What is Robert Hughes, Baron Hughes of Woodside?
[[File:official portrait of Lord Hughes of Woodside crop 2.jpg|thumb]] '''Robert Hughes, Baron Hughes of Woodside''' (3 January 1932 – January 2022)<ref>[http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/h/575/Robert%20Hughes+HUGHES%20OF%20WOODSIDE.aspx The Rt Hon Lord Hughes of Woodside], ''[[Debrett's]]''</ref> was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] politician. He 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. He was [[Under-Secretary of State for Scotland]] from March 1974 &ndash; July 1975, but resigned in disagreement with the government's Incomes Policy. On 27 September 1997 he was created a [[Life peer]] as '''Baron Hughes of Woodside''', of [[Woodside, Aberdeen|Woodside]] in the City of [[Aberdeen]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://biographies.parliament.uk/parliament/default.asp?id=26601 |title=House of Lords biography |access-date=2018-05-20 |archive-date=2012-07-26 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120726152443/http://biographies.parliament.uk/parliament/default.asp?id=26601 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Hughes's death was announced on 7 January 2022, aged 90.<ref>[https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen-aberdeenshire/3824577/tributes-paid-to-former-aberdeen-mp-and-anti-apartheid-campaigner-bob-hughes-who-has-died-aged-90/ Tributes paid to former Aberdeen MP and anti-apartheid campaigner Bob Hughes who has died aged 90]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hughes, Robert, Baron Hughes of Woodside}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[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]] [[Category:Politicians from Berkshire]] [[Category:Labour Party (UK) MPs]] [[Category:Members of the British House of Commons for Scottish constituencies]] [[Category:Anti-apartheid activists]] {{bio-stub}}