Jack Ashley, Baron Ashley of Stoke, CH PC (born 6 December 1922), is a Labour member of the House of Lords. He was made a Life Peer in 1992. December 6 is the 340th day (341st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Labour Party is the principal centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... This article is about the British House of Lords. ... In the United Kingdom, Life Peers are appointed members of the Peerage whose titles may not be inherited (those whose titles are inheritable are known as hereditary peers). ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

He was previously a Labour Member of Parliament. At the age of 45 he became profoundly deaf as a result of complications of a routine ear operation. He was the UK's first totally deaf MP. He became a tireless campaigner for the disabled, especially the deaf and blind, and won broad cross-party sympathy, support and respect in parliament for his approach. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Post-lingual hearing impairment is a hearing impairment where hearing loss is adventitious and develops due to disease or trauma after the acquisition of speech and language, usually after the age of six. ... See also Blindness (novel) Blindness can be defined physiologically as the condition of lacking visual perception. ...

His daughter, Jackie Ashley, is a journalist. Jackie Ashley, British journalist and television presenter. ...