Michael Meacher

Michael Meacher
Official portrait, c. 1997–1999
Minister of State for the Environment
In office
2 May 1997 – 13 June 2003
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byJohn Gummer
Succeeded byElliot Morley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade
In office
5 April 1976 – 4 May 1979
Prime MinisterJames Callaghan
Preceded byStanley Clinton Davis
Succeeded byNorman Tebbit
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Security
In office
12 June 1975 – 5 April 1976
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byAlec Jones
Succeeded byEric Deakins
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Industry
In office
7 March 1974 – 12 June 1975
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byPeter Emery
Succeeded byGerald Kaufman
Shadow Cabinet portfolios
1983–1997
Shadow Secretary of State
1989–1992Social Security
1987–1989Employment
1983–1987Health and Social Services
1993–1994Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1994–1995Transport
Shadow Minister
1992–1993Overseas Development
1993–1994Citizen's Charter
1996–1997Environmental Protection
Member of Parliament
for Oldham West and Royton
Oldham West (1970–97)
In office
18 June 1970 – 20 October 2015
Preceded byBruce Campbell
Succeeded byJim McMahon
Personal details
Born
Michael Hugh Meacher

(1939-11-04)4 November 1939
Hemel Hempstead, England
Died20 October 2015(2015-10-20) (aged 75)
London, England
Political partyLabour
Spouses
(m. 1962; div. 1987)
Lucianne Sawyer
(m. 1988)
Children4
Alma materNew College, Oxford
London School of Economics

Michael Hugh Meacher (4 November 1939 – 20 October 2015) was a British politician who served as a government minister under Harold Wilson, James Callaghan and Tony Blair. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Oldham West and Royton, previously Oldham West, from 1970 until his death in 2015.

Before entering politics, Meacher was a lecturer in social administration at the University of Essex and the University of York.