Brian Sedgemore | |
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| Member of Parliament for Hackney South and Shoreditch | |
| In office 9 June 1983 – 11 April 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Ronald Brown |
| Succeeded by | Meg Hillier |
| Member of Parliament for Luton West | |
| In office 28 February 1974 – 7 April 1979 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | John Carlisle |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Brian Charles John Sedgemore 17 March 1937 Exmouth, England |
| Died | 29 April 2015 (aged 78) London, England |
| Political party | Liberal Democrats |
| Other political affiliations | Labour (before 2005) |
| Spouses | Audrey Reece
(m. 1964; div. 1985)
(m. 2002, died) |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | Hele's School, Exeter |
| Alma mater | Corpus Christi College, Oxford |
Brian Charles John Sedgemore (17 March 1937 – 29 April 2015) was a British politician who served as a Labour Member of Parliament (MP) from 1974 to 1979, and again from 1983 to 2005. He defected to the Liberal Democrats shortly after standing down from Parliament just before the 2005 general election.[1][2][3][4][5][better source needed]
- ^ Lancefield, Neil (5 May 2015). "Former Labour MP who quit for the Lib Dems dies after a hospital fall". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ McSmith, Andy (6 May 2015). "Brian Sedgemore: Maverick, plain-speaking Labour politician who loved to kick up a fuss, as much for his own Party as for its rivals". The Independent. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ "Brian Sedgemore" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
- ^ "Brian Sedgemore, Labour MP - obituary". www.telegraph.co.uk. 6 May 2015.
- ^ Mathis, Ben. "The death of Brian Sedgemore". Hackney Liberal Democrats.