Brian Cotter, Baron Cotter

The Right Honourable The Lord Cotter
Official portrait, 2018
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office 30 May 2006 – 14 November 2023 Life peerage
Member of Parliament for Weston-super-Mare
In office 1 May 1997 – 11 April 2005
Preceded by	Jerry Wiggin
Succeeded by	John Penrose
Personal details
Born	Brian Joseph Michael Cotter (1936-08-24)24 August 1936 Ealing, Middlesex, England
Died	14 November 2023(2023-11-14) (aged 87)
Political party	Liberal Democrats (after 1988)
Other political affiliations	Liberal (1983–1988) Conservative (before 1983)
Spouse	Eyleen Wade ​ (m. 1963)​
Children	3

Brian Joseph Michael Cotter, Baron Cotter (24 August 1936 – 14 November 2023), was a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was Member of Parliament for Weston-super-Mare from 1997 to 2005, and subsequently a member of the House of Lords from 2006 until his death.