David Stoddart, Baron Stoddart of Swindon
The Lord Stoddart of Swindon | |
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Official portrait, 2017 | |
| Lord Commissioner of the Treasury Government Whip | |
| In office 4 April 1976 – 18 November 1977 | |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 26 October 1983 – 14 November 2020 Life peerage | |
| Member of Parliament for Swindon | |
| In office 18 June 1970 – 13 May 1983 | |
| Preceded by | Christopher Ward |
| Succeeded by | Simon Coombs |
| Personal details | |
| Born | David Leonard Stoddart 4 May 1926 |
| Died | 14 November 2020 (aged 94) |
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| Spouse |
Jennifer Percival-Alwyn
(m. 1961) |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | |
David Leonard Stoddart, Baron Stoddart of Swindon (4 May 1926 – 14 November 2020) was a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Swindon from 1970 to 1983, and as a life peer in the House of Lords from 1983 to his death in 2020. He served as a Labour peer from 1983 to 2002, when he was expelled from the Labour benches, after which he sat as an Independent Labour peer until his death.