Claim e23062f1Checked 21 Jul 2026
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“Sir Alan Haselhurst died on Monday.”
—Mrs Kemi BadenochConservativeCon / North West Essex·Engagements·03 Jun 2026Factual · historical current chronological
Reasoning & Evidence21 Jul 2026
Sir Alan Haselhurst died on 1 June 2026, which was a Monday. Kemi Badenoch's statement that "Sir Alan Haselhurst died on Monday" is accurate. The speech was delivered on Wednesday, 3 June 2026, making 1 June a Monday.
Multiple sources confirm the date of death:
- Wikipedia states: "Alan Gordon Barraclough Haselhurst, Baron Haselhurst, PC (23 June 1937 – 1 June 2026)" and explicitly notes "Haselhurst died on 1 June 2026, aged 88."
- PoliticsHome lists his dates as "23 June 1937 – 1 June 2026."
- The BBC reported his death on 3 June 2026, consistent with a death on 1 June.
One minor discrepancy: The Independent reported he "died on Tuesday," but Wikipedia, which explicitly states the date as 1 June 2026 (Monday), is more precise and corroborated by the PoliticsHome tribute. The Independent may have referred to the announcement date or made an error.
Note: The events referenced (June 2026) fall outside the assistant's training data, so independent verification was not possible. This verdict is based on the user-provided research.
Sources:
- Wikipedia - Alan Haselhurst (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Haselhurst)
- BBC News - Former Saffron Walden MP and deputy speaker Alan Haselhurst dies (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce3p95wyrl9o)
- PoliticsHome - Tribute to Lord Haselhurst by Kemi Badenoch (https://www.politicshome.com/opinion/article/tribute-lord-alan-haselhurst-by-kemi-badenoch)
From speech
I echo the Prime Minister’s words on Lance Corporal James Freeman and about the Royal Navy helicopter crash in Devon. I also send my deepest condolences to the family and friends of Henry Nowak. The circumstances around Henry’s wrongful arrest and tragic murder must be a wake-up call to the entire country and our institutions that every life matters, and it is the responsibility of everyone in this House to bring people together, not divide them. Mr Speaker, with your permission, I would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to Sir Alan Haselhurst—Lord Haselhurst—who died on Monday. Sir Alan served Parliament for over 50 years, eight of them in the Lords and 40 years as my predecessor as MP for Saffron Walden, while from 1970 to 1974 he was the Member of Parliament for Middleton and Prestwich. He was respected on all sides of this House, and was elected multiple times as your predecessor as Deputy Speaker, before he concluded in the other place. Apart from serving his constituents, Sir Alan’s greatest passion in Parliament and perhaps in life was cricket, as you said, Mr Speaker. He was chairman of the all-party parliamentary group on cricket, a role which he encouraged me to take up and which I graciously declined, telling him I knew absolutely nothing about cricket. However, I think colleagues should know that Sir Alan’s intense lobbying is the reason that Sky Sports can be found on the parliamentary TV network. There is so much to say, but just to let everyone know, he was a good and kind man and he will be very much missed. My thoughts are with his wife Angela, his children Mark, David and Emma, and his grandchildren. May I ask the Prime Minister by how much the welfare bill has risen since he came to office?
Sources opened
| [1] | bbc.co.uk |
| [2] | bbc.com |
| [3] | the-independent.com |
| [4] | yorkshirepost.co.uk |
| [5] | politicshome.com |
| [6] | en.wikipedia.org |