Robert Hughes, Baron Hughes of Woodside
The Lord Hughes of Woodside | |
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Official portrait, 2018 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Transport | |
| In office 4 November 1985 – 23 November 1988 | |
| Leader | Neil Kinnock |
| Preceded by | Gwyneth Dunwoody |
| Succeeded by | John Prescott |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland | |
| In office 11 March 1974 – 22 July 1975 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Hector Monro |
| Succeeded by | Frank McElhone |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 15 October 1997 – 7 January 2022 Life peerage | |
| Member of Parliament for Aberdeen North | |
| In office 18 June 1970 – 8 April 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Hector Hughes |
| Succeeded by | Malcolm Savidge |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert Hughes 3 January 1932 Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Died | 7 January 2022 (aged 90) |
| Political party | Labour |
Robert Hughes, Baron Hughes of Woodside (3 January 1932 – 7 January 2022) was a British Labour Party politician and life peer who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for 27 years, and was also Chair of the British Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM) from 1976 until it was dissolved in 1995 after the ending of apartheid in South Africa.