Robin Hodgson, Baron Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
Robin Granville Hodgson, Baron Hodgson of Astley Abbotts CBE (born
25 April 1942) is a
British Conservative Party politician.
In both 1974 general elections, Hodgson unsuccessfully contested the strong
Labour seat of
Walsall North against the incumbent,
John Stonehouse. But in the 1976
by-election caused by the imprisoned Stonehouse's resignation, Hodgson managed to overturn the large Labour majority to become the
Member of Parliament.
However, in the
1979 general election, he could not hold the seat against the Labour candidate
David Winnick, despite achieving an 11% swing.
He was created a life peer, as
Baron Hodgson of Astley Abbotts, of Nash in the County of Shropshire on
7 June 2000.
Times Guide to the House of Commons 1979
