Geoffrey Lofthouse, Baron Lofthouse of Pontefract
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The Right Honourable The Lord Lofthouse of Pontefract JP |
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| First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means | |
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In office 27 April 1992 – 14 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Paul Dean |
| Succeeded by | Michael Martin |
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Member of Parliament for Pontefract and Castleford |
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In office 26 October 1978 – 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph Harper |
| Succeeded by | Yvette Cooper |
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18 December 1925 Featherstone, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 1 November 2012 (aged 86) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
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 and life peer.
He was born in Featherstone, West Riding of Yorkshire, the son of Ernest Lofthouse, a farm labourer in Micklefield, and Emma (née Fellows). His father died at the age of 35. At the age of 14, Geoff Lofthouse went down the pit at Ackton Hall Colliery in Featherstone. At age 29, he was the President of the local branch of the NUM. He went to the University of Leeds, gaining a BA in Political Studies in 1957, when he was 32 years old. In 1962, he became a councillor on Pontefract Borough Council. He was mayor of Pontefract in 1967, and leader of the council from 1969-73.
He was MP for Pontefract and Castleford from a 1978 by-election until his retirement at the 1997 general election. In the House of Commons, he served from 1992 until his retirement as a Deputy Speaker of the House to Betty Boothroyd. In the Queen's Birthday Honours 1995 Lofthouse was appointed a Knight Bachelor. In the Queen's Birthday Honours 1997 Lofthouse was made a Life Peer as Baron Lofthouse of Pontefract, of Pontefract, in the county of West Yorkshire.
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