page_title: 2017 in the United Kingdom
section_title: October
hierarchical_section_title: 2017 in the United Kingdom / Deaths / October
caption_attribution_description: English: British geneticist Denise P. Barlow at her office at the CeMM in Vienna on 8 March 2012.
context_page_description: Events from the year 2017 in the United Kingdom.
context_section_description: 1 October
  Bob Deacon, 73, social scientist.
  Hugh Kearney, 93, historian.
  István Mészáros, 86, Hungarian-born Marxist philosopher (Marx's Theory of Alienation, Socialism or Barbarism) and professor at the University of Sussex.
  John Swinburne, 87, politician, founder of SSCUP and member of the Scottish Parliament (2003–2007).
  3 October
  Rodney Bickerstaffe, 72, trade unionist, General Secretary of UNISON (1996–2001).
  Les Mutrie, 66, footballer (Hull City).
  5 October
  Trevor Martin, 87, actor (Doctor Who and the Daleks in the Seven Keys to Doomsday, Coronation Street, Z-Cars).
  Peter Plouviez, 86, trade union leader, General Secretary of Equity (1974–1991).
  Anna Stewart, 53, businesswoman, CEO of Laing O'Rourke (2013–2015), and non-executive director of Babcock International (since 2012).
  6 October
  Terry Downes, 81, boxer, world champion (1961–1962) and actor (The Fearless Vampire Killers, Caravaggio).
  Lou Gare, 78, jazz saxophonist.
  David Marks, 64, architect and entrepreneur (London Eye, British Airways i360 observation tower, Treetop Walkway at Kew Gardens).
  Ian McNeill, 85, football player (Aberdeen) and manager (Ross County, Wigan Athletic).
  Mary Moore, 87, author and diplomat.
  8 October – Mark S. Joshi, 48, mathematician.
  9 October
  Gary Flather, 80, judge and disability rights campaigner.
  Robin Ling, 90, orthopaedic surgeon.
  Larry Paul, 65, boxer.
  Jimmy Reid, 81, footballer (Dundee United).
  10 October – Brian "Stack" Stevens, 77, England international rugby union player.
  11 October
  Zig Byfield, 73, actor (The Bill, Yesterday's Dreams, GoldenEye).
  Dick Hewitt, 74, footballer (Barnsley, York City).
  Sir Richard Swinburn, 79, lieutenant-general, Commander UK Field Army (1994–1995).
  12 October – Simon Clarke, 79, rugby union player (England).
  13 October
  Betty Campbell, 82, community activist and school headteacher.
  Iain Rogerson, 57, actor (Coronation Street).
  14 October – Patrick Haslam, 69, racehorse trainer.
  15 October
  Peter James Scott Lumsden, 88, racing driver.
  Sir Bert Massie, 68, disability rights campaigner, Chairman of Disability Rights Commission (2000–2007).
  16 October
  Kevin Cadle, 62, American-born basketball coach (Kingston Kings, Great Britain) and presenter (Sky Sports).
  Roy Dotrice, 94, actor (Amadeus, A Moon for the Misbegotten).
  Sean Hughes, 51, comedian (Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Sean's Show) and actor (The Last Detective).
  Heather Slade-Lipkin, 70, pianist, harpsichordist and music teacher.
  18 October – Phil Miller, 68, guitarist.
  19 October
  Ken Gowers, 81, rugby league player (Swinton, Great Britain).
  Brian Riley, 80, footballer (Bolton Wanderers).
  21 October
  Denise P. Barlow, 69, geneticist.
  Rosemary Leach, 81, actress (That'll Be the Day, A Room with a View, The Roads to Freedom, The Plague Dogs, My Family).
  22 October – Patricia Llewellyn, 55, television producer (The Naked Chef, Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares), BAFTA (2001, 2005, 2008) and Emmy winner (2006).
  23 October
  Anthony Hallam, 83, geologist.
  Iona Opie, 94, folklorist.
  24 October
  Sir Peter Bairsto, 91, air marshal, Deputy Commander in Chief Strike Command (1981–1984).
  Glenn Barr, 75, politician (UDA) and advocate, member of Northern Ireland Assembly and Constitutional Convention.
  25 October
  Peter MacGregor-Scott, 69, film producer (Batman Forever, The Fugitive, Still Smokin).
  John Mollo, 86, costume designer (Star Wars, Alien, Gandhi), Oscar winner (1977, 1982).
  Ben Shephard, 69, historian.
  26 October
  Sir Gavin Laird, 84, trade unionist.
  Thomas Smales, 83, rugby league footballer (Great Britain) and coach (Castleford Tigers, Featherstone Rovers).
  27 October
  Peter Lawrenson, 84, electrical engineer.
  David Shedden, 73, rugby union player (Scotland).
  28 October
  Yvonne Baseden, 95, French-born Special Operations Executive agent.
  Roger Lockyer, 89, historian.
  30 October
  Candy Atherton, 62, politician, MP for Falmouth and Camborne (1997–2005).
  Frank Doran, 68, politician, MP for Aberdeen South (1987–1992) and Aberdeen North (1997–2015).
  Mary Reveley, 77, racehorse trainer.
  31 October – Derek Robinson, 90, trade unionist.
caption: Denise P. Barlow
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