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Joseph Kenneth Hargreaves, MBE, FCIS (1 March 1939 – 23 June 2012), served as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Hyndburn in Lancashire between 1983 and 1992.

A chartered secretary and company administrator by profession, Hargreaves served as a local councillor becoming Mayor of Hyndburn for 1979/80.

In 1990, Hargreaves, with Liberal Democrat MP David Alton (now Lord Alton of Liverpool), founded the Movement for Christian Democracy (now the Christian Peoples Alliance) serving as Vice-Chairman with the support of Monsignor Thomas Adamson.

After losing his seat at the 1992 general election to Greg Pope of Labour, Hargreaves worked at Conservative Central Office as liaison with local Conservative Clubs. At the 2005 general election, he campaigned unsuccessfully in Hyndburn for Conservative candidate James Mawdsley.

A devout Roman Catholic, he was a parishioner of St Mary's RC Church, Oswaldtwistle, in his former constituency. Hargreaves died on 23 June 2012 at the East Lancashire Hospice at Blackburn.

Honours and awards

Appointed MBE for "services to the community in Lancashire" in the New Year Honours on 29 December 2006, Hargreaves received a Papal knighthood in 2012 becoming a Knight of the Order of St Gregory the Great.

Fellowships and affiliations

• Fellow, Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators
• Pro-life lobby group: Right to Life
• President: Accrington and District Blind Society
• President: Hyndburn Arthritis Care
• Chairman of the Trustees: Maundy Relief
• Chairman: Disabled Association for Sport in Hyndburn

References

1. "Who's Who". ukwhoswho.com. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
2. "The Mayor's Office – Past Mayors of Hyndburn 1974 to date – Hyndburn Borough Council". 18 May 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
3. "BBC News: Tributes as ex-Hyndburn MP Ken Hargreaves dies". BBC. 24 June 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
4. "Tories pin election hopes on author". lancs.live. 3 February 2005. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
5. "Former Hyndburn MP Ken Hargreaves dies". lancashiretelegraph.co.uk. 24 June 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
6. "Former Hyndburn MP Ken Hargreaves dies after long illness". lancs.live. 25 June 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
7. "MBE for former MP and lifelong charity worker". lancs.live. 4 January 2007. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
8. "Papal knighthood for former Hyndburn MP Ken Hargreaves". lancashiretelegraph.co.uk. 6 June 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2021.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Ken Hargreaves
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

• 1939 births
• 2012 deaths
• People from Lancashire
• Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
• English activists
• English Roman Catholics
• Knights of St. Gregory the Great
• Mayors of places in Lancashire
• Members of the Order of the British Empire
• Politics of Hyndburn
• UK MPs 1983–1987
• UK MPs 1987–1992