Peter Kilfoyle was born on 9 June 1946 and is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Liverpool Walton from 1991 to 2010.
11 Facts About Peter Kilfoyle
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The eleventh of fourteen children born to an Irish Catholic family on Merseyside, Kilfoyle was educated by the Irish Christian Brothers at St Edward's College in Liverpool; his father died when he was 10 years old.
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Peter Kilfoyle became the Labour Member of Parliament for Liverpool Walton by retaining the seat in a by-election in 1991 following the death of the incumbent Eric Heffer.
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When Labour returned to government in 1997, Peter Kilfoyle was initially appointed to a role within the Cabinet Office, with a licence to speak out in the media on the Government's behalf, and was later appointed a junior minister in the Ministry of Defence.
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Peter Kilfoyle then became a vocal backbench critic of the Government for the remainder of his time in parliament.
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On 18 March 2003, Peter Kilfoyle wrote the amendment against war in Iraq and moved the amendment in the debate in the House of Commons.
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In 2005, Kilfoyle allegedly defied the Official Secrets Act when he was said to have passed on information supposedly detailing then US President George W Bush's plan to bomb an Arabic TV station.
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In 2008, Peter Kilfoyle advocated a Labour Party leadership challenge to Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
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On 23 February 2010, Peter Kilfoyle announced that he would not seek re-election at the 2010 General Election.
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Peter Kilfoyle married Bernadette Slater on 27 July 1968, and they have five children.
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Peter Kilfoyle is a patron of the British Heart Foundation following a heart attack in 2006 and quadruple bypass surgery.