Doug Hoyle
The Lord Hoyle | |
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Official portrait, 2018 | |
| In office 8 May 1997 – 9 April 1999 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Courtown |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Burlison |
| Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party | |
| In office 18 July 1992 – 3 May 1997 | |
| Leader |
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| Preceded by | Stan Orme |
| Succeeded by | Clive Soley |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Life peerage 14 May 1997 – 25 July 2023 | |
| Member of Parliament for Warrington North Warrington (1981–1983) | |
| In office 16 July 1981 – 8 April 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Williams |
| Succeeded by | Helen Jones |
| Member of Parliament for Nelson and Colne | |
| In office 10 October 1974 – 7 April 1979 | |
| Preceded by | David Waddington |
| Succeeded by | John Lee |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Eric Douglas Harvey Hoyle 17 February 1926 Coppull, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 6 April 2024 (aged 98) |
| Party | Labour |
| Spouse |
Pauline Spencer
(m. 1953; died 1991) |
| Children | Lindsay Hoyle |
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Eric Douglas Harvey Hoyle, Baron Hoyle, JP GMH (17 February 1926 – 6 April 2024) was a British politician and life peer who was chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party from 1992 to 1997 and a lord-in-waiting from 1997 to 1999. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Nelson and Colne from 1974 to 1979 and Warrington North from 1981 to 1997.