Editing Tony Lloyd

{{Short description|British politician (1950–2024)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[Sir]]
| name                = Tony Lloyd
| image               = Official Portrait of Sir Tony Lloyd MP crop 2.jpg
| caption             = Official portrait, 2021
| office              = [[Mayor of Greater Manchester]]
| termlabel           = Interim
| term_start          = 29 May 2015
| term_end            = 8 May 2017
| predecessor         = ''Office established''
| successor           = [[Andy Burnham]]
| office1             = [[Police and Crime Commissioner for Greater&nbsp;Manchester]]
| term_start1         = 22 November 2012
| term_end1           = 8 May 2017
| predecessor1        = ''Office established''
| successor1          = [[Beverley Hughes]]{{efn|As [[Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester for Policing and Crime]].}}
| office2             = [[Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (United Kingdom)|Minister of State for Foreign Affairs]]
| term_start2         = 5 May 1997
| term_end2           = 28 July 1999
| primeminister2      = [[Tony Blair]]
| predecessor2        = [[Nicholas Bonsor]]
| successor2          = [[John Battle (politician)|John Battle]]
| office3             = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]
| constituency3       = [[Rochdale (UK Parliament constituency)|Rochdale]]
| term_start3         = 8 June 2017
| term_end3           = 17 January 2024
| predecessor3        = [[Simon Danczuk]]
| successor3          = [[George Galloway]]
| constituency4       = [[Manchester Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Manchester Central]]
| term_start4         = 1 May 1997
| term_end4           = 22 October 2012
| predecessor4        = [[Bob Litherland]]
| successor4          = [[Lucy Powell]]
| constituency5       = [[Stretford (UK Parliament constituency)|Stretford]]
| term_start5         = 9 June 1983
| term_end5           = 8 April 1997
| predecessor5        = [[Winston Churchill (1940–2010)|Winston Churchill]]
| successor5          = Beverley Hughes{{efn|As MP for [[Stretford and Urmston]].}}
| office6             = [[Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party]]
| term_start6         = 5 December 2006
| term_end6           = 15 March 2012
| 1blankname6         = [[Leader of the Labour Party (UK)|Party leader]]
| 1namedata6          = {{ubl|Tony Blair|[[Gordon Brown]]|[[Harriet Harman]] (acting)|[[Ed Miliband]]}}
| predecessor6        = [[Ann Clwyd]]
| successor6          = [[David Watts, Baron Watts|David Watts]]
| birth_name          = Anthony Joseph Lloyd
| birth_date          = {{birth date|df=y|1950|2|25}}
| birth_place         = [[Stretford]], Lancashire, England
| death_date          = {{death date and age|df=y|2024|1|17|1950|2|25}}
| death_place         = [[Manchester]], England
| party               = [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| spouse              = {{marriage|Judith Tear|1974}}
| children            = 4
| alma_mater          = {{ubl|[[University of Nottingham]] (BSc)|[[Manchester Business School]] ([[Graduate diploma|DipBA]])}}
| awards              = [[Knight Bachelor]] (2021)
}}

'''Sir Anthony Joseph Lloyd''' (25 February 1950 – 17 January 2024) was a British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] politician. He served as a [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|member of Parliament]] (MP) for 36 years, making him one of the longest-serving MPs in recent history. He served as MP for [[Stretford (UK Parliament constituency)|Stretford]] from [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983]] to 1997, [[Manchester Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Manchester Central]] from [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]] to 2012, and represented [[Rochdale (UK Parliament constituency)|Rochdale]] from [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017]] until his death in 2024. He was [[Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner]] between 2012 and 2017 and served as the interim [[Mayor of Greater Manchester]] in his last two years in the role.

Born in [[Stretford]], Lloyd served as a [[Trafford council]]lor from 1979 to 1984. In 1983 he was elected MP for Stretford, representing the constituency until it was abolished in 1997, at which time he was elected for Manchester Central. As an MP, Lloyd was an [[Shadow cabinet|opposition spokesman]] between 1987 and 1997, a [[Minister of State (United Kingdom)|minister of state]] in the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] between 1997 and 1999, and [[Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party]] from 2006 to 2012.

