Doug Hoyle

The Lord Hoyle
Official portrait, 2018
In office
8 May 1997 – 9 April 1999
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byThe Earl of Courtown
Succeeded byThe Lord Burlison
Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party
In office
18 July 1992 – 3 May 1997
Leader
Preceded byStan Orme
Succeeded byClive Soley
In office
14 May 1997 – 25 July 2023
Life peerage
Member of Parliament
for Warrington North
Warrington (1981–1983)
In office
16 July 1981 – 8 April 1997
Preceded byThomas Williams
Succeeded byHelen Jones
Member of Parliament
for Nelson and Colne
In office
10 October 1974 – 7 April 1979
Preceded byDavid Waddington
Succeeded byJohn Lee
Personal details
Born
Eric Douglas Harvey Hoyle

(1926-02-17)17 February 1926
Coppull, Lancashire, England
Died6 April 2024(2024-04-06) (aged 98)
Political partyLabour
Spouse
Pauline Spencer
(m. 1953; died 1991)
ChildrenLindsay

Eric Douglas Harvey Hoyle, Baron Hoyle, JP, GMH (17 February 1926 – 6 April 2024) was a British politician and life peer who was chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party from 1992 to 1997 and a lord-in-waiting from 1997 to 1999. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Nelson and Colne from 1974 to 1979 and Warrington North from 1981 to 1997.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Mr Doug Hoyle". Hansard. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Parliamentary career for Lord Hoyle - MPs and Lords". UK Parliament. Retrieved 14 May 2021.