
Cyril Smith - Wikipedia
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.
Obituary: Sir Cyril Smith - BBC News
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.
Sir Cyril Smith: Former MP sexually abused boys, police say
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.
Establishment knew Cyril Smith was abusing children but …
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.
Former Liberal Democrat MP Cyril Smith dies - BBC News
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...
How MP Cyril Smith got away with child abuse – Channel 4 …
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...
Sir Cyril Smith: Idiosyncratic and larger-than-life Liberal politician
Cyril Smith, MP for Rochdale from 1972-92, was a one-man antithesis to all that. When Paddy Ashdown brilliantly reconciled the resentful MP who had campaigned against him for party leader with...
Former Liberal stalwart Cyril Smith dies, aged 82 - thetimes.com
Sir Cyril Smith, the MP who gave new meaning to the phrase “political heavyweight” and who was, after Gracie Fields, the second best known person ever to emerge from Rochdale, died yesterday aged 82.
Sir Cyril Smith - The Telegraph
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.
Cyril Smith inquiry: PM's pledge on ex-Rochdale MP's documents …
Nov 21, 2017 · Prime Minister Theresa May has made assurances documents relating to the late Cyril Smith will not be withheld. An inquiry is investigating alleged sexual abuse of boys by the former Rochdale...