Lloyd continued as a constituency MP until October 2012, when he stepped down to contest the [[2012 police and crime commissioner elections]] for the [[Greater Manchester Police]] area.<ref name="power" /> He was elected and assumed the position in November 2012. Lloyd, appointed interim mayor of Greater Manchester in 2015, announced in 2016 that he would be seeking to become the Labour Party candidate in the [[2017 Greater Manchester mayoral election|Greater Manchester mayoral election]],<ref name="Perraudin-2016">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/feb/11/labour-tony-lloyd-greater-manchester-mayoral-bid-devolution |title=Labour's Tony Lloyd announces Greater Manchester mayoral bid |last=Perraudin |first=Frances |date=11 February 2016 |work=The Guardian |access-date=1 June 2020}}</ref> but lost the nomination to [[Andy Burnham]]<ref name="Guardian_090816">{{cite news |last=Perraudin |first=Frances |access-date=1 June 2020 |title=Andy Burnham selected as Labour candidate for Greater Manchester mayor |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/aug/09/andy-burnham-selected-labours-candidate-manchester-mayor |work=The Guardian |date=9 August 2016}}</ref> before being elected as MP for Rochdale in 2017.

Lloyd served as [[Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland]] between 2018 and 2020, resigning to recover from his illness of [[COVID-19]].<ref>{{cite news |date=28 April 2020 |title=Rochdale MP Tony Lloyd steps down from frontbench after spell in ICU with coronavirus that left him 'gasping for air' |work=[[Manchester Evening News]] |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/tony-lloyd-steps-down-coronavirus-18162289 |access-date=1 June 2020}}</ref> He was also [[Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland]] between 2019 and 2020. In 2011, the ''[[Manchester Evening News]]'' listed Lloyd among its 250 Most Influential People in Greater Manchester, describing him as "a major figure on Labour politics in Greater Manchester",{{sfn|Jupp|2012|p=41}} and "the most powerful man in Greater Manchester" on his election as police and crime commissioner in 2012.<ref name="power">{{cite news |url=http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1593908_introducing-new-police-commissioner-tony-lloyd---the-most-powerful-man-in-greater-manchester |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119230159/http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1593908_introducing-new-police-commissioner-tony-lloyd---the-most-powerful-man-in-greater-manchester |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 November 2012 |title=Introducing new police commissioner Tony Lloyd – the most powerful man in Greater Manchester? |date=16 November 2012 |access-date=20 November 2012 |work=Manchester Evening News}}</ref> In a directory of MPs produced by ''[[The Guardian]]'', [[Andrew Roth]] described Lloyd as "well informed, thoughtful and realistic regionalist and internationalist".<ref name="profile" />

==Background and family life==
Lloyd was born in [[Stretford]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Henrys |first=Colin |date=26 October 2012 |title=Labour Police Chief candidate launches Rochdale campaign |url=http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/2/news-headlines/74682/labour-police-chief-candidate-launches-rochdale-campaign |access-date=1 June 2020 |website=Rochdale Online}}</ref><ref name=wont/> on 25 February 1950,{{sfn|Dilworth|Stuart-Jones|2011|p=}}{{Page needed |date=March 2024}} the fourth of five children of Sydney Lloyd and his wife, Cecily (''née'' Boatte).{{sfn|Dilworth|Stuart-Jones|2011|p=}}{{Page needed |date=March 2024}} He was raised in Stretford,<ref name=wont/> and attended [[Stretford Grammar School|Stretford Grammar School for Boys]], the [[University of Nottingham]] (where he gained a [[BSc degree]] in mathematics in 1972), and [[Manchester Business School]] (where he studied for an [[MBA]] degree), before becoming a lecturer in Business Studies at the [[University of Salford]].<ref name="mp">{{Cite web |title=Anthony Joseph Lloyd |url=http://www.politics.co.uk/reference/anthony-joseph-lloyd |access-date=16 November 2012 |website=[[Politics.co.uk]]}}</ref><ref name=wont>{{cite news |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/new-greater-manchester-crime-commissioner-697316 |title=New Greater Manchester crime commissioner Tony Lloyd: I won't tell the chief constable how to police |first=Deborah |last=Linton |work=Manchester Evening News |date=19 November 2012 |access-date=1 June 2020}}</ref><ref name=profile>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/person/3165/tony-lloyd |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414031602/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/person/3165/tony-lloyd |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 April 2014 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=20 November 2012 |title=Tony Lloyd: Electoral history and profile}}</ref>

