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List of United Kingdom MPs who died in the 2020s

List of United Kingdom MPs who died in the 2020s

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This is a list of individuals who were former or serving Members of Parliament for the House of Commons of the United Kingdom and who died in the 2020s.

2020

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  1. [2 1]
    "Former Labour MP for Bassetlaw Joe Ashton dies". BBC. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  2. [2 2]
    "Ron Atkins: UK's longest living former MP dies aged 104". BBC. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  3. [2 3]
    "Harold Best, Labour MP who 'had Leeds North West running through his veins' – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  4. [2 4]
    "Brian Binley: Former Northampton South MP dies aged 78". BBC. 26 December 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  5. [2 5]
    "Gerald Bowden, Tory politician who cut his teeth at Ilea and as MP for Dulwich welcomed Mrs Thatcher to the area – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  6. [2 6]
    "Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler, Conservative MP who crossed the floor to join the SDP – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  7. [2 7]
    "Raymond Carter, Labour MP and minister who in private life was a serious bibliophile – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  8. [2 8]
    "Ernest Davies, physicist, lecturer and Labour MP – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  9. [2 9]
    Langdon, Julia (22 June 2020). "Terry Dicks obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  10. [2 10]
    Slade, Darren (26 May 2020). "Lord John Eden, MP for Bournemouth West for 29 years, dies aged 94". Bournemouth Daily Echo. Newsquest. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  11. [2 11]
    "Former Glasgow Labour MP Maria Fyfe dies aged 82". BBC News. BBC. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  12. [2 12]
    "Tristan Garel-Jones, Tory 'wet' and able deputy chief whip under Margaret Thatcher – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  13. [2 13]
    "Former Walsall South Labour MP Bruce George dies". BBC. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  14. [2 14]
    "Lord Graham of Edmonton, MP who served as a whip in both the Commons and the Lords – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 22 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  15. [2 15]
    "John Hume: Nobel Peace Prize winner dies aged 83". BBC. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  16. [2 16]
    Halstead, John (1 May 2020). "Peter Jackson obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  17. [2 17]
    "John Lee, Labour MP who was Left-wing on everything but crime – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 28 June 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  18. [2 18]
    "Lord Robert Maclennan: Tributes to former SDP leader and LibDem peer". BBC. 18 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  19. [2 19]
    Dickinson, Katie (28 June 2020). "Lib Dem peer and former Northumberland councillor Baroness Diana Maddock dies aged 75". Chronicle Live. Reach plc. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  20. [2 20]
    "Seamus Mallon, former deputy leader of the SDLP, dies aged 83". BBC. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  21. [2 21]
    "O'Neill pays tribute following the death of Sinn Féin veteran and former Mid Ulster MP Tom Mitchell". The Irish News. Fitzpatrick family. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  22. [2 22]
    Ferguson, Emma (29 April 2020). "Tribute over death of Cornish MP and journalist David Mudd". The Falmouth Packet. Newsquest. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  23. [2 23]
    Harrison, Claire (18 May 2020). "Tragic death of former Nuneaton MP". Coventry Telegraph. Reach plc. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  24. [2 24]
    "Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan obituary". The Times. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  25. [2 25]
    "John Powley, conscientious local politician in Cambridge and Tory MP for Norwich South – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  26. [2 26]
    "James Ramsden, last Secretary for War who took over from John Profumo as the torrid sex-and-spy scandal unfolded – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  27. [2 27]
    "Lord Renton of Mount Harry, Conservative foreign office minister and Chief Whip – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  28. [2 28]
    Boniface, Michael (14 April 2020). "Sir Hugh Rossi: Former Hornsey MP and councillor dies aged 92". Hampstead and Highgate Express. Archant. Archived from the original on 15 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  29. [2 29]
    "Former Ashton MP Robert Sheldon dies at 96". Oldham Evening Chronicle. Hirst Kidd and Rennie. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  30. [2 30]
    Seaward, Tom (18 November 2020). "Tributes paid as former Swindon MP dies". Swindon Advertiser. Newsquest. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  31. [2 31]
    "Thomas, Ronald Richard, (16 March 1929–19 Dec. 2020)". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u37457. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  32. [2 32]
    Maxwell Scott, Matthew (23 March 2020). "Matthew Maxwell Scott: A tribute to Richard Tracey". ConservativeHome. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  33. [2 33]
    "Sir Peter Viggers: 'Duck island' expenses claim MP dies aged 82". BBC. 9 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2020.

