‘Bereft’ family pay tribute to Doug Hoyle, who chaired Labour parliamentary party in 1990s
• Lord Hoyle obituary: backbencher admired as a skilful tactician
Doug Hoyle, the father of the Commons speaker, Lindsay, and a prominent Labour figure during the 1990s as the party transformed into an electoral force, has died at the age of 98.
Lord Hoyle chaired the parliamentary party under John Smith and Tony Blair, and was a co-founder of Labour Friends of Israel (LFI). He died on Saturday with his family by his side, his son said in a statement.
