Tom Pendry

The Lord Pendry
Official portrait, 2020
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
In office
11 November 1978 – 4 May 1979
Prime MinisterJames Callaghan
Sec. of StateRoy Mason
Preceded byRaymond Carter
Succeeded byThe Lord Elton
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office
8 March 1974 – 11 January 1977
Prime Minister
ChancellorDenis Healey
Preceded byMarcus Fox
Succeeded byTom 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 byFred Blackburn
Succeeded byJames Purnell
Personal details
Born(1934-06-10)10 June 1934
Broadstairs, Kent, England
Died26 February 2023(2023-02-26) (aged 88)
Political partyLabour

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]

  1. ^ "No. 56268". The London Gazette. 9 July 2001. p. 8071.
  2. ^ "House of Lords – Register of Lords' Interests". Archived from the original on 4 May 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
  3. ^ "Lord Pendry – UK Parliament". parliament.uk. Retrieved 9 December 2018.

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