Lloyd's father died when he was 13, leaving his mother Cecily, a staunch supporter of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], to shape his values. Lloyd said: "My mother had friends who died in the [[Spanish Civil War]]. I saw that as a simple battle of good versus evil and in that sense the basic morality of politics was instilled in me. I have always thought if not fighting for what's right and just, then what is politics for?"<ref name=wont/>

==Political career==
===Trafford Council===
Lloyd was first elected to public office when he stood as a Labour Party candidate in the [[1979 Trafford Council election]], winning a seat on [[Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council]] representing the [[Clifford (ward)|Clifford]] ward on 4{{nbsp}}May 1979 (the day [[Margaret Thatcher]] became [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]).<ref name=mp/><ref name=wont/> Lloyd remained a Trafford councillor until 1984, rising to the rank of Deputy Labour Council Leader.<ref name=mp/><ref name=wont/><ref name=new/>

===House of Commons===
Lloyd entered the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for [[Stretford (UK Parliament constituency)|Stretford]] on 9{{nbsp}}June 1983, after the [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983 general election]].<ref name=theywork>{{cite web |url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/tony_lloyd/manchester_central?gclid=COqom43K3bMCFerItAodCHMAzg |work=[[TheyWorkForYou]]|publisher=[[mySociety]] |title=Tony Lloyd: Former Labour MP for Manchester Central |access-date=20 November 2012 }}</ref> He was an [[opposition whip]] between 1986 and 1987, and became the opposition spokesman for transport (1987–1992), employment (1992–1994), the environment (1994–1995), and foreign affairs (1995–1997).<ref name=profile/>

Constituency boundaries were reformed for the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]], and Lloyd was selected for the [[Manchester Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Manchester Central]] constituency, where he was returned at each subsequent general election up to and including [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]].<ref name=wont/> Following the 1997 general election which returned [[Tony Blair]] as Prime Minister, Lloyd was appointed a junior [[Minister of State]] in the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] under [[Robin Cook]],<ref name=wont/> beginning on 5{{nbsp}}May 1997.<ref name=theywork/> In 1998, an inquiry by the [[Foreign Affairs Select Committee]] into the supply of arms from [[Sandline International]] to Africa during the [[Sierra Leone Civil War]] led to accusations that Lloyd had been dishonest and lacked depth over the trade of illicit weaponry.{{sfn|Waller|Criddle|1999|p=446}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/inquiry-finds-sandline-did-breach-arms-embargo-1159472.html |title=Inquiry finds Sandline did breach arms embargo |work=[[The Independent]] |date=17 May 1998 |access-date=1 June 2020 |last1=Buncombe |first1=Andrew |last2=Routledge |first2=Paul |last3=Abrams |first3=Fran}}</ref> Lloyd's position at the Foreign Office ended in a [[1999 British cabinet reshuffle|government reshuffle]] on 28 July 1999.<ref name=theywork/>

