{{Short description|British politician (1934–2023)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Right Honourable | name = The Lord Pendry | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|PC}} | image = Official portrait of Lord Pendry 2020 crop 2.jpg | caption = Official portrait, 2020 | office1 = Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | prime_minister1 = James Callaghan | term_start1 = 11 November 1978 | term_end1 = 4 May 1979 | 1blankname1 = Sec. of State | 1namedata1 = Roy Mason | predecessor1 = Raymond Carter | successor1 = The Lord Elton | office2 = Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | term_start2 = 8 March 1974 | term_end2 = 11 January 1977 | prime_minister2 = {{ubl|Harold Wilson|James Callaghan}} | 1blankname2 = Chancellor | 1namedata2 = Denis Healey | predecessor2 = Marcus Fox | successor2 = Tom Cox | office3 = Member of the House of Lords | status3 = Lord Temporal | term_label3 = Life peerage | term_start3 = 4 July 2001 | term_end3 = 26 February 2023 | constituency_MP10 = Stalybridge and Hyde | parliament10 = United Kingdom | majority = | term_start10 = 18 June 1970 | term_end10 = 14 May 2001 | predecessor10 = Fred Blackburn | successor10 = James Purnell | birth_date = {{birth date|1934|06|10|df=yes}} | birth_place = Broadstairs, Kent, England | death_date = {{death date and age|26 February 2023|10 June 1934|df=y}} | death_place = | resting_place = | birth_name = | party = Labour | other_party = | spouse = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | signature = | website = }}
'''Thomas Pendry, Baron Pendry''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|PC}} (10 June 1934 – 26 February 2023) was a British Labour politician and member of the House of Lords. He was previously the Labour member of parliament for Stalybridge and Hyde from 1970 to 2001. In 2000, prior to his retirement as an MP he was made a member of the Privy Council on the recommendation of Tony Blair. After the 2001 election he was elevated to the peerage on 4 July as Baron Pendry, of Stalybridge in the County of Greater Manchester.<ref name="parliament.the-stationery-office.com">{{London Gazette |issue=56268 |date=9 July 2001 |page=8071}}</ref> He was president of the Football Foundation Ltd and was formerly sports advisor to Tameside District Council Sports Trust.<ref name="parliament.the-stationery-office.com 2">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.com/pa/ld/ldreg/reg19.htm |title=House of Lords – Register of Lords' Interests |accessdate=2009-02-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20070504095152/http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.com/pa/ld/ldreg/reg19.htm |archivedate=4 May 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-pendry/457|title= Lord Pendry – UK Parliament|website=parliament.uk|accessdate=9 December 2018}}</ref>
==Early life== Pendry was born in Broadstairs, Kent on 10 June 1934.<ref name=Birth>{{cite news|title=Birthday's today|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2013-6-10.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130609232741/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2013-6-10.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 9 June 2013 |newspaper=The Telegraph|accessdate=9 June 2014|date=10 June 2013|quote=Lord Pendry 79 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mr Tom Pendry |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-tom-pendry/index.html |website=Hansard |access-date=13 May 2021}}</ref> In an article in ''Cheshire Life'' magazine in June 2004, Pendry revealed that he was born in relatively comfortable circumstances, attending school at St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/election97/candidates/692.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-03-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011101339/http://www.bbc.co.uk/election97/candidates/692.htm |archivedate=11 October 2008}}</ref> and, later, Plater College. He worked as a trade union officer for NUPE, and as an engineer.
==Political career== Pendry was a councillor on Paddington Borough Council in London from 1962 to 1965 (when the borough was abolished), representing Harrow Road South.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.election.demon.co.uk/wcc/hrsp.html|title= Harrow Road South Ward 1956-1965|website= Westminster City Council Election Results|accessdate=9 December 2018}}</ref> He was elected to Parliament in 1970 for Stalybridge and Hyde, which at the time covered areas in Cheshire and Lancashire, and subsequently became part of Greater Manchester. He served as an opposition whip between 1971 and 1974.
==Callaghan government== In James Callaghan's administration between 1976 and 1979 Pendry served as a junior Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (assistant government whip) and subsequently as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
==Opposition== In 1979 he returned to the backbenches, until he was appointed to the post of Shadow Minister for Sport and Tourism by John Smith, a position he held until 1997. When the Labour government came to power in 1997, Pendry was the only member of the shadow team not to be appointed to a government post.
==Sport== Lord Pendry had a love of sport that he developed during National Service with the Royal Air Force. He was appointed President of the Football Foundation in February 2003 and continued to serve in this capacity up until his death in 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.footballfoundation.org.uk/about-us/ |website=Football Foundation |accessdate=2 November 2018}}</ref> A young Pendry learnt boxing at the hands of a Benedictine monk, becoming an Oxford Blue and boxing for the RAF.{{citation needed|date=November 2018}}
==Other interests== Pendry was a member of the Lords and Commons Cigar Club. From June to September 2018, he sat on the Regenerating Seaside Towns and Communities Committee. His memoir, ''Taking It on the Chin'', was published in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-pendry/457|title= Lord Pendry - UK Parliament|website=parliament.uk|accessdate=9 December 2018}}</ref>
==Death== Pendry died on 26 February 2023, at the age of 88.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Gary |date=2023-02-27 |title=Tribute paid after the death of Lord Pendry |url=https://www.tamesidecorrespondent.co.uk/2023/02/27/tribute-paid-after-the-death-of-lord-pendry/ |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=Tameside Correspondent |language=en-GB}}</ref>
==Honours and arms== On 21 July 1995, the Labour-controlled Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council, the local authority which had administered the area covered by the Stalybridge and Hyde constituency since 1974, made Pendry an honorary freeman of the borough.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tameside.gov.uk/mayor/freemen|title=Honorary Freemen of the Borough|publisher=Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council|website=tameside.gov.uk}}</ref> At the same time, the council granted him the lordship of the manor of Mottram in Longdendale. Tameside Council have also named part of Trinity Street in front of the old Stalybridge market hall, ''Lord Pendry Square''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tameside.gov.uk/districtassembly/stalybridge/achievements.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-02-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207152732/http://www.tameside.gov.uk/districtassembly/stalybridge/achievements.pdf |archivedate=7 February 2012}}</ref> A local football club, Stalybridge Celtic, have named one of their stands ''The Lord Tom Pendry Stand''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stalybridge Celtic - pictures |url=http://www.stalybridgeceltic.co.uk/Pictures/MainPanePicsGround.htm |website=Stalybridge Celtic F.C. |accessdate=2 November 2018}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.stamford-group.co.uk/ The Stamford Group] *[http://www.arrowcroft.com/ Arrowcroft plc] *[http://www.footballfoundation.org.uk/ The Football Foundation] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090123173012/http://www.tamesidesportstrust.com/ Tameside Sports Trust] *{{hansard-contribs | mr-tom-pendry | Tom Pendry }}
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