Roy Hattersley

Mr Roy Sydney George Hattersley

Rush ID: 4284

Details

Born:
28 December 1932
Died:
13 June 2026
Birth place:
Sheffield, Yorkshire (West Riding), UK
Gender:
Male
Ethnicity:
White
Ethnic minority:
No
Religion:
Unknown
Aristocratic connections:
false
Formative occupation:
Writer / Journalist
Election occupation:
Journalist/tutor/PRO
Parentage:
Frederick ('Roy') Hattersley and Enid Anne Brackenbury
Notes:
None
Knighthood/Dame:
False
Highest Office:
Cabinet Minister
Who's Who volume:
4
Education level:
Graduate

References

Rush ID:
4284
MNIS ID:
858
Wikidata Entity ID:
Q333692
Parliament ID:
Not set
Beamish Person ID:
1930
They work for you ID:
17704

Name changes

  1. HATTERSLEY, Roy (1932- )

Peerages

  1. Baron Hattersley

    Life

    1997

Constituencies

  1. Birmingham, Sparkbrook

    Party: Labour
    Year of election: 1964
    Date of election: 15 October 1964
    Nature of election: General Election
    Nature of service: First entry
    Year of exit: 1997
    Date of exit: 1 May 1997
    Party: Labour
    Nature of exit: Dissolution
    Sponsorship: None known
    Constituency connection: None Known
    Notes: None

Unsuccessful candidate in

  1. Sutton Coldfield

    Connection with constituency: None Known
    Year of election: 1959
    Date of election: Thu 8th Oct 1959
    Nature of election: General Election
    Party: Labour
    Notes:

Ministerial offices

  1. PPS 1964-1967

  2. Parliamentary Secretary 1967-1969

    Ministry of Defenece for Admin

  3. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1974-1976

  4. Secretary of State for Prices and Incomes 1976-1979

Higher education

  1. Hull, University of

    Graduated

Schools

  1. Unknown (Grammar)

Marriages

  1. (Name unknown), unknown

Parties

  1. Labour Member

Political organisations

  1. Campaign for European Political Community Member

    Ex director

Local governments

  1. Sheffield Borough Council

    Councillor

    1957-1965

Trade unions

  1. Association of Supervisory Staffs, Executives and Technicians Member

  2. Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs Member

  3. National Union of Public Employees Member

Clubs

  1. Reform Club