Alan Haworth, Baron Haworth
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Alan Haworth, Baron Haworth (born 26 April 1948, Blackburn) is an English Labour Party
politician.
Alan Haworth was educated at St Silas, CoE School, Blackburn and Blackburn Technical & Grammar School. He attended the University of St Andrews
to study medicine, but left after one year's study.
Haworth was appointed to the staff of the Parliamentary Labour Party
in 1974, and was Secretary of the PLP from 1992 to 2004. He was elevated to the House of Lords
2004 as Baron Haworth, of Fisherfield in Ross and Cromarty.
He is the author of 113 obituaries of former Labour MPs, some published in Politico's Book of the Dead 2003, and the joint editor (with Diane Hayter
) of Men who Made Labour, obituaries of the first 29 Labour MPs elected to Parliament in 1906.
In December 2009 Lord Haworth was accused by a newspaper of earning £100,000 in expenses by pretending that his main home was a cottage in Scotland . Following an investigation by the senior accounting officer in the House of Lords - the Clerk of the Parliaments - Lord Haworth was completely cleared of any wrongdoing in February 2010.
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
politician.
Alan Haworth was educated at St Silas, CoE School, Blackburn and Blackburn Technical & Grammar School. He attended the University of St Andrews
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews, informally referred to as "St Andrews", is the oldest university in Scotland and the third oldest in the English-speaking world after Oxford and Cambridge. The university is situated in the town of St Andrews, Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It was founded between...
to study medicine, but left after one year's study.
Haworth was appointed to the staff of the Parliamentary Labour Party
Parliamentary Labour Party
In UK politics, the Parliamentary Labour Party is the parliamentary party of the Labour Party in Parliament: Labour MPs as a collective body....
in 1974, and was Secretary of the PLP from 1992 to 2004. He was elevated to the House of Lords
House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
2004 as Baron Haworth, of Fisherfield in Ross and Cromarty.
He is the author of 113 obituaries of former Labour MPs, some published in Politico's Book of the Dead 2003, and the joint editor (with Diane Hayter
Diane Hayter
Dianne Hayter, Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town is a British politician and Labour member of the House of Lords who has served as a member of the Labour Party National Executive Committee since 1998 representing the Socialist Societies...
) of Men who Made Labour, obituaries of the first 29 Labour MPs elected to Parliament in 1906.
In December 2009 Lord Haworth was accused by a newspaper of earning £100,000 in expenses by pretending that his main home was a cottage in Scotland . Following an investigation by the senior accounting officer in the House of Lords - the Clerk of the Parliaments - Lord Haworth was completely cleared of any wrongdoing in February 2010.