Kenneth Woolmer, Baron Woolmer of Leeds

The Lord Woolmer of Leeds
Member of Parliament
for Batley and Morley
In office
3 May 1979 – 13 May 1983
Preceded bySir Alfred Broughton
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
3 August 1999 – 26 May 2020
Life peerage
Leeds City Councillor
for Seacroft Ward
In office
19701978
Succeeded byI. Adams
Personal details
Born
Kenneth John Woolmer

(1940-04-25) 25 April 1940 (age 84)
Alma materUniversity of Leeds

Kenneth John Woolmer, Baron Woolmer of Leeds (born 25 April 1940) is a British university lecturer and politician. Coming into politics through local government in West Yorkshire, Woolmer was elected to Parliament for the Labour Party in 1979. He became an effective Parliamentarian and was rapidly promoted, despite clearly allying to the party's right-wing and playing an active role in the intra-party conflict. Partly due to adverse boundary changes, he lost his seat in 1983 and was unable to win it back. Later in life he received a life peerage and was an active member of the House of Lords.