Lloyd remained a "powerful" [[backbencher]],<ref name=profile/><ref name=new/> and on 5{{nbsp}}December 2006 became [[Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party]]{{snd}}a post which leads all Labour MPs, both government and backbench MPs{{snd}}by defeating the incumbent, [[Ann Clwyd]], who was perceived as being too close to Blair.<ref name=chair>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6211412.stm |title=Lloyd becomes Labour MPs' chair |date=5 December 2006 |access-date=1 June 2020 |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> When he unseated Clwyd, the feud between Blair and [[Gordon Brown]] was much reported<ref name=new/>{{snd}}Lloyd, was described by journalist [[Michael White (journalist)|Michael White]] as a "[[Brownite]] ally",<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/jan/06/gordon-brown-leadership-ballot-call |work=The Guardian |date=6 January 2010 |access-date=1 June 2020 |title=Ballot call over Gordon Brown's leadership – what next? |first=Michael |last=White |author-link=Michael White (journalist)}}</ref> and Labour advisor [[Jonathan Powell (Labour adviser)|Jonathan Powell]] wrote that Lloyd was a key member of Brown's "team of henchmen on the Labour backbenches to oppose Tony [Blair]".{{sfn|Powell|2011|p=123}} Lloyd was a Member of the [[North West Regional Select Committee]] from 4{{nbsp}}March 2009 to 11 May 2010.<ref name=profile/> After revelations arising from the [[United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal]], Lloyd was forced to apologise for over-claiming £2,210 in rent on his flat in London, adding it was "a genuine error".<ref name=new/> As Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party, Lloyd wrote to Labour MPs urging them to publish all expenses claims.<ref name=claim>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/may/14/labour-mps-expenses-publish |work=The Guardian |agency=[[Press Association]] |date=14 May 2009 |access-date=1 June 2020 |title=Labour MPs urged to publish all expenses claims now}}</ref>

Lloyd voted for [[Bryan Gould]] and [[John Prescott]] respectively in the Labour Party leadership elections of [[1992 Labour Party (UK) leadership election|1992]] and [[1994 Labour Party (UK) leadership election|1994]].{{sfn|Waller|Criddle|1999|p=446}} Although the [[TheyWorkForYou]] political activities website declares that Lloyd "hardly ever rebels",<ref name=theywork/> he voted against Labour's national agenda in key areas while an MP.<ref name=new/> He joined rebel Labour MPs by voting against government policy regarding the [[Iraq War]],<ref name=theywork/> and rebelled against government policy to detain terror suspects for 90 days without trial.<ref name=theywork/> He voted against government policy to introduce student [[tuition fees]],<ref name=theywork/> and as an "anti-nuclear and anti-war campaigner",<ref name=new/><ref name=chair/> voted against the renewal or replacement of the [[UK Trident programme]] in 2007.<ref name=theywork/> Lloyd was strongly in favour of and voted for the [[reform of the House of Lords]], the [[Identity Cards Act 2006]], and the [[expansion of London Heathrow Airport]].<ref name=theywork/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?id=uk.org.publicwhip/member/40386&showall=yes#divisions |publisher=[[Public Whip]] |access-date=1 June 2020 |title=Voting Record – Tony Lloyd MP, Manchester Central (10367)}}</ref> Lloyd supported the bid for a proposed [[supercasino]] for East Manchester, and was furious with the [[House of Lords]] and Gordon Brown for axing the scheme, adding it was "grossly unfair and outrageous" and that "those who kicked it into touch deprived a community with one of the highest levels of unemployment the opportunity to access well paid jobs and proper training".<ref name=new/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6500859.stm |work=BBC News |title=Lords scupper super-casino plan |date=28 March 2007 |access-date=1 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/tony-blairs-fury-at-gordon-brown-897914 |work=Manchester Evening News |date=28 September 2010 |access-date=1 June 2020 |title=Tony Blair's fury at Gordon Brown for scrapping of super-casino |last=Linton |first=Deborah}}</ref> He supported the proposed [[Greater Manchester congestion charge]],<ref>{{cite news |date=29 January 2007 |access-date=1 June 2020|last=Osuh |first=Chris |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/mps-split-on-congestion-charging-979913 |title=MPs split on congestion charging |work=Manchester Evening News}}</ref> and campaigned in its favour in the 2008 referendum on the [[Greater Manchester Transport Innovation Fund]], which was "overwhelmingly rejected" by voters.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2008/dec/12/congestioncharging-transport |title=Manchester says no to congestion charging |last=Sturcke |first=James |date=12 December 2008 |work=The Guardian |access-date=1 June 2020}}</ref>

