Outspoken Lib Dem MP Cyril Smith dies aged 82
FORMER LIBERAL Democrat MP Sir Cyril Smith, born the illegitimate son of a Rochdale housemaid and who became one of the best known MPs in the United Kingdom during the 1980s, has died after a long illness, aged 82.
Ex-MP Sir Cyril Smith dies aged 82
Veteran politician Sir Cyril Smith has died aged 82. Sir Cyril served as the Liberal and later Liberal Democrat MP for Rochdale from 1972 until retiring in 1992.