Labour grandee was MP for Birmingham Sparkbrook from 1964 until his retirement from the Commons in 1997 Labour grandee was MP for Birmingham Sparkbrook from 1964 until his retirement from the Commons in 1997 Roy Hattersley, the former Labour deputy leader and author, has died at the age of 93. Keir Starmer described Hattersley as a “giant of the labour movement”. The prime minister said: “Through decades of service, including as deputy leader and a minister, he never lost his belief in a more