John Tomlinson, Baron Tomlinson

The Lord Tomlinson
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Overseas Development
In office
3 January 1977 – 4 May 1979
Prime MinisterJames Callaghan
Preceded byFrank Judd
Succeeded byoffice abolished
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
In office
17 March 1976 – 4 May 1979
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
James Callaghan
Preceded byTed Rowlands
Succeeded byRichard Luce
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
21 July 1998 – 20 January 2024
Life Peerage
Member of the European Parliament
for Birmingham West
In office
14 June 1984 – 10 June 1999
Preceded byconstituency established
Succeeded byconstituency abolished
Member of Parliament
for Meriden
In office
28 February 1974 – 7 April 1979
Preceded byKeith Speed
Succeeded byIain Mills
Personal details
Born(1939-08-01)1 August 1939
London, England
Died20 January 2024(2024-01-20) (aged 84)
Political partyLabour Co-operative
Alma materCo-operative College
Brunel University
University of Warwick

John Edward Tomlinson, Baron Tomlinson (1 August 1939 – 20 January 2024) was a British Labour Co-operative politician. He served as a life peer in the House of Lords from 1998 until his death, and had previously been a Member of Parliament from 1974 to 1979, and a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1984 to 1999.

Tomlinson was a pro-European Labour moderate who was Harold Wilson’s final Parliamentary Private Secretary.


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