Labour MP Sir Tony Lloyd died on Wednesday "surrounded by his family" only days after announcing that he was suffering from an incurable form of leukaemia.The Rochdale MP, who has represented the constituency since 2017 and who was first elected as an MP in 1983, had been receiving chemotherapy for a form of blood cancer.

Labour MP Sir Tony Lloyd died on Wednesday "surrounded by his family" only days after announcing that he was suffering from an incurable form of leukaemia.The Rochdale MP, who has represented the constituency since 2017 and who was first elected as an MP in 1983, had been receiving chemotherapy for a form of blood cancer.