| 词条 | Roland Boyes |
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| name = Roland Boyes | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 12 February 1937 | birth_place = Holmfirth, Yorkshire | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = British Labour Party politician | years_active = | known_for =
| notable_works = }} Roland Boyes (12 February 1937 – 16 June 2006) was a British Labour Party politician, amateur photographer and, in retirement, a fundraiser for research into Alzheimer's disease. Early yearsBoyes was born in Holmfirth, Yorkshire, the son of a lorry driver, and educated at Wooldale Infant and Junior School. A bout of spinal meningitis caused him to miss the 11-plus and he attended a year at a secondary modern school before moving to Penistone Grammar School. He attended the University of Leicester to study chemistry, but left after one year.[1] Teaching and marriageHe then attended Coventry Teachers Training College, where he met his future wife, and taught mathematics in secondary schools for 13 years. Meanwhile, he took a part-time Master's degree in Economics at the University of Bradford, and married a woman (with whom he had two sons) in 1962. He was assistant director of social services at Durham County Council from 1975 to 1979. Political lifeBoyes began his political career by joining the Labour Party at age 20. He served as a local councillor on Easington District Council from 1973 and then Peterlee Town Council. He was elected as MEP for Durham from 1979 to 1984. In the 1983 general election, he was sponsored by the General, Municipal and Boilermakers' Union, and succeeded Houghton-le-Spring MP Tom Urwin as Member of Parliament for the new Houghton and Washington constituency. An outspoken left-winger, he was a member of CND and supported the protestors against cruise missiles at Greenham Common.[2] In Parliament, he joined the Tribune group and the Campaign group, and was noted for loud interjections in a broad Yorkshire accent from his seat. Nevertheless, he soon became a frontbench spokesman under Neil Kinnock, on environment from 1985 to 1988 and on defence from 1988 to 1992. He lost his front-bench position when John Smith became leader of the Labour Party, but then served on Select Committees, on Environment from 1992 to 1994 and on National Heritage from 1994 to 1997. A keen photographer, he produced a book in 1990, People in Parliament, containing black-and-white photographs of MPs. He was also a member of the board of directors at Hartlepool United.[1] Alzheimer's Research TrustFollowing a rapid deterioration in his mental abilities from 1993, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 1995 (in which year he turned only 58), and retired at the 1997 general election, reportedly never knowing that Labour won the election. He set up the Alzheimer's Research Trust to raise funding for research into Alzheimer's. The Trust raised much of the funding for a suite at Newcastle General Hospital that opened in 2001 and was named in his honour.[2] He died in Peterlee, County Durham, aged 69. References1. ^1 {{cite web|last1=Roth|first1=Andrew|title=Roland Boyes|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/jun/27/guardianobituaries.obituaries|publisher=The Guardian|accessdate=6 December 2017}} 2. ^1 {{cite web|title=Alzheimer's unit funded by 'big hearts'|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/1601278.stm|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=6 December 2017}}
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| title = Member of Parliament for Houghton and Washington | years = 1983–1997 }}{{s-non | reason = Constituency abolished (see Houghton and Washington East) }}{{s-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Boyes, Roland}} 16 : 1937 births|2006 deaths|Deaths from Alzheimer's disease|Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies|UK MPs 1983–87|UK MPs 1987–92|UK MPs 1992–97|People from Holmfirth|People from Peterlee|Members of the European Parliament for English constituencies|Alumni of the University of Leicester|Alumni of the University of Bradford|Councillors in County Durham|Labour Party (UK) MEPs|MEPs for the United Kingdom 1979–84|People educated at Penistone Grammar School |
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