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| Former Home Secretary Lord Waddington dies at age of 87 | Former Home Secretary Lord Waddington dies at age of 87 |
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| Former Conservative Home Secretary Lord Waddington has died at the age of 87. | Former Conservative Home Secretary Lord Waddington has died at the age of 87. |
| The barrister turned politician led the Home Office at the time of the poll tax riots and the Strangeways prison disturbances in the Spring of 1990. | The barrister turned politician led the Home Office at the time of the poll tax riots and the Strangeways prison disturbances in the Spring of 1990. |
| On the right of the party, he entered Parliament in a by-election in the 1960s and served as chief whip and other roles under Margaret Thatcher. | On the right of the party, he entered Parliament in a by-election in the 1960s and served as chief whip and other roles under Margaret Thatcher. |
| After leaving the House of Commons, he served as leader of the House of Lords and latterly as governor of Bermuda. | After leaving the House of Commons, he served as leader of the House of Lords and latterly as governor of Bermuda. |
| The Oxford-educated Lord Waddington served in the army in the 1950s before going into politics in and first being elected to Parliament in 1968. | |
| He represented a number of different seats in Lancashire between 1968 and 1974, when he lost his seat, and again between 1979 and 1990. | He represented a number of different seats in Lancashire between 1968 and 1974, when he lost his seat, and again between 1979 and 1990. |
| After rising through the ministerial ranks, he became chief whip - in charge of party discipline - before succeeding Lord Hurd as home secretary in October 1989. | |
| A supporter of capital punishment, he took a tougher line on law and order issues than his predecessor, piloting legislation through the Commons in 1990 to ensure serious criminals served longer sentences. | |
| He stood down after John Major became prime minister in November 1990 and accepted a peerage soon afterwards. | |
| He retired from the House of Lords in 2015. |