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Numerous attempts to hold Smith accountable for the complaints made against him were blocked. | Numerous attempts to hold Smith accountable for the complaints made against him were blocked. | ||
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| + | Cyril Smith was born in Rochdale, Lancashire in 1928. The ''Daily Mail'' suggested in 2014 that Smith's upbringing with a [[promiscuous]] mother and childhood bullying turned him into a "twisted predator".<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2606472/A-promiscuous-mother-childhood-taunts-turned-Cyril-Smith-twisted-predator.html A promiscuous mother and the childhood taunts that turned Cyril Smith into a twisted predator ]</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
[[Category:Worst Liberal Politicians]] | [[Category:Worst Liberal Politicians]] | ||
Revision as of 16:37, February 5, 2023
| Cyril Smith | |
Member of Parliament for Rochdale
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| In office 28 October 1972 – 16 March 1992 | |
| Preceded by | Jack McCann |
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| Succeeded by | Liz Lynne |
| Political party | Liberal |
Cyril Smith (1928-2010) was a British pedophile who also worked as a politician. He targeted vulnerable young boys in care homes, with the youngest being 8 years old. The sexual predator was described in 2010 by then Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg as "a beacon" of the party.[1]
Numerous attempts to hold Smith accountable for the complaints made against him were blocked.
Early life
Cyril Smith was born in Rochdale, Lancashire in 1928. The Daily Mail suggested in 2014 that Smith's upbringing with a promiscuous mother and childhood bullying turned him into a "twisted predator".[2]