Lloyd was the leader of the British delegation to the [[Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe]] and one of its vice-presidents, a leader of the British delegation to the [[Western European Union]], and leader of the British delegation to the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]] (OSCE).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tony4gtrmcr.co.uk/about-tony/ |work=Tony 4 Greater Manchester|publisher=Labour North West |title=About Tony |access-date=1 June 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121128155137/http://tony4gtrmcr.co.uk/about-tony/ |archive-date=28 November 2012  }}</ref><ref name=belarus>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12044464 |work=BBC News |title='The people of Belarus deserved better' say international observers |date=20 December 2010 |access-date=1 June 2020}}</ref> He was head of the OSCE at a time when it was monitoring the [[2010 Belarusian presidential election]], which it denounced as fraudulent; Lloyd said the "election failed to give Belarus the new start it needed",<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12100765 |work=BBC News |date=31 December 2012 |access-date=1 June 2020 |title=Belarus closes down OSCE office after poll criticism}}</ref> adding "the people of Belarus deserved better".<ref name=belarus/> Lloyd was Chair of the [[Trade Union Group of Labour MPs]] from 2002 to 2012.<ref name=bio>{{cite web |url=http://www.gmpcc.org.uk/about/who-we-are/the-police-and-crime-commissioner/biography/ |publisher=[[Greater Manchester Combined Authority]] |title=Tony Lloyd's biography |access-date=22 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/news/content/view/full/119327 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816053003/http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/news/content/view/full/119327 |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 August 2016 |work=[[Morning Star (British newspaper)|Morning Star]] |title=Trade unions' MP allies fight 'all-out' Tory assault |date=22 May 2012 |access-date=21 November 2012 |last=Bagley |first=Roger}}</ref>

Lloyd contributed chapters about [[John Robert Clynes]] and [[George Davy Kelley|George Kelley]], Labour members of Parliament for Manchester elected in 1906, to ''Men Who Made Labour'', edited by [[Lord Haworth of Fisherfield|Alan Haworth]] and [[Diane Hayter]],{{sfn|Haworth|Hayter|2006|p=xiii}} and contributed a piece on the future of the Labour Party in the 2011 book ''What Next for Labour? Ideas for a new generation''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.whatnextforlabour.com/contributors/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016143940/http://www.whatnextforlabour.com/contributors/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 October 2011 |title=Contributors |access-date=21 November 2012 |work=What Next for Labour}}</ref>

===Police and Crime Commissioner===
{{Further|Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner}}
[[File:Tony parade.JPG|thumb|right|Lloyd parading with the [[Greater Manchester Police]] at the 2013 [[Manchester Pride]] festival]]

Lloyd was described by [[Andrew Roth]] of ''[[The Guardian]]'' as a "realistic regionalist";<ref name=profile/> he supported the creation of the [[Greater Manchester Combined Authority]] in 2011, but disagreed that there should be an elected [[Mayor of Greater Manchester]].<ref name=profile/> On 15 February 2012, Lloyd announced his intention to resign as a member of Parliament to stand as a candidate for the directly elected [[Police and Crime Commissioner]] for Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/veteran-manchester-central-mp-tony-681817 |title=Veteran Manchester Central MP Tony Lloyd to stand for election as Greater Manchester's first police commissioner |date=14 February 2012 |access-date=1 June 2020 |last=Linton |first=Deborah |work=Manchester Evening News}}</ref> Lloyd said he was willing to leave the Manchester Central constituency{{snd}}a Labour [[safe seat]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.itv.com/news/granada/story/2012-11-15/manchester-central-by-election/ |publisher=[[ITV News]] |title=Manchester Central by-election |date=15 November 2012 |access-date=1 June 2020}}</ref>{{snd}}for the PCC role because in "all the years I have been a MP, one of the abiding issues that people raised with me was fear of crime".<ref name=fight>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-20391488 |work=BBC News |title=Sir Peter Fahy says Tony Lloyd must 'fight' for Greater Manchester Police |date=9 November 2012 |access-date=1 June 2020}}</ref> The resulting [[2012 Manchester Central by-election]] was scheduled for the same November polling day.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://labourlist.org/2012/03/whats-going-on-with-manchester-central/ |title=What is going on with Manchester Central? |publisher=[[LabourList]] |date=20 March 2012 |access-date=1 June 2020}}</ref> In the [[2012 Police and Crime Commissioner elections]], Lloyd was elected as the inaugural Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner, winning with 139,437 votes, a share of 51.23% and approximately 7% of the electorate,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greatermanchesterpccelection.org.uk/info/11/results |access-date=2 June 2020 |title=Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Election results |date=16 November 2012}}</ref> prompting the ''[[Manchester Evening News]]'' to quip that he had become "the most powerful man in Greater Manchester".<ref name=power/>

