title: Peter Smith, Baron Smith of Leigh
text: Peter Richard Charles Smith, Baron Smith of Leigh (24 July 1945 – 3 August 2021) was a British Labour local politician and life peer. He was born in Lowton, Lancashire. He was the Executive Leader of Wigan Council from 1991 until 2018. In 1999, he became a member of the House of Lords.
  
  Smith died on 3 August 2021, aged 76.
  
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   Lord Smith of Leigh
   Burke's Peerage & Baronetage
  
  1945 births
  2021 deaths
  Labour Party (UK) people
  Politicians from Lancashire