Ken Hargreaves
MBE
Member of Parliament
for Hyndburn
In office
9 June 1983 – 16 March 1992
Preceded byConstituency created
Succeeded byGreg Pope
Personal details
Born(1939-03-01)1 March 1939[1]
Ware, England
Died23 June 2012(2012-06-23) (aged 73)
Blackburn, England
Political partyConservative
Residence(s)Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire
OccupationMayor of Hyndburn (1979/80)
Member of Parliament (1983–92)
MBE insignia

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.[2]

In 1990, Hargreaves, with Liberal Democrat MP David Alton (now Lord Alton of Liverpool), 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 Greg Pope of Labour,[3] 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.[4]

A devout Roman Catholic, he was a parishioner of St Mary's RC Church, Oswaldtwistle, in his former constituency.[5] Hargreaves died on 23 June 2012 at the East Lancashire Hospice at Blackburn.[6]

Honours and awards

Appointed MBE for "services to the community in Lancashire" in the New Year Honours on 29 December 2006,[7] Hargreaves received a Papal knighthood in 2012 becoming a Knight of the Order of St Gregory the Great.[8]

Fellowships and affiliations

References

  1. ↑ "Who's Who". ukwhoswho.com. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  2. ↑ www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk
  3. ↑ "BBC News: Tributes as ex-Hyndburn MP Ken Hargreaves dies". BBC. 24 June 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "Tories pin election hopes on author". lancs.live. 3 February 2005. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Former Hyndburn MP Ken Hargreaves dies". lancashiretelegraph.co.uk. 24 June 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Former Hyndburn MP Ken Hargreaves dies after long illness". lancs.live. 25 June 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "MBE for former MP and lifelong charity worker". lancs.live. 4 January 2007. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  8. ↑ "Papal knighthood for former Hyndburn MP Ken Hargreaves". lancashiretelegraph.co.uk. 6 June 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
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