The Lord Lofthouse of Pontefract | |
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Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means | |
In office 27 April 1992 – 14 May 1997 | |
Speaker | Betty Boothroyd |
Preceded by | Sir Paul Dean |
Succeeded by | Michael Martin |
Member of Parliament for Pontefract and Castleford | |
In office 26 October 1978 – 8 April 1997 | |
Preceded by | Joseph Harper |
Succeeded by | Yvette Cooper |
Personal details | |
Born | Featherstone, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | 18 December 1925
Died | 1 November 2012 | (aged 86)
Political party | Labour |
Spouse |
Sarah Lofthouse
(m. 1946; died 1985) |
Geoffrey Lofthouse, Baron Lofthouse of Pontefract, JP (18 December 1925 – 1 November 2012), popularly known in his former constituency as Geoff Lofthouse, was a British Labour politician, MP and life peer.