Tarsem King, Baron King of West Bromwich (c. 1937 - 9 January 2013) was a British Labour politician and member of the

House of Lords The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the lower house, the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. One of the oldest ext ...

. He was born in India and he was the first Sikh member of the House of Lords. King served as Councillor on

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from 1979 to 2007; he was a deputy mayor from 1982 to 1983. He was created a

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on 22 July 1999 as Baron King of West Bromwich, ''of

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in the County of West Midlands''. From 1999 to 2003 he was a member of the

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. After 2006 he was Treasurer of the All-party parliamentary group on India. He was a member of National Advisory Group for Gun Control of National Police Service and President of the Black Country Housing and Community Services Group. He was also the Patron of the

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which is an affiliate of the

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. He died of a suspected heart attack on 9 January 2013, at Euston station in London. He was 75.

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* http://www.obv.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=471&Itemid=115 * https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199899/minutes/990728/ldminute.htm * http://www.sophiaandme.org.uk/LORDS%20SURNAMES.pdf * http://peerages.info/peerages5.htm

1937 births 2013 deaths Councillors in the West Midlands (county) Labour Party (UK) life peers Life peers created by Elizabeth II British people of Indian descent British people of Punjabi descent {{Life-peer-stub