As Police and Crime Commissioner for Greater Manchester, Lloyd was one of the Labour Party's highest-profile commissioners, overseeing one of the largest police services in England and Wales outside of [[Greater London]].<ref name=sham/> He received £100,000 per year, the largest salary of any English or Welsh Police and Crime Commissioner.<ref name=sham/> He was based at [[Salford Civic Centre]] and was required to devise a five-year strategic plan for [[Greater Manchester Police]] and hold Sir [[Peter Fahy]], the force's [[chief constable]], to account.<ref name=sham>{{cite web |url=http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1593957_new-police-and-crime-commissioner-tony-lloyd-gets-to-work-after-shambolic-election |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119215519/http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1593957_new-police-and-crime-commissioner-tony-lloyd-gets-to-work-after-shambolic-election |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 November 2012 |work=Manchester Evening News |date=17 November 2012 |access-date=20 November 2012 |last=Linton |first=Deborah |title=New police and crime commissioner Tony Lloyd gets to work after 'shambolic' election}}</ref> On hearing the news that Lloyd had won the election, Fahy said "one of the key roles of the PCC was negotiating and influencing the other local authorities, the health service, businesses and other organisations... We will be expecting him to fight for GMP at a national level with the Home Office over resourcing and changes to legislation".<ref name=fight/> At the end of March 2013, Lloyd published the ''Police and Crime Plan 2013–2016'', setting his nine priorities for policing Greater Manchester. These were:<ref name=plan>{{cite web |url=http://www.gmpcc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/CrimePlan.pdf |publisher=Greater Manchester Combined Authority |title=Police and Crime Plan 2013–2016 |first=Tony |last=Lloyd |date=March 2013 |access-date=2 June 2020}}</ref>

{{quote|
* Driving down crime
* Building and strengthening partnerships
* Tackling anti-social behaviour
* Protecting vulnerable people
* Putting victims at the centre
* Maintaining public safety, dealing with civil emergencies and emerging threats
* Dealing effectively with terrorism, serious crime and organised criminality
* Building confidence in policing services
* Protecting the police service
}}

The plan outlined Lloyd's vision "for all of us in Greater Manchester to work together to build the safest communities in Britain".<ref name=plan/>

===Interim Mayor for Greater Manchester===
Lloyd was appointed interim [[Mayor for Greater Manchester]] on 29 May 2015. He subsequently announced that he would be running to become the Labour Party's candidate for the [[2017 Greater Manchester mayoral election]]s on 11 February 2016.<ref name="Perraudin-2016"/>

On 9 August, [[Andy Burnham]] was selected with 51.1% of the vote. Lloyd came second with 29.1%.<ref name="Guardian_090816" />

