Patrick Cormack

The Lord Cormack
Official portrait, 2019
Chair of the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee
In office
14 July 2005 – 12 April 2010
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byLaurence Robertson
Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
In office
20 June 1997 – 19 January 2000
LeaderWilliam Hague
Preceded byGillian Shephard
Succeeded byJames Cran
Shadow Minister for Constitutional Affairs
In office
20 June 1997 – 19 January 2000
LeaderWilliam Hague
In office
21 December 2010 – 25 February 2024
Life peerage
Member of Parliament
for South Staffordshire
In office
28 February 1974 – 12 April 2010
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byGavin Williamson
Member of Parliament
for Cannock
In office
18 June 1970 – 8 February 1974
Preceded byJennie Lee
Succeeded byGwilym Roberts
Personal details
Born(1939-05-18)18 May 1939
Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
Died25 February 2024(2024-02-25) (aged 84)
Lincoln, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Kathleen Mary MacDonald
(m. 1967)
Children2
Education
Alma materUniversity of Hull

Patrick Thomas Cormack, Baron Cormack, DL, FSA, FRHistS (18 May 1939 – 25 February 2024) was a British politician, historian, journalist and author. He served as a member of Parliament (MP) for 40 years, from 1970 to 2010. Cormack was a member of the Conservative Party and was seen as a one-nation conservative.

Before entering Parliament, Cormack was a teacher. He was elected for Cannock at the 1970 general election. Following boundary changes he was elected for South West Staffordshire in 1974, renamed South Staffordshire in 1983. He was elected chair of the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee in 2005. He was also twice a candidate for the speakership of the House of Commons. After standing down from the House of Commons in 2010, he served as an active life peer in the House of Lords.