Kevin Hughes (politician)

Kevin Hughes
Hughes as an MP
Member of Parliament
for Doncaster North
In office
9 April 1992 – 11 April 2005
Preceded byMichael Welsh
Succeeded byEd Miliband
Personal details
Born
Kevin Michael Hughes

(1952-12-15)15 December 1952
Doncaster, England
Died16 July 2006(2006-07-16) (aged 53)
Doncaster, England
Political partyLabour
Other political
affiliations		New Communist Party of Britain (1977–1978)
Spouse
Lynda Saunders
​
(m. 1972)​
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Sheffield

Kevin Michael Hughes (15 December 1952 – 16 July 2006) was a British Labour politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Doncaster North from 1992 to 2005. He served as a government whip and was previously a coal miner and official for the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM).

Background

Hughes was born in Doncaster in 1952, the son of a coal miner.[1] He was educated at Owston Park secondary modern and took up his father's profession in 1970. He remained a miner until 1990 and attended University of Sheffield for three years under a day-release scheme.[2]

Political career

Originally a communist, he joined the New Communist Party in 1977 but left to join the Labour Party in 1978.[3] He served as a branch delegate and member of the Yorkshire area committee of the NUM. He was elected as a member of Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council in 1986 and elected to Parliament in the 1992 general election for the safe Labour seat of Doncaster North. As an MP, he was sponsored by the NUM, although the number of working coal pits in his constituency had been reduced from 6 to only 1. He campaigned on pit safety issues before the privatisation of British Coal in the early 1990s.

Despite allegations being made against him by fellow councillor Ron Rose, Hughes avoided blame in the "Donnygate" scandal, which resulted in 21 former members of Doncaster council being convicted for fraud offences. He retained his seat in the House of Commons in 1997, despite being opposed by an "anti-fraud" candidate, and again in 2001. He became a whip for the opposition in 1996 and was a junior whip in the Labour government from 1997 to 2001. He was viewed as a Blairite and vigorously supported the invasion of Iraq in 2003.[3]

During a November 2001 debate in Parliament, Hughes expressed support for anti-terrorism legislation following the September 11 attacks, with a comment which became famous[2][3] for disparaging left-liberal readers of The Guardian who opposed such measures:

Does my right hon. Friend find it bizarre—as I do—that the yoghurt and muesli-eating, Guardian-reading fraternity are only too happy to protect the human rights of people engaged in terrorist acts, but never once do they talk about the human rights of those who are affected by them?[4]

Personal life

Hughes married Lynda Saunders in 1972, and they had a son and a daughter together.[1] His son joined the Army and served in the 2003 Gulf War.

Hughes stood down early from Parliament in 2005 after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease. He died in Doncaster on 16 July 2006, at the age of 53.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Dalyell, Tam (18 July 2006). "Kevin Hughes". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007.
  2. ^ a b "Kevin Hughes". The Times. 18 July 2006. p. 58.
  3. ^ a b c Roth, Andrew (19 July 2006). "Kevin Hughes". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Listing". Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Doncaster North
1992–2005 		Succeeded by

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