Roger Stott
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 August 1943 Rochdale, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 9 August 1999 (aged 56) Wigan, Greater Manchester, England |
| Resting place | Donegal, Ireland |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Irene Mills (m. 1969; div. 1982) Gillian Pye (m. 1985; sep. 1997) |
| Children | 4, including Joe Mills |
| Occupation | Politician |
Roger Stott, CBE (7 August 1943 – 9 August 1999) was a British Labour Party politician.
Biography
Stott was born in
Merchant Navy. He then worked as an engineer for the Post Office and became local councillor for the Labour Party in Rochdale, where he was the Chair of the Housing Committee. He married Irene Mills on 17 June 1969 from which he had two sons Andrew (1970) and Joe (Stott) Mills (1972). The marriage ended in 1982 and he married again for a second time to a teacher Gillian Pye on 30 March 1985 and later had two children Daniel and Ciara. When Stott was not working, he loved to play sport, he was a great rugby league fan and went to watch it whenever he had the chance. He was also a great fan of cricket
.
Political career
Stott represented the North West Region on the National Committee of the Labour Party Young Socialists in 1969, following Peter Kent. He contested Cheadle in 1970, coming third.
Stott was first elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Westhoughton at a by-election in 1973, following the death of the sitting Labour MP Tom Price. He was sponsored by the Post Office Engineering Union (POEU). He held that seat at three subsequent general elections before the constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election.
He was then elected MP for the
John Parkinson, Ronald Williams and William Foster
).
Stott was a longtime joint chairman of the
Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding, and served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to James Callaghan
during his administration. He later served as a junior opposition spokesman.
Death
Stott died of
Jack Cunningham
, wrote tributes to him and the work he had done while he was MP.