Patrick Cormack

The Right Honourable The Lord Cormack DL FSA FRHistS
Official portrait, 2019
Chair of the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee
In office 14 July 2005 – 12 April 2010
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Laurence Robertson
Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
In office 20 June 1997 – 19 January 2000
Leader	William Hague
Preceded by	Gillian Shephard
Succeeded by	James Cran
Shadow Minister for Constitutional Affairs
In office 20 June 1997 – 19 January 2000
Leader	William Hague
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 21 December 2010 – 25 February 2024 Life peerage
Member of Parliament for South Staffordshire South West Staffordshire (1974–1983)
In office 28 February 1974 – 12 April 2010
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Gavin Williamson
Member of Parliament for Cannock
In office 18 June 1970 – 8 February 1974
Preceded by	Jennie Lee
Succeeded by	Gwilym Roberts
Personal details
Born	(1939-05-18)18 May 1939 Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
Died	25 February 2024(2024-02-25) (aged 84) Lincoln, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Kathleen Mary MacDonald ​ ​ (m. 1967)​
Children	2
Education	St James's Choir School Havelock School
Alma mater	University of Hull

Patrick Thomas Cormack, Baron Cormack, DL, FSA, FRHistS (18 May 1939 – 25 February 2024) was a British politician, historian, journalist and author. He served as a member of Parliament (MP) for 40 years, from 1970 to 2010. Cormack was a member of the Conservative Party and was seen as a one-nation conservative.

Before entering Parliament, Cormack was a teacher. He was elected for Cannock at the 1970 general election. Following boundary changes he was elected for South West Staffordshire in 1974, renamed South Staffordshire in 1983. He was elected chair of the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee in 2005. He was also twice a candidate for the speakership of the House of Commons. After standing down from the House of Commons in 2010, he served as an active life peer in the House of Lords.