===Return to the Commons===
[[File:Official portrait of Tony Lloyd.jpg|thumb|upright|Parliamentary portrait by [[Chris McAndrew]], 2017]]
In May 2017, Lloyd was selected to stand as the Labour Party's parliamentary candidate for [[Rochdale (UK Parliament constituency)|Rochdale]] at the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]]. He was selected after the incumbent MP, [[Simon Danczuk]], was disallowed from standing again as the Labour candidate, owing to an ongoing internal party investigation into Danczuk's personal conduct.<ref>{{cite news |access-date=2 June 2020 |last1=Syal |first1=Rajeev |last2=Stewart |first2=Heather |title=Simon Danczuk could stand against Labour after quitting party |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/may/08/labour-tony-lloyd-rochdale-seat-simon-danczuk |work=The Guardian |date=8 May 2017}}</ref> Lloyd was elected with a majority of 14,819.<ref>{{cite web |title=Election 2017: Rochdale Parliamentary constituency results |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609130250/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000897 |archive-date=9 June 2017 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000897 |work=BBC News |date=8 June 2017 |access-date=2 June 2020}}</ref>

On 3 July 2017, Lloyd was appointed by Labour leader [[Jeremy Corbyn]] as a Shadow Housing Minister.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://newsocialist.org.uk/reshuffle-2-the-ma/ |title=Reshuffle 2: The Maintenance of the Malcontents |date=5 July 2017 |work=New Socialist |access-date=2 June 2020}}</ref> On 23 March 2018, Lloyd became [[Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland]], replacing the sacked [[Owen Smith]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43521321 |title=Jeremy Corbyn sacks Labour frontbencher over referendum call |date=23 March 2018 |work=BBC News |access-date=2 June 2020}}</ref>

In December 2019, Lloyd became the [[Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland]], replacing [[Lesley Laird]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 December 2019 |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/18112487.labour-mp-rochdale-announced-new-scottish-shadow-secretary/ |title=Labour MP for Rochdale announced new shadow Secretary for Scotland |work=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |access-date=2 June 2020}}</ref> Upon Sir [[Keir Starmer]]'s election as Labour leader in spring 2020, Lloyd was replaced in this post by [[Ian Murray (Scottish politician)|Ian Murray]] but continued as Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. [[Louise Haigh]] replaced him on an interim basis in April 2020 after he was admitted to hospital with [[Coronavirus disease 2019|coronavirus]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/apr/06/ed-miliband-returns-to-labour-frontbench-in-keir-starmer-reshuffle |title=Ed Miliband returns to Labour frontbench in Keir Starmer reshuffle |work=The Guardian |last1=Syal |first1=Rajeev |last2=McIntyre |first2=Niamh |last3=Duncan |first3=Pamela |date=6 April 2020 |access-date=2 June 2020}}</ref>

Following his discharge from [[Manchester Royal Infirmary]] Lloyd stood down from his front bench role to concentrate on his recovery from [[COVID-19]], but vowed to continue his work as a constituency MP.<ref>{{cite news |last=Abbit |first=Beth |access-date=2 June 2020 |title=Rochdale MP Tony Lloyd steps down from frontbench after spell in ICU |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/tony-lloyd-steps-down-coronavirus-18162289 |work=Manchester Evening News |date=28 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Pidd |first=Helen |access-date=2 June 2020 |title='I feel a tremendous sense of humility': MP Tony Lloyd on how NHS saved his life |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/30/coronavirus-i-feel-a-tremendous-sense-of-humility-mp-tony-lloyd-on-how-nhs-saved-his-life |work=The Guardian |date=30 April 2020}}</ref>

On 15 February 2021, Lloyd undertook godparenthood for [[Darya Chultsova]], Belarusian journalist and [[political prisoner]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 February 2021 |title=Members of Parliament from Great Britain, Switzerland and Germany take over godparenthood for Darya Chultsova, Viktar Aktsistau and Aleh Hrableuski |url=https://www.lphr.org/en/tony-lloyd-house-of-commons-labour-party-nicolas-walder-national-council-the-greens-and-gunther-krichbaum-bundestag-cdu-have-taken-over-a-godparenthood-for-political-prisoners-in-belarus/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224154338/https://www.lphr.org/en/tony-lloyd-house-of-commons-labour-party-nicolas-walder-national-council-the-greens-and-gunther-krichbaum-bundestag-cdu-have-taken-over-a-godparenthood-for-political-prisoners-in-belarus/ |archive-date=24 February 2021 |access-date=24 February 2021 |website=Libereco – Partnership for Human Rights |language=en}}</ref>

