He was MP for Pontefract and Castleford from a 1978 by-election until his retirement at the 1997 general election, when he was given a life peerage as Baron Lofthouse of Pontefract, of Pontefract in the County of West Yorkshire.
He was MP for Pontefract and Castleford from a 1978 by-election until his retirement at the 1997 general election. He was given a life peerage as Baron Lofthouse of Pontefract in the County of West Yorkshire. This was of Pontefract.