Stanley Henig (born 7 July 1939) is a British academic and former Labour Party politician. He was Deputy Pro-Chancellor of

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from 2006 until 2011.

Early life

Stanley Henig was born on 7 July 1939 in

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, the son of the politician and businessman Sir Mark Henig,

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and the first chairman of the

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. He was educated at

Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys was a grammar school in Leicester, England, in existence from 1876 to 1976. It was succeeded by the present-day Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College. History After William Wyggeston's death in 1536, his brot ...

and

Corpus Christi College, Oxford Corpus Christi College (formally, Corpus Christi College in the University of Oxford; informally abbreviated as Corpus or CCC) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1517, it is the 12th ...

Career

An academic

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, he was one of the founders of the Department of Politics at

in 1964. He later taught at the

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, the Civil Service College, and at the

University of Central Lancashire , mottoeng = "From the Earth to the Sun" , established = as Institution for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledgere-established 1992 (University status granted) , type = Public , chancellor ...

where he was head of the Department of Politics and European Studies. At the 1966 general election, Henig was returned to the

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for Lancaster. However, he lost his seat at the 1970 general election to the

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candidate,

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, and did not stand again. He entered local politics, and in the 1990s he was leader of

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. He was leader of the council at the time of the Blobbygate scandal and subsequently was deseated by the Greens at the 1999 council elections, although a later report by the district auditor cleared councillors of maladministration.

Personal life

His former wife

Ruth Henig Ruth Beatrice Henig, Baroness Henig CBE, DL (born Ruth Beatrice Munzer on 10 November 1943) is a British academic historian and Labour Party politician. Family Her parents were Kurt and Elfrieda Munzer, Jewish refugees who came to the Unite ...

, is a retired

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and was also a long-serving member of

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. She stood unsuccessfully as Labour candidate for Lancaster at the 1992 general election and became a

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in 2004. They married in 1966, but divorced in 1993, having had two sons, one of whom is the psephologist

Simon Henig Simon Antony Henig (born June 1969) is a British politician, former leader of Durham County Council, and since 15 April 2014, chair of the North East Combined Authority (NECA). Early life Simon Henig was born in June 1969, the son of the form ...

. In 2008, Simon followed in his father's footsteps by becoming Leader of the Labour-controlled

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, a role he held until 2021.

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