2021

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  1. [2 1]
    "Peter Ainsworth". Churches Conservation Trust. 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  2. [2 2]
    Lee, Joseph (15 October 2021). "Sir David Amess: Conservative MP stabbed to death". BBC News. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  3. [2 3]
    "Former Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire dies, aged 53". BBC News. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  4. [2 4]
    Luckhurst, Greg (12 November 2021). "Former Bournemouth MP Sir John Butterfill dies". Bournemouth Daily Echo. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  5. [2 5]
    "Cockeram". The Daily Telegraph. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  6. [2 6]
    "Maureen Colquhoun: Tributes paid to first openly lesbian MP". BBC. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  7. [2 7]
    "Ex-MP Hywel Francis dies: Tributes to 'lovely and compassionate person'". BBC. 14 February 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  8. [2 8]
    Bishop, Donna-Louise (9 April 2021). "Former Norwich North MP and champion of city Dr Ian Gibson dies". Norwich Evening News. Archant. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  9. [2 9]
    Smith, Mikey (5 April 2021). "Tory MP Dame Cheryl Gillan dies aged 68". Daily Mirror. Reach plc. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  10. [2 10]
    "Mary Holt, Right-leaning Conservative MP who championed women's causes – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  11. [2 11]
    "Tributes to former MP and council leader who was last surviving 'freeman' of Bolton". Manchester Evening News. Reach plc. 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  12. [2 12]
    "Labour mourns peer Frank Judd after his death at the age of 86". Evening Standard. 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  13. [2 13]
    Billford, Chantelle (30 June 2021). "'Incredibly proud': Former Romford MP Dick Leonard passes away at 90". Romford Recorder. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  14. [2 14]
    "Sir James Lester, well-liked Nottinghamshire MP and junior minister who was an archetypal one-nation Tory – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  15. [2 15]
    "Paul Marland obituary". The Times. 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  16. [2 16]
    "Former Great Grimsby MP and Calendar presenter Austin Mitchell dies aged 86". ITV News. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  17. [2 17]
    "Lord Elystan-Morgan, campaigner for Welsh devolution, dies". BBC. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  18. [2 18]
    Philpot, Terry (4 March 2021). "Stan Newens obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  19. [2 19]
    Plunkett, Susan (27 December 2021). "Family announce death of former long serving and well known Burnley MP Peter Pike". Burnley Express. Johnston Press. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  20. [2 20]
    Hawkins, Daniel (17 October 2021). "Ernie Ross, former labour MP for Dundee West, dies at the age of 79". Evening Standard. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  21. [2 21]
    Bambridge, Steve (18 January 2021). "Lord Shaw, who was Scarborough's MP for 26 years until 1992, dies at the age of 100". The Scarborough News. Johnston Press PLC. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  22. [2 22]
    Nurse, Rachel (27 May 2021). "Former Blaenau Gwent MP Llew Smith dies, aged 77". South Wales Argus. Newsquest. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  23. [2 23]
    "Walters". The Daily Telegraph. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  24. [2 24]
    le Duc, Frank (20 May 2021). "Tributes paid as former Hove MP dies". Brighton and Hove News. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  25. [2 25]
    Webster, Laura (18 June 2021). "Tributes paid as former SNP MSP and MP Andrew Welsh dies aged 77". The National. Newsquest. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  26. [2 26]
    Allegretti, Aubrey (12 April 2021). "Lady Shirley Williams, former Labour minister, dies aged 90". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 April 2021.

