Peter Kilfoyle
| Peter Kilfoyle | |
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Member of Parliament for Liverpool Walton |
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In office 5 July 1991 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Eric Heffer |
| Succeeded by | Steve Rotheram |
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| Born |
9 June 1946 Liverpool, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | None (formerly Labour) |
| Spouse(s) | Bernadette Slater |
| Alma mater |
Durham University, Liverpool Hope University |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Website | http://www.peterkilfoyle.com/ |
Peter Kilfoyle (born 9 June 1946) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Walton from 1991 to 2010.
The eleventh of fourteen children born to an Irish Catholic family on Merseyside, Kilfoyle was educated by the Irish Christian Brothers at St. Edward's College in Liverpool; his father died when he was 10 years old. Obtaining 4 A-levels he went to the University of Durham, but left after a year becoming a labourer for five years. He qualified as a teacher at Christ's College in Liverpool. From 1975-1985, he worked as a teacher. From 1986-1991, he was North West Regional Organiser for the Labour Party, often involved in dealing with the entryist tactics of the Militant group.
Kilfoyle became the Labour Member of Parliament for Liverpool Walton by winning a by-election in 1991 after the death of the incumbent Eric Heffer. In 1994, he supported Tony Blair's campaign for the Labour Party leadership.
When Labour returned to government in 1997, Kilfoyle was initially appointed to an influential role within the Cabinet Office, with a licence to speak out in the media on the Government's behalf, and was later appointed a junior minister in the Ministry of Defence. In 2000 he resigned, asserting that the Blair Government was failing to pay enough attention to Labour's heartlands. He then became a vocal backbench critic of the Government for the remainder of his period in parliament.
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