Stanley Henig (born 7 July 1939) is a British academic and former Labour Party politician. He was Deputy Pro-Chancellor of

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from 2006 until 2011.

Early life

Stanley Henig was born on 7 July 1939 in

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, the son of the politician and businessman Sir Mark Henig,

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and the first chairman of the

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. He was educated at

Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys was a grammar school in Leicester, England, in existence from 1876 to 1976. It was succeeded by the present-day Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College. History After William Wyggeston's death in 1536, his bro ...

and

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Career

An academic

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, he was one of the founders of the Department of Politics at

in 1964. He later taught at the

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, the Civil Service College, and at the

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where he was head of the Department of Politics and European Studies. At the 1966 general election, Henig was returned to the

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as Member of Parliament for

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. However, he lost his seat at the 1970 general election to the Conservative Party candidate, Elaine Kellett-Bowman, and did not stand again. He entered local politics, and in the 1990s he was leader of

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. He was leader of the council at the time of the Blobbygate scandal and subsequently was deseated by the Greens at the 1999 council elections, although a later report by the district auditor cleared councillors of maladministration.

Personal life

His former wife, Ruth Henig, was a

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and also a long-serving member of

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. She stood unsuccessfully as Labour candidate for Lancaster at the 1992 general election and became a

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in 2004. They married in 1966 but divorced in 1993, having had two sons, one of whom is the psephologist Simon Henig. In 2008 Simon followed in his father's footsteps by becoming Leader of the Labour-controlled

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, a role he held until 2021.

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* 1939 births Academics of Lancaster University Academics of the University of Warwick Academics of the University of Central Lancashire Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford British political scientists

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