2022

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  1. [2 1]
    "Bob Blizzard: Former Waveney MP dies aged 71". BBC News. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  2. [2 2]
    "Former Eastleigh MP David Chidgey dies aged 79". ITV News. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  3. [2 3]
    "Labour MP Jack Dromey dies aged 73". BBC News. 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  4. [2 4]
    "Former Southport MP Ronnie Fearn passes away aged 90". On The Spot News. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  5. [2 5]
    "Ford, Benjamin Thomas". WHO WAS WHO 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  6. [2 6]
    Rodger, Hannah (7 January 2022). "Former Aberdeen MP and anti-apartheid campaigner Bob Hughes dies aged 90". The Herald. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  7. [2 7]
    "Lib Dem peer Lord Jones of Cheltenham dies aged 74". BBC News. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  8. [2 8]
    "Former Birmingham MP Baroness Jill Knight dies aged 98". BBC News. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  9. [2 9]
    Fitton, Sarah (30 December 2022). "People: Tributes to MP Alice Mahon who 'fought tirelessly for Halifax' for 18 years". Halifax Courier. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  10. [2 10]
    Ponsonby, Bernard (11 November 2022). "Remembering Anna McCurley as former politician dies aged 79". STV News. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  11. [2 11]
    Bagley, Alison (25 March 2022). "Tributes paid to former Corby and East Northants MP". Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  12. [2 12]
    "'Wise and kind' Labour peer Giles Radice dies at 85". The Guardian. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  13. [2 13]
    "Peter Rost". UK Parliament. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  14. [2 14]
    Bagley, Alison (26 August 2022). "Shaw". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  15. [2 15]
    "Maastricht rebel Sir Richard Shepherd dies aged 79". The National. 21 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  16. [2 16]
    Howie, Emylie (23 September 2022). "Former Renfrewshire councillor sadly passes away following period of illness". Daily Record. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  17. [2 17]
    Blevins, David (25 July 2022). "Former first minister of Northern Ireland Lord David Trimble has died". Sky News. Retrieved 25 July 2022.

2023

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  1. [2 1]
    Jenkins, Bill (7 February 2023). "Former Rossendale and Darwen Labour MP Janet Anderson dies at 73". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  2. [2 2]
    "Sir Tom Arnold". The Times. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  3. [2 3]
    Jackson, Carl (9 August 2023). "Tributes to legendary lawyer and former MP Gerry Bermingham who has died aged 82". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  4. [2 4]
    "Sir Nicholas Bonsor, Right-wing Eurosceptic MP who served under John Major – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  5. [2 5]
    Morris, Sophie (27 February 2023). "Baroness Boothroyd, first female Speaker of the House of Commons, has died aged 93". Sky News. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  6. [2 6]
    Dyer, Oliver (6 October 2023). "Former Isle of Wight MP and GP Peter Brand dies aged 76". Isle of Wight County Press. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  7. [2 7]
    "Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, Conservative politician and Northern Ireland Secretary noted for his decency – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  8. [2 8]
    "Lord Clinton-Davis". Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  9. [2 9]
    "Ann Clwyd: Tony Blair and Mark Drakeford pay tribute to ex MP". BBC News. 22 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  10. [2 10]
    Chaplain, Chloe (26 January 2024). "I cut off my MP father after years of emotional abuse – now I'm speaking out". The i. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  11. [2 11]
    "John Cockcroft obituary". The Times. 29 April 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  12. [2 12]
    Hill, Amber (14 November 2023). "Former Weston MP, Lord Cotter of Congresbury, passes away". The Weston Mercury. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  13. [2 13]
    "James Randall (Jim) Couchman". The Daily Telegraph. 2 December 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  14. [2 14]
    Langdon, Julia (30 November 2023). "Lord Darling of Roulanish obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  15. [2 15]
    Learmouth, Andrew (29 November 2023). "Tributes paid to James Douglas-Hamilton, former Tory MP and MSP". The Herald Scotland. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  16. [2 16]
    Hunt, Richard (26 June 2023). "Tributes paid to former Blackpool North MP Harold Elletson who has died in Berlin aged 62". Blackpool Gazette. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  17. [2 17]
    "SNP political icon Winnie Ewing dies aged 93". BBC News. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  18. [2 18]
    "Former Braintree MP Alan Hurst dies at 77". BBC News. 3 February 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  19. [2 19]
    "Glenda Jackson: Oscar-winning actress and former MP dies at 87". BBC News. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  20. [2 20]
    Paessler, Benjamin (6 February 2023). "Former Salisbury MP Robert Key dies aged 77". Salisbury Journal. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  21. [2 21]
    Cooney, Christy (3 April 2023). "Nigel Lawson: former Conservative chancellor dies aged 91". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  22. [2 22]
    "The passing of Lord Crawford". Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  23. [2 23]
    Osborne, Ashleigh (25 May 2023). "Former MP Karen Lumley has died". Redditch Standard. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  24. [2 24]
    "Edmund Marshall, mathematician who started as a Liberal, became a Labour MP and ended up a Lib Dem – obituary". The Telegraph. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  25. [2 25]
    "Lord John Morris, ex-Welsh secretary and Blair attorney general dies". BBC News. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  26. [2 26]
    "Doug Naysmith: Former Bristol North West MP dies aged 82". BBC News. 2 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  27. [2 27]
    Holt, James (27 February 2023). "Tributes to 'good hearted' former Hyde and Stalybridge MP Lord Tom Pendry following tragic death aged 88". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  28. [2 28]
    "Roy Delville Roebuck, LLM, MA". The Telegraph. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  29. [2 29]
    Browne, Adrian (28 November 2023). "Former Labour Rhondda MP Allan Rogers dies aged 91". BBC News. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  30. [2 30]
    Green, Daniel (1 June 2023). "Former Brighton Conservative MP Derek Spencer dies aged 87". The Argus. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  31. [2 31]
    Harrison, Claire (17 January 2023). "Nuneaton has lost a 'true servant' as tributes paid after former MP Lewis Stevens dies". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  32. [2 32]
    "David Wilshire, Tory MP who devised the controversial Section 28 and defended the poll tax – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 5 December 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

