Stuart Randall, Baron Randall of St Budeaux
Stuart Jeffrey Randall, Baron Randall of St Budeaux (22 June 1938 – 11 August 2012) was a British Labour Party politician. He served as Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull West from 1983 until 1997, when the seat was abolished.
Born in Plymouth, Randall left school locally and worked as a fitter in the city’s dockyards. He later earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from University College, Cardiff and spent about 20 years working in the electronics industry before entering politics.
He joined the Labour Party in 1966 and stood for Parliament in South Worcestershire in 1974 and in Midlands West for the European Parliament in 1979 before being elected MP in 1983. In Parliament, he was the parliamentary private secretary to Deputy Leader Roy Hattersley and later served as opposition spokesperson on Agriculture and Fisheries and on Home Affairs.
After retiring from the House of Commons, he was made a life peer as Baron Randall of St Budeaux, of St Budeaux in the County of Devon. During debates on the House of Lords Act 1999, he opposed the plan to remove most hereditary peers, arguing that many were valuable members of Parliament. He suggested an alternative: allow hereditary peers to remain but disqualify their offspring from inheriting their seats. The proposal was not adopted, and the act was passed.
Stuart Randall died on 11 August 2012 at the age of 74.
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