Michael Meacher
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The Right Honourable Michael Meacher |
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Meacher in 2014
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| Minister of State for the Environment | |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 13 June 2003 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | John Gummer |
| Succeeded by | Elliot Morley |
| Shadow Minister for Environmental Protection | |
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In office 25 July 1996 – 2 May 1997 |
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| Leader | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Transport | |
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In office 20 October 1994 – 19 October 1995 |
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| Leader | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Frank Dobson |
| Succeeded by | Clare Short |
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Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Shadow Minister for the Citizen's Charter |
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In office 21 October 1993 – 20 October 1994 |
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| Leader | John Smith |
| Preceded by | Mo Mowlam |
| Succeeded by | Ann Taylor |
| Shadow Minister for Overseas Development | |
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In office 18 July 1992 – 21 October 1993 |
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| Leader | John Smith |
| Preceded by | Ann Clwyd |
| Succeeded by | Tom Clarke |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Social Security | |
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In office 2 November 1989 – 18 July 1992 |
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| Leader | Neil Kinnock |
| Preceded by | Robin Cook (Health and Social Services) |
| Succeeded by | Donald Dewar |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Employment | |
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In office 13 July 1987 – 2 November 1989 |
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| Leader | Neil Kinnock |
| Preceded by | John Prescott |
| Succeeded by | Tony Blair |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Services | |
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In office 31 October 1983 – 13 July 1987 |
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| Leader | Neil Kinnock |
| Preceded by | Gwyneth Dunwoody |
| Succeeded by | Robin Cook |
| Under-Secretary of State for Trade | |
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In office 5 April 1976 – 4 May 1979 |
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| Prime Minister | James Callaghan |
| Preceded by | Stanley Clinton Davis |
| Succeeded by | Norman Tebbit |
| Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Security |
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In office 12 June 1975 – 5 April 1976 |
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| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Alec Jones |
| Succeeded by | Eric Deakins |
| Under-Secretary of State for Industry | |
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In office 7 March 1974 – 12 June 1975 |
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| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Peter Emery |
| Succeeded by | Gerald Kaufman |
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Member of Parliament for Oldham West and Royton Oldham West (1970–1997) |
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In office 18 June 1970 – 21 October 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Bruce Campbell |
| Succeeded by | Jim McMahon |
| Personal details | |
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Michael Hugh Meacher 4 November 1939 Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England |
| Died | 21 October 2015 (aged 75) |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) |
Molly Reid (1962–1987) Lucianne Sawyer (1988–2015) |
| Alma mater |
New College, Oxford London School of Economics |
| Website | Official website |
Michael Hugh Meacher (4 November 1939 – 21 October 2015) was a British academic and Labour Party politician. Before entering politics, he was a lecturer in social administration at the University of Essex and the University of York. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1970 until his death, for Oldham West and Oldham West and Royton.
Meacher was born in Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire on 4 November 1939, a descendant of a brewing and farming family. He was the only child of Hubert Meacher and his wife Doris (née Foxwell). His father had trained as an accountant, but after a breakdown worked on the family farm. With the family having little money, his mother took in lodgers and worked for a local doctor; she had aspirations of Michael becoming an Anglican priest.
Meacher was educated at Berkhamsted School, at the time an all-boys independent school, to which he won a scholarship. He then studied at New College, Oxford where he graduated with a first-class honours degree in classics and divinity, and at the London School of Economics, where he gained a Diploma in Social Administration.
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