Gerard Collier, 5th Baron Monkswell (28 January 1947 – 12 July 2020) was a British hereditary peer.

Life

He was educated at Portsmouth University (BSc Mechanical Eng, 1971) and

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. He succeeded to the title Baron Monkswell in 1984, and was a Member of the

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from 1985 to 1999. He was a Labour Party Member of Manchester City Council from 1989 to 1994. Lord Monkswell was an unsuccessful candidate in by-elections to the House of Lords in 2003, 2005, and 2011. He died on 12 July 2020 at the age of 73.The obituary notice of Gerard Collier
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References

1947 births 2020 deaths Alumni of the University of Portsmouth 5

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Labour Party (UK) hereditary peers Monkswell {{UK-baron-stub