Lloyd was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in the [[2021 Birthday Honours]] for public service.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=63377|supp=y|page=B2|date=12 June 2021}}</ref>

==Personal life==

Lloyd married Judith Tear in 1974.{{sfn|Dilworth|Stuart-Jones|2011|p=}}{{Page needed |date=March 2024}}<ref name=new/> They had three daughters and a son.{{sfn|Dilworth|Stuart-Jones|2011|p=}}{{Page needed |date=March 2024}}<ref name=new>{{cite news |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/new-police-commissioner-tony-lloyd-697188 |title=New police commissioner Tony Lloyd: Backbench stalwart not afraid to rock the boat |date=17 November 2012 |access-date=1 June 2020 |work=[[Manchester Evening News]]}}</ref> As a supporter of [[Manchester United]], in March 2011 he tabled an [[early day motion]] in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] for their player [[Ryan Giggs]] to be knighted.<ref name=new/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1409680_arise_sir_ryan_united_star_giggs_should_be_given_a_knighthood_says_mp |title=Arise Sir Ryan: United star Giggs should be given a knighthood, says MP |first=Mike |last=Keegan |date=3 March 2011 |access-date=19 November 2012 |work=Manchester Evening News}}</ref>

===Illness and death===
In January 2023, Lloyd revealed that he was undergoing chemotherapy after a recent cancer diagnosis.<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 January 2023 |title=Rochdale MP Tony Lloyd reveals chemotherapy treatment after diagnosis |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-64291173 |access-date=17 January 2023}}</ref> He said he would not attend Parliament or attend face-to-face functions under medical advice to socially isolate and avoid meetings.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sir Tony Lloyd to hold advice surgeries via telephone or Zoom as MP undergoes chemotherapy |url=https://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/2/news-headlines/150026/sir-tony-lloyd-to-hold-advice-surgeries-via-telephone-or-zoom-as-mp-undergoes-chemotherapy |access-date=17 January 2023 |website=Rochdale Online |language=en-gb}}</ref>

In January 2024, Lloyd announced that he had chosen to end hospital treatment, following his cancer developing into an "aggressive and untreatable [[leukaemia]]".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wootton-Cane |first1=Nicole |title=MP Tony Lloyd leaves hospital to spend time he 'has left with family' as blood cancer develops into 'aggressive and untreatable leukaemia' |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/mp-tony-lloyd-leaves-hospital-28429268 |access-date=11 January 2024 |work=Manchester Evening News |date=11 January 2024}}</ref> On 17 January, he died in the early morning at his home in [[Manchester]], as a result of his illness.<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 January 2024 |title=Sir Tony Lloyd: Rochdale Labour MP dies 'peacefully at home' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-68010501 |access-date=17 January 2024 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Langdon|first=Julia|date=2024-01-18|title=Sir Tony Lloyd obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/jan/18/sir-tony-lloyd-obituary|access-date=2024-02-25|work=[[The Guardian]]|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> He was 73.<ref>{{cite news |last= Adu |first= Aletha |date= 17 January 2024 |title= Labour MP Tony Lloyd dies surrounded by family at age of 73 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/jan/17/labour-mp-tony-lloyd-dies-surrounded-by-family-at-age-of-73 |work= The Guardian |access-date= 20 January 2024}}</ref> Tributes were paid to Lloyd in the House of Commons on 23 January.

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* {{Cite book |title=The International Year Book and Statesmen's Who's Who 2012 |date=2011 |publisher=Brill |isbn=978-90-04-19486-1 |editor-last=Dilworth |editor-first=Jennifer |edition=59, illustrated |editor-last2=Stuart-Jones |editor-first2=Megan}}
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