party Leader | Tony Blair Gordon Brown Harriet Harman (acting) Ed Miliband | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Ann Clwyd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | David Watts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister of State for Foreign Affairs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 5 May 1997 – 28 July 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Nicholas Bonsor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | John Battle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Anthony Joseph Lloyd 25 February 1950 Stretford, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 January 2024 (aged 73) Manchester, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Labour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) |
Judith Tear (m. 1974) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lloyd was Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland between 2018 and 2020, resigning on 28 April 2020, to recover from COVID-19.[2]
On February 15, 2021, he undertook support for Darya Chultsova, Belarusian political prisoner.[3]
In January 2023, Lloyd revealed that he was undergoing chemotherapy after a recent cancer diagnosis.[4]
On 11 January 2024, Lloyd announced that he had chosen to end hospital treatment for an "aggressive and untreatable leukaemia".[5] He died a week later on 17 January from the disease in Manchester, England, aged 73.[6]
Literature
change- Dilworth, Jennifer; Stuart-Jones, Megan (2012). International Year Book and Statesmen's Who's Who including Who's Who in Public International Law. Brill.
- Haworth, Alan; Hayter, Dianne (2006). Men Who Made Labour: The Parliamentary Labour Party of 1906 – the Personalities and the Politics. Routledge. ISBN 9781845680473.
- Jupp, Adam (April 2012). 250 of the Most Influential People in Greater Manchester. MEN Media.
- Powell, Jonathan (2011). The New Machiavelli: How to Wield Power in the Modern World. Random House. ISBN 9780099546092.
- Waller, Robert; Criddle, Byron (1999). Almanac of British Politics (6th ed.). Routledge. ISBN 9780415185417.
Notes
change- ↑ As MP for Stretford and Urmston.
References
change- ↑ Dilworth & Stuart-Jones 2012.
- ↑ "Rochdale MP Tony Lloyd steps down from frontbench after spell in ICU with coronavirus that left him 'gasping for air'". Manchester Evening News. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ↑ "Members of Parliament from Great Britain, Switzerland and Germany take over godparenthood for Darya Chultsova, Viktar Aktsistau and Aleh Hrableuski". Libereco. 2021-02-15. Archived from the original on 2021-02-24. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
- ↑ "Rochdale MP Tony Lloyd reveals chemotherapy treatment after diagnosis". BBC News. 2023-01-16. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ↑ Wootton-Cane, Nicole (11 January 2024). "MP Tony Lloyd leaves hospital to spend time he 'has left with family' as blood cancer develops into 'aggressive and untreatable leukaemia'". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ↑ "Veteran Labour MP for Rochdale Sir Tony Lloyd dies after leukaemia diagnosis". ITV News. 17 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
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