Roger Stott, (7 August 1943 – 8 August 1999) was a British Labour Party politician.
Biography
Stott was born in
Rochdale
Rochdale ( ) is a town in Greater Manchester, England, and the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale. In the United Kingdom 2021 Census, 2021 Census, the town had a population of 111,261, compared to 223,773 for the wid ...
, the first child of Richard and Edith Stott. He was of Scottish descent. He went to school in Rochdale and when he was 15 he joined the Merchant Navy. He was educated at Ruskin College, Oxford. He worked as an engineer for the Post Office and became local councillor for the Labour Party in Rochdale, where he was the Chair of the Housing Committee. He married Irene Mills in 1969, and had two sons. The marriage ended in 1982 and he married again for a second time to a teacher Gillian Pye on 30 March 1985; they had two children. When Stott was not working, he loved to play sport, he was a great
rugby league
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fan and went to watch it whenever he had the chance. He was also a great fan of
cricket
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.
Political career
Stott represented the North West Region on the National Committee of the Labour Party Young Socialists in 1969, following Peter Kent. He contested Cheadle in
1970
Events
January
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, coming third.
Stott was first elected to the
House of Commons
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James Callaghan
Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff ( ; 27 March 191226 March 2005) was a British statesman and Labour Party (UK), Labour Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the L ...
during his administration. He later served as a junior opposition spokesman.
Death
Stott died in hospital in
Wigan
Wigan ( ) is a town in Greater Manchester, England. The town is midway between the two cities of Manchester, to the south-east, and Liverpool, to the south-west. It is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is its ad ...
from cancer on the evening of 8 August 1999, at the age of 56. He had been ill for some time. After his death many people, including Ian McCartney and Jack Cunningham, wrote tributes to him and the work he had done while he was MP.