Person Varley; Lord; Eric Graham (1932-2008); Baron Varley of Chesterfield; Politician DS/UK/4426 Varley Eric Graham Lord 1932-2008 Politician Male 1932 born, Poolsbrook, Staveley 1955 married Marjorie Turner 1964-1984 Member of Parliament for Chesterfield 1968 Parliamentary Private Secretary to the prime minister 1969 Junior technology minister 1984 Chairman of Coalite 1990 Life peerage Eric Graham Varley was born in Poolsbrook. His father was a coalminer, Frank Varley. His mother was Eva Varley, née Goring. He became a branch secretary in the National Union of Mineworkers in 1955. He was adopted as the Chesterfield constituency Labour Party candidate in 1963 and elected to parliament the following year. He became Parliamentary Private Secretary to Prime Minister Harold Wilson in November 1968 and became a junior minister at the Ministry of Technology from 1969. Varley left parliament in 1984, to become chairman of Coalite Plc. He was made a life peer in 1990. Complete Yes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Varley DERBYSHIRE\a700489x 07/12/2023 DERBYSHIRE\a700489x 07/12/2023 6987db41-2bba-42e2-86a0-b38e58448a06