Roy Hattersley, Labour's deputy through four election defeats, dies aged 93

Roy Hattersley, who served as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1983 to 1992, died on 14 June 2026 aged 93, the BBC reported. He stood alongside Neil Kinnock through four successive general election defeats and the party's near-collapse in the early 1980s. Hattersley later became one of Labour's most prolific political commentators, sustaining sharp public engagement with the party's direction for decades after leaving frontline politics.