Jeremy Bray

Jeremy William Bray (29 June 1930 – 31 May 2002) was a British Labour politician and a Member of Parliament for 31 years.

For the Irish international cricketer, see Jeremy Bray (cricketer).

Jeremy Bray
Member of Parliament
for Motherwell South
In office
9 June 1983 – 1 May 1997
Preceded byNew constituency
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Member of Parliament
for Motherwell and Wishaw
In office
10 October 1974 – 9 June 1983
Preceded byGeorge Lawson
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Member of Parliament
for Middlesbrough West
In office
6 June 1962 – 18 June 1970
Preceded byJocelyn Simon
Succeeded byJohn Sutcliffe
Personal details
Born
Jeremy William Bray

(1930-06-29)29 June 1930
British Hong Kong
Died31 May 2002(2002-05-31) (aged 71)
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour
Spouse(s)
Elizabeth
​
(m. 1953)​
EducationEastnor Village School
Ardwyn Grammar School
Kingswood School
Alma materJesus College
Harvard University

Bray was born in British Hong Kong as the son of a Methodist missionary. He attended Eastnor Village School, Ardwyn Grammar School, Kingswood School, Bath (1942–48) and Jesus College, Cambridge and was a Choate Fellow at Harvard University. He also worked as a research officer at the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Cambridge, working with future Nobel Laureates Professor Sir Richard Stone and Terry Barker on the Cambridge Growth Project.

Bray contested Thirsk and Malton for Labour in 1959. He was first elected MP for Middlesbrough West in a 1962 by-election, serving there until he was defeated in the 1970 general election. He was then MP for Motherwell and Wishaw from October 1974 to 1983, and for Motherwell South from 1983 until his retirement in 1997.

Bray married his wife Elizabeth in 1953 and has four daughters. He died at his home in Cambridge on 31 May 2002.[1]

References
  1. "Dr Jeremy Bray MP who was committed to fight to keep Ravenscraig plant open". The Herald. 5 June 2002. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  • Times Guide to the House of Commons, Times Newspapers Limited, 1966, 1992 and 1997 editions
  • Obituary of Jeremy Bray, The Guardian


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