Roy Hattersley

The Right Honourable The Lord Hattersley PC FRSL
Hattersley in 2012
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
In office 2 October 1983 – 18 July 1992
Leader	Neil Kinnock
Preceded by	Denis Healey
Succeeded by	Margaret Beckett
Shadow cabinet posts 1979–1992 Shadow Secretary of State 1979–1980 Environment 1980–1983 Home Department 1983–1987 Chancellor of the Exchequer 1987–1992 Home Department
Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection
In office 10 September 1976 – 4 May 1979
Preceded by	Shirley Williams
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Junior ministerial posts 1974–1976 Minister of State 1974–1976 Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Shadow cabinet posts 1972–1974 Shadow Secretary of State 1973–1974 Education and Science Shadow Spokesperson 1972–1974 Trade and Industry
Junior ministerial posts 1967–1970 Minister of State 1969–1970 Defence Administration Parliamentary Under-Secretary 1968–1969 Employment and Productivity Parliamentary Secretary 1967–1968 Ministry of Labour
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Life peerage 24 November 1997 – 19 May 2017
Member of Parliament for Birmingham Sparkbrook
In office 15 October 1964 – 8 April 1997
Preceded by	Leslie Seymour
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	Roy Sydney George Hattersley (1932-12-28)28 December 1932 Sheffield, England
Died	13 June 2026(2026-06-13) (aged 93) Derbyshire, England
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Molly Hattersley ​ ​ (m. 1956; div. 2013)​ Maggie Pearlstine ​ (m. 2013)​
Alma mater	University of Hull
Profession	Journalist
Signature	File:Roy Hattersley signature.png

Roy Sydney George Hattersley, Baron Hattersley, PC, FRSL (28 December 1932 – 13 June 2026) was a British Labour politician, author and journalist. He was born in Sheffield, England. He was MP for Birmingham Sparkbrook for 33 years from 1964 to 1997. He was Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1983 to 1992 during the Neil Kinnock leadership.^[1]

Hattersley retired from the House of Lords on 19 May 2017.^[2]

Hattersley died on 13 June 2026 at his home in Derbyshire, England at the age of 93.^[3][4]