What is Nigel Spearing?
'''Nigel John Spearing''' (8 October 1930 &ndash; 8 January 2017) was a [[British people|British]] politician. He was a member of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]. He served as a [[Member of Parliament]] for [[London Borough of Newham|South Newham]] from 1974 to 1997. Before this, he served as a Member of Parliament for [[Greater London|Acton]] from 1970 to 1974. He was born in [[Hammersmith]], [[London]]. Spearing died from [[Alzheimer's disease]] on 8 January 2017. He was 86.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/news/tributes-paid-to-former-newham-mp-nigel-spearing-1-4847190|title=Tributes paid to former Newham MP Nigel Spearing|first=Jacob|last=Ranson|website=Newham Recorder|access-date=2019-02-15|archive-date=2018-01-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101063350/http://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/news/tributes-paid-to-former-newham-mp-nigel-spearing-1-4847190|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Spearing, Nigel}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Members of the British House of Commons for English constituencies]] [[Category:Labour Party (UK) MPs]] [[Category:People from Hammersmith]] [[Category:Politicians from London]] [[Category:UK MPs 1970–1974]] [[Category:UK MPs 1974]] [[Category:UK MPs 1974–1979]] [[Category:UK MPs 1979–1983]] [[Category:UK MPs 1983–1987]] [[Category:UK MPs 1987–1992]] [[Category:UK MPs 1992–1997]] {{Bio-stub}}