Sir Cyril Richard Smith MBE MStJ DL (28 June 1928 – 3 September 2010) was a British Liberal Party and Liberal Democrat politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochdale from 1972 to 1992.

Sep 3, 2010 · As well known for his outsized girth as for his outspoken views, Liberal Democrat MP Cyril Smith was one of Parliament's most distinctive and popular members.

Feb 25, 2020 · The Westminster establishment turned a ‘blind eye’ to child abuse allegations against former Rochdale MP Cyril Smith for decades, a long-awaited national inquiry has found.

Sep 3, 2010 · The veteran Liberal Democrat politician Sir Cyril Smith has died at the age of 82, the party has confirmed. Sir Cyril represented the constituency of Rochdale as an MP, both for the Liberal...

Nov 27, 2012 · Late Rochdale MP Sir Cyril Smith sexually abused boys in care in the late 1960s, police say, as missed chances to prosecute him are revealed.

Sep 12, 2013 · During his lifetime Cyril Smith was one of the UK’s best-known politicians. But a new investigation shows that security services held on to a file with evidence of the Liberal MP’s child...

Cyril Smith, MP for Rochdale from 1972-92, was a one-man antithesis to all that.

Smith, 1987. Sir Cyril Smith (* 28.Juni 1928 in Rochdale, Lancashire; † 3. September 2010 ebenda) war ein britischer Politiker.. Smith war von der Rochdale by-election, 1972 bis zur Unterhauswahl 1992 Mitglied im House of Commons (MP), für Rochdale. 1976/77 fungierte er als oberste (englisch chief) Whip der Liberal Party.Er gilt als politischer Einzelgänger und wechselte mehrfach seine ...

Sir Cyril Smith died on 3rd September 2010. He was most recently the Liberal Democrat MP for Rochdale, and left the Commons on 9 April 1992.

Sep 3, 2010 · Sir Cyril Smith, who died on September 3 aged 82, was for 20 years the MP for Rochdale; his huge girth and populist touch made him the most recognisable Liberal in the country.