Monday, February 27, 2023

The Baron Pendry, PC 1934-2023

 Lord Pendry, PC, life Baron, Labour member of the House of Lords, died 26 February, 2023, aged 88.

As Thomas Pendry he was Labour MP for Stalybridge and Hyde 1970-2001. 

On leaving the Commons in 2001, he was raised to the peerage for life as Baron Pendry, of Stalybridge in the County of Greater Manchester.

He was president of the Football Foundation Ltd and was formerly sports advisor to Tameside District Council Sports Trust.

He was sworn of the Privy Council in 2000.

Tom Pendy married in 1966, Moira Anne Smith, by whom he had a son and a daughter.

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