The Lord Woolmer of Leeds | |
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| Member of Parliament for Batley and Morley | |
| In office 3 May 1979 – 13 May 1983 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Alfred Broughton |
| Succeeded by | Constituency 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 1970–1978 | |
| Succeeded by | I. Adams |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kenneth John Woolmer 25 April 1940 |
| Alma mater | University 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.