Gerald Kaufman

Sir Gerald Bernard Kaufman (21 June 1930 – 26 February 2017) was a British Labour politician.

The Right Honourable Sir Gerald Kaufman
Father of the House
In office 7 May 2015 – 26 February 2017
Preceded by	Peter Tapsell
Succeeded by	Kenneth Clarke
Chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee
In office 1992 – 2005 National Heritage Committee until 1997
Preceded by	Committee established
Succeeded by	John Whittingdale
Shadow Foreign Secretary
In office 13 July 1987 – 24 July 1992
Leader	Neil Kinnock
Preceded by	Denis Healey
Succeeded by	Jack Cunningham
Shadow Home Secretary
In office 31 October 1983 – 13 July 1987
Leader	Neil Kinnock
Preceded by	Roy Hattersley
Succeeded by	Roy Hattersley
Shadow Secretary of State for Environment
In office 8 December 1980 – 31 October 1983
Leader	Michael Foot
Preceded by	Roy Hattersley
Succeeded by	Jack Cunningham
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment
In office 8 March 1974 – 12 June 1975
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Harold Wilson
Succeeded by	Ernest Armstrong
Member of Parliament for Manchester Gorton
In office 9 June 1983 – 26 February 2017
Preceded by	Kenneth Marks
Majority	24,079 (57.3%)
Member of Parliament for Manchester Ardwick
In office 18 June 1970 – 9 June 1983
Preceded by	Leslie Lever
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	Gerald Bernard Kaufman (1930-06-21)21 June 1930 Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Died	26 February 2017(2017-02-26) (aged 86)
Political party	Labour
Alma mater	Queen's College, Oxford

Kaufman served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1970 until his death in 2017. He served first for Manchester Ardwick and then for Manchester Gorton.

He was a government minister in the 1970s and a member of the Shadow Cabinet in the 1980s. He became Father of the House after the retirement of Peter Tapsell in 2015. At the time of his death, he was the eldest sitting MP of the UK Parliament.

Kaufman died on 26 February 2017 at the age of 86.