Roger Stott

Roger Stott CBE
Member of Parliament forWigan
In office 9 June 1983 – 9 August 1999
Preceded by	Alan Fitch
Succeeded by	Neil Turner
Member of Parliament forWesthoughton
In office 25 May 1973 – 13 May 1983
Preceded by	Tom Price
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	(1943-08-07)7 August 1943 Rochdale,Lancashire,England
Died	9 August 1999(1999-08-09)(aged 56) Wigan,Greater Manchester,England
Resting place	Donegal,Ireland
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Irene Mills (m. 1969; div. 1982) Gillian Pye (m. 1985; sep. 1997)
Children	4, including Joe Mills
Occupation	Politician

Roger Stott,CBE(7 August 1943 – 9 August 1999) was a BritishLabour Partypolitician.

Biography

Stott was born inRochdale,the first child of Richard and Edith Stott. He was ofScottishdescent. He went to school in Rochdale and when he was 15 he joined theMerchant Navy.He then worked as an engineer for the Post Office and became local councillor for the Labour Party in Rochdale, where he was the Chair of the Housing Committee. He married Irene Mills on 17 June 1969 from which he had two sons Andrew (1970) and Joe (Stott) Mills (1972). The marriage ended in 1982 and he married again for a second time to a teacher Gillian Pye on 30 March 1985 and later had two children Daniel and Ciara. When Stott was not working, he loved to play sport, he was a greatrugby leaguefan and went to watch it whenever he had the chance. He was also a great fan ofcricket.

Political career

Stott represented the North West Region on the National Committee of the Labour Party Young Socialists in 1969, following Peter Kent. He contestedCheadlein1970,coming third.

Stott was first elected to theHouse of CommonsasMember of Parliament(MP) forWesthoughtonat aby-electionin 1973, following the death of the sitting Labour MPTom Price.He was sponsored by thePost Office Engineering Union(POEU). He held that seat at three subsequent general elections before the constituency was abolished for the1983 general election.

He was then elected MP for theWigan constituencyinGreater Manchester,and held that seat at the next three general elections. His death in office in 1999 made him the fourth Wigan MP in the twentieth century to die in office (the others beingJohn Parkinson,Ronald WilliamsandWilliam Foster).

Stott was a longtime joint chairman of theCouncil for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding,and served asParliamentary Private SecretarytoJames Callaghanduring his administration. He later served as a junior opposition spokesman.

Death

Stott died ofliver canceron Monday, 9 August 1999, two days after his 56th birthday. He had been ill for some time. After his death many people, includingIan McCartneyandJack Cunningham,wrote tributes to him and the work he had done while he was MP.

External links

• Hansard1803–2005:contributions in Parliament by Roger Stott