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By Alex Foster | Thu 15th May 2008 - 7:44 pm

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News reaches The Voice of the death of Peter Thurnham who was a Lib Dem MP for just a few months after his defection to the party in October 1996.

You can read more about his career, and tributes from colleagues, in the Manchester Evening News

Read more by Alex Foster .
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One Comment

James Graham 16th May '08 - 12:52am

That takes me back. I remember going to Rochdale to hear him speak at a rally about a week after he had defected.

I didn’t know him at all, but I remember the excitement at the time. RIP.

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