Tom Sawyer, Baron Sawyer
Lord Temporal | |
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Assumed office 4 August 1998 Life peerage | |
Personal details | |
Born | Darlington, England | 12 May 1943
Political party | Labour |
Occupation | Trade union official |
Lawrence Sawyer, Baron Sawyer (born 12 May 1943), known as Tom Sawyer, is a British
Early life
Sawyer was educated at Dodmire School,
Career
Trade unions
Aged fifteen, Sawyer went to work on the factory floor of a Durham engineering works.[1] He became a National Union of Public Employees (NUPE) Officer in 1971, becoming their Northern Regional Officer in 1975. In 1981, he was made Deputy General Secretary of NUPE and served through its merger to become
The Labour Party
In his NUPE role he served as a National Executive Committee Member of the Labour Party between 1981 and 1994 and was elected to serve as its Chair from 1990 to 1991.
In 1994, Sawyer became
The Labour History Archive and Study Centre at the People's History Museum in Manchester holds the papers of Sawyer, which range from 1985 to 1998.[5]
Other Positions
In 2005, Lord Sawyer became the
Sawyer has been a life-long admire of William Morris, the socialist writer and craftsman and in 2018 Sawyer began a five year term of office as President of the William Morris Society.[1]
References
- ^ a b "A New President for the Society". The Blog of the William Morris Society. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ Macintyre, Donald (9 September 1998). "How we all fought to end Labour's political corruption". The Independent. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
- ^ "'Sheriff' hangs up his pager". BBC News. 2 October 1998. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
- ^ "No. 55229". The London Gazette. 18 August 1998. p. 8994.
- ^ Collection Catalogues and Descriptions, Labour History Archive and Study Centre
External links
- Announcement of his introduction at the House of Lords House of Lords minutes of proceedings, 14 October 1998