The Lord Ashley of Stoke | |
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![]() Ashley in 2010 | |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
In office 10 July 1992 – 20 April 2012 Life Peerage | |
Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent South | |
In office 31 March 1966 – 16 March 1992 | |
Preceded by | Ellis Smith |
Succeeded by | George Stevenson |
Personal details | |
Born | Widnes, Lancashire, England | 6 December 1922
Died | 20 April 2012 | (aged 89)
Political party | Labour |
Spouse | Pauline Kay Crispin |
Children | 3; including Jackie |
Alma mater | Ruskin College Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
Jack Ashley, Baron Ashley of Stoke, CH, PC (6 December 1922 – 20 April 2012) was a British politician. He was a Labour Member of Parliament in the House of Commons for Stoke-on-Trent South for 26 years, from 1966 to 1992, and subsequently sat in the House of Lords. He was a long-term campaigner for disabled people.