Personal Life
He is a keen researcher on World War I history, travelling and discovering Ireland, and is an honorary patron of Tilbury Football Club. He married his wife Ruth (née Segar) on 21 October 1972. They have two sons and a daughter. When an MP, he employed his wife as his Personal Assistant. He is a member of the editorial board of the political magazine 'Total Politics', whose editor is his daughter, Sarah MacKinlay.
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