Roland Boyes was a British Labour Party politician, amateur photographer and, in retirement, a fundraiser for research into Alzheimer's disease.
11 Facts About Roland Boyes
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Roland Boyes attended the University of Leicester to study chemistry, but left after one year.
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Roland Boyes then attended Coventry Teachers Training College, where he met his future wife, and taught mathematics in secondary schools for 13 years.
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Roland Boyes was assistant director of social services at Durham County Council from 1975 to 1979.
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Roland Boyes began his political career by joining the Labour Party at age 20.
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Roland Boyes served as a local councillor on Easington District Council from 1973 and then Peterlee Town Council.
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Roland Boyes was elected as MEP for Durham from 1979 to 1984.
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Roland Boyes lost his front-bench position when John Smith became leader of the Labour Party, but then served on Select committees, on Environment from 1992 to 1994 and on National Heritage from 1994 to 1997.
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Roland Boyes was a member of the board of directors at Hartlepool United.
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Roland Boyes set up the Alzheimer's Research Trust to raise funding for research into Alzheimer's.
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Roland Boyes died in 2006 in Peterlee, County Durham, aged 69.