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
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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.