Dennis Turner
Lord Temporal | |
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| In office 20 June 2005 – 25 February 2014 Life peerage | |
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| Born | Dennis Turner 26 August 1942 Labour and Co-operative |
| Spouse |
Patricia Narroway (m. 1976) |
| Children | 2 |
Dennis Turner, Baron Bilston (26 August 1942 – 25 February 2014) was a British
Wolverhampton South East
from 1987 to 2005.
Early life
Turner was born in
trades unionist. He was one of the youngest-ever councillors on Wolverhampton Council from 1966, rising through the ranks to become deputy leader for seven years. He was Director of Springvale Co-operative Leisure Centre. He was on West Midlands County Council
from 1973–86.
Parliamentary career
Turner contested
Halesowen and Stourbridge
in the February and October general elections in 1974.
He was elected member of Parliament for
Fairtrade and further education, and chaired the Commons Catering Committee. He chaired the Co-op Parliamentary Group for two years and the West Midlands
group of Labour MPs. He once introduced a private member's bill seeking to make clear in law the correct amount of froth at the top of a pint of beer.
Turner stepped down from Parliament at the
diaphragm. Pat McFadden
was selected to replace him.
On 13 May 2005 it was announced that he would be created a life peer, and on 20 June 2005 the title was created as Baron Bilston, of Bilston in the County of West Midlands.[2] Turner later revealed that this choice of title was a mistake, and he had intended to take the title Baron Turner of Bilston.[3]
Personal life
Lord Bilston was a Distinguished Supporter of the
British Humanist Association
.
He married Patricia Narroway in 1976 and had a son and a daughter.
Lord Bilston died in Wolverhampton[4] on 25 February 2014, aged 71.[3]
References
- ^ "SO9496 : Bilston School". Geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "No. 57683". The London Gazette. 23 June 2005. p. 8169.
- ^ a b Kavanagh, Dennis (26 February 2014). "Lord Bilston obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "DOR Q1/2014 in WOLVERHAMPTON (077-1A) Entry Number 509875354". GRO Online Indexes. General Register Office for England and Wales. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
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