Kenneth Woolmer, Baron Woolmer of Leeds

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Kenneth John Woolmer, Baron Woolmer of Leeds (born 25 April 1940) is a Labour politician.

He was Member of Parliament for Batley and Morley from 1979 to 1983. The constituency was abolished by boundary changes and Woolmer stood for the new Batley and Spen seat, but lost to the Conservative Elizabeth Peacock. In 1987, he stood in Batley and Spen again but the Conservatives increased their majority. He was created a Life Peer as Baron Woolmer of Leeds, of Leeds in the County of West Yorkshire in the Peerage of the United Kingdom on 3 August 1999.

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  • Times Guide to the House of Commons 1987, [1]

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir Alfred Broughton		 Member of Parliament for Batley and Morley
1979–1983		 Succeeded by
(constituency abolished)


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