Cross-party minister Lord John Horam dies aged 87
- Lord John Horam, a former minister who served in both Labour and Conservative governments, has died at the age of 87.
- He died at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, London, after sustaining a fall on his way home from the House of Lords on 2 July.
- Lord Horam had a distinguished political career, representing three parties – Labour, the Social Democratic Party, and the Conservatives – as an MP for Gateshead and Orpington.
- He was created a working life peer in 2013, becoming Baron Horam of Grimsargh, and advocated for issues such as increased housing and a living wage in the House of Lords.
- Lord Horam is survived by his wife Judith and stepsons Fraser and Lincoln Jopp, the latter of whom is a Conservative MP.
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