Stan Orme

Stanley Orme, Baron Orme,

Stan Orme was born in Sale, Cheshire. He was educated at a technical school, which he left in 1938 to become an instrument maker's apprentice. He joined the

He first stood for Parliament in Stockport South at the 1959 general election, when he lost to the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP), Conservative candidate Harold M. Steward. He was elected as MP for Salford West at the 1964 general election.

When Labour returned to office at the

Orme joined the Shadow cabinet in 1979 as chief health and social security spokesman, before later moving on to hold the Industry and Energy portfolios until 1987. Following constituency boundary changes for the 1983 general election, he was elected for the redrawn seat of Salford East.

He served as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party from 1987 to 1992. He retired from the House of Commons at the 1997 general election, and he was created a life peer as Baron Orme, of Salford in the County of Greater Manchester on 21 October 1997.^[2]

Orme was a republican.^[3] He made several unsuccessful attempts to be elected to Labour's National Executive Committee, without breaking through.

Lord Orme died 22 days after his birthday, on 27 April 2005. His funeral at Dunham Crematorium was attended by many family, friends and political colleagues. A memorial service was held in the House of Lords, with speeches from former Labour leaders Neil Kinnock and Michael Foot. A very rare exception was made by the Lord Chancellor such that any Divisions were suspended during this evening service.

Private life

In 1951 he married Irene Mary Harris (died 2022). They had no children.

Controversy

In December 2019, a

• Pearce, Edward (3 May 2005). "Lord Orme of Salford". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
• Times Guide to the House of Commons, Times Newspapers Limited, 1992
• Obituary, The Times obituaries.
• Catalogue of the Orme papers at the Archives Division of the London School of Economics.