Ken Hargreaves
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Joseph Kenneth Hargreaves, MBE, FCIS (1 March 1939 – 23 June 2012), served as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Hyndburn in Lancashire between 1983 and 1992.
A chartered secretary and company administrator by profession, Hargreaves served as a local councillor becoming Mayor of Hyndburn for 1979/80.[1]
In 1990, Hargreaves, with Liberal Democrat MP David Alton (now Lord Alton of Liverpool) and Labour MP Derek Enright, founded the Movement for Christian Democracy (now the Christian Peoples Alliance) serving as Vice-Chairman with the support of Monsignor Thomas Adamson.
After losing his seat at the 1992 general election to Labour's Greg Pope,[2] Hargreaves worked at Conservative Central Office as liaison with local Conservative Clubs. At the 2005 general election, he campaigned unsuccessfully in Hyndburn for Conservative candidate James Mawdsley.[3]
A devout Roman Catholic, he was a parishioner of St Mary's RC Church, Oswaldtwistle, in his former constituency.[4] Hargreaves died on 23 June 2012 at the East Lancashire Hospice at Blackburn.[5]
Honours and awards
Appointed MBE for "services to the community in Lancashire" in the New Year Honours on 29 December 2006,[6] Hargreaves received a Papal knighthood in 2012 becoming a Knight of the Order of St Gregory the Great.[7]
Fellowships and affiliations
- Fellow, Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators
- Pro-life lobby group: Right to Life
- President: Accrington and District Blind Society
- President: Hyndburn Arthritis Care
- Chairman of the Trustees: Maundy Relief
- Chairman: Disabled Association for Sport in Hyndburn
References
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- 1939 births
- 2012 deaths
- People from Lancashire
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- English activists
- English Roman Catholics
- Knights of St. Gregory the Great
- Mayors of places in Lancashire
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Politics of Hyndburn
- UK MPs 1983–1987
- UK MPs 1987–1992