2024

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  1. [2 1]
    "Sir Graham Bright, Tory MP who anchored John Major's campaign to succeed Mrs Thatcher as PM – obituary". The Telegraph. 21 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  2. [2 2]
    "Starmer leads tributes to Labour stalwart Ronnie Campbell after his death". The Independent. 23 February 2024. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  3. [2 3]
    "Welby pays tribute to Patrick Cormack, Tory peer and ex-MP, who has died at 84". The Guardian. 25 February 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  4. [2 4]
    "Former Labour minister Frank Field dies aged 81". BBC News. 24 April 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  5. [2 5]
    "Obituary – Harry Greenway | Association of British Riding Schools". Obituary – Harry Greenway. ABRS. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
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    Woodings, Simon (23 February 2024). "Obituary: Stratford's Maureen Hicks was highly influential in local politics and major projects". Stratford Herald. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  7. [2 7]
    Quin, Jeremy (22 April 2024). "Tribute to former Horsham MP Sir Peter Hordern". Sussex World. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  8. [2 8]
    Woodings, Simon (7 April 2024). "Tributes to Doug Hoyle, former MP and father of Commons speaker Sir Lindsay, who has died aged 98". ITV News. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  9. [2 9]
    "Labour MP Sir Tony Lloyd dies 'peacefully at home'". BBC News. 17 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  10. [2 10]
    Belger, Tom (24 April 2024). "Frank Field and David Marquand: Tributes flow in to 'social justice crusader' and 'giant of social democracy'". LabourList. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  11. [2 11]
    "Tommy McAvoy: Keir Starmer leads tributes to former Rutherglen MP". BBC News. 9 March 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  12. [2 12]
    Price, Richard (22 January 2024). "Tributes paid to former MP of over 20 years". BBC News. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  13. [2 13]
    "Labour peer dies aged 84 after brief illness". BBC News. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

Notes

  1. Served as a Conservative MP from 1970–1981
  2. Served as a Labour MP from 1966–1981 and an SDP MP from 1981–1988
  3. Served as a National Liberal MP from 1960–1966
  4. Served as a Labour MP from 1964–1979, then as an SDP MP from 1981–83 before joining the Liberal Democrats and serving as a peer for the party.
  5. Served as a Liberal MP from 1987–1988
  6. Served as a Labour MP from 1973–1992
  7. Sat as Birkenhead Social Justice Party in 2019

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