Ken Hargreaves

Joseph Kenneth "Ken" Hargreaves MBE, KSG (1 March 1939 – 23 June 2012) was the Conservative Member of Parliament for the Hyndburn constituency in Lancashire between 1983 and 1992.^[2] A chartered secretary and company administrator by profession, he served as a local councillor, and mayor, before his election to Parliament.

In 1990, Hargreaves founded the Movement for Christian Democracy with Liberal Democrat MP David Alton (now Lord Alton of Liverpool) and served as Vice Chairman. After his defeat at the 1992 general election, he worked for Conservative Central Office, as a liaison to local Conservative clubs. In the 2005 general election, he supported the Conservative candidate James Mawdsley, a human rights campaigner.

On December 29, 2006, Hargreaves was made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE), for services to the community in Lancashire, in the Queen's New Years Honour's List. In June 2012, before his death, he was honoured with a Papal Knighthood of the Order of St Gregory the Great.

He died on June 23, 2012, at the East Lancashire Hospice, in Blackburn.^[3] A devout Roman Catholic, he was a parishioner of St Mary's RC Church, in Oswaldtwistle.

Affiliations

• Pro-life lobby group Right to Life.
• President - Accrington and District Blind Society
• President - Hyndburn Arthritis Care
• Chairman of the trustees - Maundy Relief
• Disabled Association for Sport in Hyndburn.

References

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Ken Hargreaves
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs