Gerry Bermingham
Gerry Bermingham | |
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Member of Parliament for St Helens South | |
In office 9 June 1983 – 14 May 2001 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Succeeded by | Shaun Woodward |
Personal details | |
Born | Gerald Edward Bermingham 20 August 1940 Dublin, Ireland |
Died | 2 August 2023 Birmingham, England | (aged 82)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Labour |
Spouse | Jilly Foster[1] |
Alma mater | University of Sheffield |
Profession | Barrister |
Gerald Edward Bermingham (20 August 1940 – 2 August 2023) was a British politician and barrister who was a Labour Member of Parliament for St Helens South from 1983 until 2001.[2]
Bermingham was born 20 August 1940 in
Sheffield University, where he obtained a degree in law. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1967, and was called to the Bar (Gray's Inn) in 1985. He was a Sheffield City councillor from 1975 to 1979. He contested South East Derbyshire in 1979, but was defeated by the incumbent Conservative Peter Rost
.
In 1994, he was one of six Labour MPs who voted against any reduction in the age of consent for homosexuals, even to 18 (at the time, the age of consent was 21).[3]
On his retirement, he was succeeded by Shaun Woodward, a Conservative defector, who swapped his old seat of Witney to represent the ultra-safe St Helens South.[4]
Bermingham died in Birmingham on 2 August 2023, at the age of 82.[5]
Legal career
Bermingham continued to practise from No 5 Chambers, a Birmingham barristers' chambers, in the field of criminal law.
References
- The Free Library.
- ^ "Safe seat 'stitch-up'". BBC News Online. 13 May 2001. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
- ^ Mckie, David (23 February 1994). "Four in 10 Conservatives opposed change". The Guardian.
- ^ "'I'm Labour man now' - Woodward". BBC News Online. 14 May 2001. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
- ^ Jackson, Carl (10 August 2023). "Tributes to legendary lawyer and former MP Gerry Bermingham who has died aged 82". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 10 August 2023.