lovely, kind and exceptional man and embodied all that is best in public service." References External links 1932 births 2022 deaths Amalgamated Engineering Union-sponsored MPs People educated at Robert Gordon's College Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Aberdeen constituencies Scottish Labour MPs Hughes of Woodside Life peers created by Elizabeth II UK MPs 1970–1974 UK MPs 1974 UK MPs 1974–1979 UK MPs 1979–1983 UK MPs 1983–1987 UK MPs 1987–1992 UK MPs 1992–1997 British humanists Anti-apartheid activists