Former Labour curate and crossbench adjacent Frank Field has died aged 81 pursuing a two-year conflict with terminal cancer.
The seasoned person who served arsenic an MP for Birkenhead for 40 years and arsenic the curate of betterment nether Tony Blair's authorities was good respected crossed the parliament benches.
After serving arsenic an MP from 1979 to 2019, helium joined the House of Lords successful 2020.
A connection from Lord Field of Birkenhead's family, issued by his Parliamentary officem, read: 'Frank Field has died astatine the property of 81 pursuing a play of illness.
'Frank is survived by 2 brothers.'
Former Labour curate and crossbench adjacent Frank Field has died aged 81
Frank Field rather the Labour whip successful 2018 aft helium had a enactment with past person Jeremy Corbyn
Lord Field (pictured successful 1973) served arsenic an MP for 40 years from 1979 to 2019 earlier joining the House of Lords successful 2020
In October 2021, it was revealed successful the House of Lords that seasoned person has precocious spent clip successful a hospice and that helium was not good capable to be debates.
Throughout his career, Lord Field built a estimation an 1 of the astir effectual backbenchers with curbs connected EU migration and campaigns against poverty.
In 2018, helium discontinue the Labour whip successful Parliament aft a enactment with past person Jeremy Corbyn, who helium said was' a unit for anti-Semitism successful British politics.
The Conservatives made him a non-affiliated crossbench adjacent by the Conservative authorities successful 2020 aft helium campaigned successful favour of Brexit.
Back successful October 2021, the erstwhile curate revealed helium was terminally volition arsenic helium urged the House of Lords to easiness the instrumentality to let assisted dying.
At the time, Lord Field was excessively sick to be Parliament arsenic peers debated changing authorities to alteration adults with nary anticipation of betterment to legally question assistance to extremity their lives.
In a connection work retired successful the House of Lords astatine the time, he admitted helium had spent clip successful a hospice and urged them to alteration the law, citing a person who had gone done the 'full fearfulness effects' of cancer.
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