Peter Kilfoyle

Peter Kilfoyle (born 9 June 1946) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Walton from 1991 to 2010.From 1986 to 1991, he was North West Regional Organiser for the Labour Party, often involved in dealing with the entryist tactics of the Militant group.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.[3] In 2005, Kilfoyle allegedly defied the Official Secrets Act when he was said to have passed on information supposedly detailing then U.S. President George W. Bush's plan to bomb an Arabic TV station.[4] In 2008, Kilfoyle advocated a Labour Party leadership challenge to Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for DefenceTony BlairSec. of StateGeorge RobertsonGeoff HoonJohn SpellarLewis MoonieMember of ParliamentLiverpool WaltonEric HefferSteve RotheramLiverpoolLabourAlma materDurham UniversityLiverpool Hope UniversityLabour PartyIrish CatholicMerseysideIrish Christian BrothersSt. Edward's CollegeA-levelsUniversity of DurhamChrist's CollegeentryistMilitanta by-election in 1991Labour Party leadershipleadership electionJohn SmithCabinet OfficeMinistry of Defencewar in Iraqdebate in the House of CommonsOfficial Secrets ActinformationU.S. PresidentGeorge W. BushArabic TV stationPrime MinisterGordon Brown2010 General Election2012 England and Wales police and crime commissioner electionsMerseyside PoliceJane KennedyBritish Heart FoundationThe GuardianLiverpool Daily PostBBC News OnlineBBC OnlineHansardParliament of the United Kingdom