Doug Hoyle

The Lord Hoyle
Official portrait, 2018
In office
8 May 1997  9 April 1999
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byThe Earl of Courtown
Succeeded byThe Lord Burlison
Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party
In office
18 July 1992  3 May 1997
Leader
Preceded byStan Orme
Succeeded byClive Soley
In office
14 May 1997  25 July 2023
Life peerage
Member of Parliament
for Warrington North
Warrington (1981–1983)
In office
16 July 1981  8 April 1997
Preceded byThomas Williams
Succeeded byHelen Jones
Member of Parliament
for Nelson and Colne
In office
10 October 1974  7 April 1979
Preceded byDavid Waddington
Succeeded byJohn Lee
Personal details
Born
Eric Douglas Harvey Hoyle

(1926-02-17)17 February 1926
Coppull, Lancashire, England
Died6 April 2024(2024-04-06) (aged 98)
Political partyLabour
Spouse
Pauline Spencer
(m. 1953; died 1991)
ChildrenLindsay

Eric Douglas Harvey Hoyle, Baron Hoyle, JP GMH (17 February 1926 – 6 April 2024) was a British politician and life peer who was chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party from 1992 to 1997 and a lord-in-waiting from 1997 to 1999. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Nelson and Colne from 1974 to 1979 and Warrington North from 1981 to 1997.