Labour peer Alan Haworth dies on Iceland vacation with spouse
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abour peer Lord Alan Haworth has died aged 75, the celebration has confirmed.
He was a secretary of the parliamentary Labour Party from 1992 to 2004, then grew to become a member of the House of Lords.
The celebration stated he died on Monday morning on vacation in Iceland with spouse Maggie Rae.
The pair had been on a cruise of Greenland and Iceland when Lord Haworth fell in poor health final week. He was helicoptered to hospital within the capital Reykjavik and was handled for bacterial pneumonia.
He died of a coronary heart assault on Monday morning.
Ms Rae praised the medical doctors and nurses who handled her husband.
“I am obviously heartbroken but I cannot speak highly enough of the Icelandic health service and the doctors and nurses who looked after him,” she stated.
“I will never be able to thank them properly for their kindness and their professionalism.”
Labour chief Sir Keir Starmer led tributes to the Blackburn-born peer, who had a eager curiosity within the celebration’s historical past, co-authoring a guide on the primary 29 Labour MPs elected in 1906.
“Alan Haworth was a dedicated servant of the Labour Party and a diligent student of its history,” stated Sir Keir.
“Alan worked for the party in both the House of Commons as PLP secretary and then in the House of Lords as a working peer, without fuss or fanfare but with an absolute determination to make life better for working people.
“He played a key role in delivering Labour’s 1997 landslide and ensuring the party was re-elected. Alan will be greatly missed on both the green and red benches in Parliament.
“My thoughts are with Maggie and all his family and friends at this terrible time.”
Labour’s chief within the House of Lords, Baroness Angela Smith, stated: “Alan was Labour to his core with an entertaining, warm-hearted and encyclopaedic knowledge of parliamentary colleagues past and present.
“He was great company and held the respect and affection of all in the Labour Peers Group.
“I am shocked at this news and will miss him dearly.”
Former Labour prime minister Sir Tony Blair stated: “Alan was one of my close friends, a wonderful, warm and witty companion.
“You never had a dull evening with Alan, and I had many of them. And there was no one whose counsel I found wiser or more perceptive. He and Maggie were fantastic hosts, generous and loving friends.
“Of course Alan was a huge Labour Party stalwart. But the kind that was no nonsense, let’s get elected so we can do instead of talk.
“And in all the years I knew Alan, he never wavered in his belief in, and commitment to, the party. He served it with distinction and true and dedicated loyalty.
“So I will miss him very deeply indeed. On many different levels. In many different ways. It is a sad day for me, Cherie and all our family.”
There might be a personal funeral with a memorial celebration deliberate for a future date.