John Tomlinson, Baron Tomlinson

John Edward Tomlinson, Baron Tomlinson (1 August 1939 – 20 January 2024) was a British Labour Co-operative politician. He served as a life peer in the House of Lords from 1998 until his death, and had previously been a Member of Parliament from 1974 to 1979, and a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1984 to 1999.

The Right Honourable
The Lord Tomlinson
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Overseas Development
In office
3 January 1977  4 May 1979
Prime MinisterJames Callaghan
Preceded byFrank Judd
Succeeded byoffice abolished
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
In office
17 March 1976  4 May 1979
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
James Callaghan
Preceded byTed Rowlands
Succeeded byRichard Luce
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
21 July 1998  20 January 2024
Life Peerage
Member of the European Parliament
for Birmingham West
In office
14 June 1984  10 June 1999
Preceded byconstituency established
Succeeded byconstituency abolished
Member of Parliament
for Meriden
In office
28 February 1974  7 April 1979
Preceded byKeith Speed
Succeeded byIain Mills
Personal details
Born(1939-08-01)1 August 1939
London, England
Died20 January 2024(2024-01-20) (aged 84)
Political partyLabour Co-operative
Alma materCo-operative College
Brunel University
University of Warwick

Tomlinson was a pro-European Labour moderate who was Harold Wilson’s final Parliamentary Private Secretary.

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