Ken Hargreaves

Joseph Kenneth Hargreaves, MBE, FCIS (1 March 1939 – 23 June 2012), served as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Hyndburn in Lancashire between 1983 and 1992.

A chartered secretary and company administrator by profession, Hargreaves served as a local councillor becoming Mayor of Hyndburn for 1979/80.

[2] In 1990, Hargreaves, with Liberal Democrat MP David Alton (now Lord Alton of Liverpool) and Labour MP Derek Enright, founded the Movement for Christian Democracy (now the Christian Peoples Alliance) serving as Vice-Chairman with the support of Monsignor Thomas Adamson.

[4] A devout Roman Catholic, he was a parishioner of St Mary's RC Church, Oswaldtwistle, in his former constituency.

[6] Appointed MBE for "services to the community in Lancashire" in the New Year Honours on 29 December 2006,[7] Hargreaves received a Papal knighthood in 2012 becoming a Knight of the Order of St Gregory the Great.