Ex-Labour deputy leader Roy Hattersley left wife huge six-figure sum after death aged 93 plus two major gifts to charity

Comment now Next LABOUR grandee Roy Hattersley left £25,000 to a dog charity and another £25,000 to feed the hungry in his £590,000 will, The Sun can reveal. The party’s former deputy leader, who died aged 93 in June , made a string of charitable donations as he gave the bulk of his fortune to his wife Maggie. 4 Ex-Labour deputy leader Roy Hattersley left his wife a huge six-figure sum after his death aged 93 Credit: Alamy 4 Generous Hattersley also left £25,000 to a dog charity Credit: Getty Advertisement Probate documents seen by The Sun show his estate was worth £594,696, falling to £586,018 after debts and expenses were paid. Lord Hattersley – considered one of the party’s greatest “nearly men” – signed his will in June 2024 while living in Great Longstone, Derbyshire. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! Email address Please provide a valid email. Your info will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy You'll now receive top stories, breaking news, and more, straight to your email. Records show he left £25,000 to the Dogs Trust and a further £25,000 to charities which provide food to those in need. Roy’s wife, Maggie Hattersley, 78, inherited the rest of his estate along with the rights to his popular books , manuscripts and letters. READ MORE UK NEWS 'MURDER' PROBE Care worker found stabbed in crashed car after trying to drive to hospital COPPING OFF Cop who starred on Police Interceptors romped with junior officer in car park Had she died before him, the money would have been split between nine charities including the RSPCA, Blue Cross, Oxfam , the Salvation Army and Macmillan. Hattersley was MP for Birmingham Sparkbrook for more than 32 years and served as Neil Kinnock’s deputy from 1983 until 1992. Then-PM Sir Keir Starmer led tributes after his death, saying: “Roy Hattersley was a giant of the Labour movement. “Through decades of service, including as deputy leader and a minister, he never lost his belief in a more equal Britain. Advertisement Most read in The Sun DEATH RIDDLE Woman, 36, dies after being found unresponsive in home - as cops probe death CONTINENT CHAOS Cops & left-wing protesters clash in Spain after 'apocalyptic' France riots VLAD THREAT Putin 'sends fishing boats to spy on Britain' as tyrant targets undersea cables SKILLS LOST Navy 'lost its ability to fight beneath ice cap & is leaving seas to Russians' 4 Hattersley was Labour MP for Birmingham Sparkbrook for over 32 years Credit: Getty 4 Hattersley and Spitting Image puppets of the Labour Party Credit: Alamy “My thoughts are with his wife Maggie and his family.” Lord Kinnock said: “Roy was a socialist of deep conviction, a dedicated democrat who believed that liberty should be unqualified by anything but responsibility and never by background or fortune. “He was never solemn nor deferential and his common sense, humour and endless stories made him excellent company.” Advertisement Born in Sheffield in 1932, the political heavyweight fought his way into Parliament before being made Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection under Jim Callaghan. He stayed loyal to Labour when the Gang of Four quit to form the Social Democratic Party , now the Liberal Democrats, in 1981. After losing the 1983 leadership race to Kinnock, he joined him on the so-called “dream ticket” to modernise the party after it was thumped by Margaret Thatcher . He quit as deputy on the same day Kinnock resigned following Labour’s 1992 election defeat to John Major . Hattersley was made a life peer as Baron Hattersley of Sparkbrook after leaving the Commons in 1997. Advertisement RECOMMENDED STORIES Later becoming an author, Hattersley wrote more than 20 books and worked as a columnist and broadcaster. He was famously lampooned on Spitting Image and was also replaced by a tub of lard on BBC panel show Have I Got News For You after pulling out at the last minute. Comment now