Tony Lloyd

Sir Tony Lloyd
Official portrait, 2021
Mayor of Greater Manchester
Interim 29 May 2015 – 8 May 2017
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Andy Burnham
Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner
In office 22 November 2012 – 8 May 2017
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party
In office 5 December 2006 – 15 March 2012
Party Leader	Tony Blair Gordon Brown Harriet Harman (acting) Ed Miliband
Preceded by	Ann Clwyd
Succeeded by	David Watts
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
In office 5 May 1997 – 28 July 1999
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Nicholas Bonsor
Succeeded by	John Battle
Parliamentary offices Member of Parliament for Rochdale In office 8 June 2017 – 17 January 2024 Preceded by Simon Danczuk Succeeded by TBD Member of Parliament for Manchester Central In office 1 May 1997 – 22 October 2012 Preceded by Bob Litherland Succeeded by Lucy Powell Member of Parliament for Stretford In office 9 June 1983 – 8 April 1997 Preceded by Winston Churchill Succeeded by Beverley Hughes
Shadow portfolios Shadow Secretary of State Shadow Minister Personal details Born Anthony Joseph Lloyd (1950-02-25)25 February 1950 Stretford, Lancashire, England Died 17 January 2024(2024-01-17) (aged 73) Manchester, England Political party Labour Spouse(s) Judith Tear (m. 1974) Children 4 Alma mater University of Nottingham (BSc) Manchester Business School (DipBA) Sir Anthony Joseph Lloyd (25 February 1950 – 17 January 2024) was a British Labour Party politician. He was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochdale in 2017. Between 1983 and 1997, he was MP for Stretford. He then represented Manchester Central until 2012. Formerly Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner between 2012 and 2017, and was interim Mayor of Greater Manchester between 2015 and 2017. Lloyd was Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland between 2018 and 2020, resigning on 28 April 2020, to recover from COVID-19. On February 15, 2021, he undertook support for Darya Chultsova, Belarusian political prisoner. In January 2023, Lloyd revealed that he was undergoing chemotherapy after a recent cancer diagnosis. On 11 January 2024, Lloyd announced that he had chosen to end hospital treatment for an "aggressive and untreatable leukaemia". He died a week later on 17 January from the disease in Manchester, England, aged 73. Literature Dilworth, Jennifer; Stuart-Jones, Megan (2012). International Year Book and Statesmen's Who's Who including Who's Who in Public International Law. Brill. Haworth, Alan; Hayter, Dianne (2006). Men Who Made Labour: The Parliamentary Labour Party of 1906 – the Personalities and the Politics. Routledge. ISBN 9781845680473. Jupp, Adam (April 2012). 250 of the Most Influential People in Greater Manchester. MEN Media. Powell, Jonathan (2011). The New Machiavelli: How to Wield Power in the Modern World. Random House. ISBN 9780099546092. Waller, Robert; Criddle, Byron (1999). Almanac of British Politics (6th ed.). Routledge. ISBN 9780415185417. Tony Lloyd Media Lloyd parading with the Greater Manchester Police at the 2013 Manchester Pride festival Parliamentary portrait by Chris McAndrew, 2017 Notes References