The Lord Tomlinson | |
|---|---|
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Overseas Development | |
| In office 3 January 1977 – 4 May 1979 | |
| Prime Minister | James Callaghan |
| Preceded by | Frank Judd |
| Succeeded by | office abolished |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | |
| In office 17 March 1976 – 4 May 1979 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson James Callaghan |
| Preceded by | Ted Rowlands |
| Succeeded by | Richard 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 by | constituency established |
| Succeeded by | constituency abolished |
| Member of Parliament for Meriden | |
| In office 28 February 1974 – 7 April 1979 | |
| Preceded by | Keith Speed |
| Succeeded by | Iain Mills |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 August 1939 London, England |
| Died | 20 January 2024 (aged 84) |
| Political party | Labour Co-operative |
| Alma mater | Co-operative College Brunel University University of Warwick |
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.
Tomlinson was a pro-European Labour moderate who was Harold Wilson’s final Parliamentary Private Secretary.