Background and Family Life
Lloyd was born in Stretford, on 25 February 1950, the fourth of five children to Sydney and Ciceley Lloyd (née Boatte). He was raised in Stretford, and attended Stretford Grammar School for Boys, the University of Nottingham (where he gained a BSc degree in Maths in 1972), and Manchester Business School (where he studied for a MBA degree), before becoming a lecturer in Business Studies at the University of Salford.
Lloyd's father died when he was 13, leaving his mother Ciceley, a staunch supporter of the Labour Party, to shape his values. Lloyd said: "my mother had friends who died in the Spanish Civil War. I saw that as a simple battle of good v evil and in that sense the basic morality of politics was instilled in me. I have always thought if not fighting for what's right and just, then what is politics for?".
Lloyd married Judith Ann Tear in 1974. They have a son and three daughters. Lloyd supports Manchester United F.C., and in March 2011 tabled an early day motion in the House of Commons for Ryan Giggs to be knighted. He has ambitions to become a beekeeper.
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