Kenneth Woolmer, Baron Woolmer of Leeds, Date of Birth
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About Kenneth Woolmer, Baron Woolmer of Leeds
- Kenneth John Woolmer, Baron Woolmer of Leeds (born 25 April 1940) is a British university lecturer and politician.
- Coming into politics through local government in West Yorkshire, Woolmer was elected to Parliament for the Labour Party in 1979.
- He became an effective Parliamentarian and was rapidly promoted, despite clearly allying to the party's right-wing and playing an active role in the intra-party conflict.
- Partly due to adverse boundary changes, he lost his seat in 1983 and was unable to win it back.
- Later in life he received a life peerage and became an active member of the House of Lords.
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