Lord David Lipsey, a Labour peer in the UK House of Lords, has tragically died while swimming in the River Wye near Glasbury, Powys. British police confirmed that the 77-year-old’s body was found in the water after he was last seen swimming, according to RKS News.
During the 1970s, under Prime Minister Jim Callaghan, Lipsey served as a journalist and adviser at 10 Downing Street. He was appointed to the House of Lords in 1999, receiving the title Baron Lipsey of Tooting Bec, and remained a prominent voice within the Labour Party.
Tributes poured in following the news of his passing. The Lord Speaker of the House of Lords extended sincere condolences to Lipsey’s family and friends, praising his significant contributions to British public life.
