Labour peer Lord Alan Haworth has died aged 75, the occasion has confirmed.
He was a secretary of the parliamentary Labour Occasion from 1992 to 2004, then grew to become a member of the Home of Lords.
The occasion mentioned he died on Monday morning on holiday in Iceland with wife 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.
Alan labored for the occasion… with out fuss or fanfare however with an absolute dedication to make life higher for working folks
Sir Keir Starmer
Ms Rae praised the docs and nurses who handled her husband.
“I’m clearly heartbroken however I can not converse extremely sufficient of the Icelandic well being service and the docs and nurses who taken care of him,” she mentioned.
“I’ll by no means have the ability to thank them correctly for his or her kindness and their professionalism.”
Labour chief Sir Keir Starmer led tributes to the Blackburn-born peer, who had a eager curiosity within the occasion’s historical past, co-authoring a e-book on the primary 29 Labour MPs elected in 1906.
“Alan Haworth was a devoted servant of the Labour Occasion and a diligent pupil of its historical past,” mentioned Sir Keir.
“Alan labored for the occasion in each the Home of Commons as PLP secretary after which within the Home of Lords as a working peer, with out fuss or fanfare however with an absolute dedication to make life higher for working folks.
“He performed a key function in delivering Labour’s 1997 landslide and making certain the occasion was re-elected. Alan can be drastically missed on each the inexperienced and crimson benches in Parliament.
“My ideas are with Maggie and all his household and associates at this horrible time.”
After all Alan was an enormous Labour Occasion stalwart. However the sort that was no nonsense, let’s get elected so we will do as an alternative of speak
Sir Tony Blair
Labour’s chief within the Home of Lords, Baroness Angela Smith, mentioned: “Alan was Labour to his core with an entertaining, warm-hearted and encyclopaedic information of parliamentary colleagues previous and current.
“He was nice firm and held the respect and affection of all within the Labour Friends Group.
“I’m shocked at this information and can miss him dearly.”
Former Labour prime minister Sir Tony Blair mentioned: “Alan was one among my shut associates, a beautiful, heat and witty companion.
“You by no means had a boring night with Alan, and I had a lot of them. And there was nobody whose counsel I discovered wiser or extra perceptive. He and Maggie had been unbelievable hosts, beneficiant and loving associates.
“After all Alan was an enormous Labour Occasion stalwart. However the sort that was no nonsense, let’s get elected so we will do as an alternative of speak.
“And in all of the years I knew Alan, he by no means wavered in his perception in, and dedication to, the occasion. He served it with distinction and true and devoted loyalty.
“So I’ll miss him very deeply certainly. On many various ranges. In many various methods. It’s a unhappy day for me, Cherie and all our household.”
There can be a personal funeral with a memorial celebration deliberate for a future date.
