Roy Hattersley, Influential Former Labour Deputy and Author, Passes Away at 93

Published on June 14, 2026 at 08:57 PM
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Roy Hattersley, Labour politician, author, and journalist, in a tan suit and blue tie.

E64FBB Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. 14th Aug, 2014. Roy Hattersley, Labour politician, author and journalist, at the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2014. Edinburgh, Scotland. 14th August 2014 Credit: GARY DOAK/Alamy Live News Credit: Alamy

Roy Hattersley, the former deputy leader of the Labour Party, has died aged 93.

The former politician, who was also an author and journalist, was MP for Sparkbrook for over 32 years.

Gordon McMaster, Roy Hattersley, and Irene Adams at the Paisley By-election.

Roy Hattersley, former deputy leader of the Labour Party, has died aged 93 Credit: News Group Newspapers Ltd Labour MP Roy Hattersley, Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in a pinstripe suit.

Labour MP Roy Hattersley, Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in a pinstripe suit.

Hattersley was Labour MP for Birmingham Sparkbrook for over 32 years Credit: Getty

Hattersley was made a life peer as Baron Hattersley of Sparkbrook after he left the Commons in 1997.

Over the course of his career, he penned more than 20 on a variety of subjects and also worked as a columnist and broadcaster.

He was born in in 1932 and became MP for Birmingham Sparkbrook in 1964, marking the beginning of a long political career.

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