page_title: 2018 in the United Kingdom
section_title: December
hierarchical_section_title: 2018 in the United Kingdom / Deaths / December
caption_attribution_description: English: Pete Shelley performing with the Buzzcocks at the "Dig It Up" festival in Melbourne, Australia
context_page_description: Events from the year 2018 in the United Kingdom.
context_section_description: 2 December
  Paul 'Trouble' Anderson, 59, disc jockey.
  Paul Sherwen, 62, English racing cyclist (1987 National Champion) and sportscaster, heart failure.
  3 December
  Justin Cartwright, 73, South African-born British novelist.
  Toby Jessel, 84, politician, MP (1970–1997).
  Roger Mercer, 74, archaeologist.
  4 December – Peter Armitage, 78, actor (Coronation Street, Jack the Ripper, Hearts and Minds), heart attack.
  5 December
  Peter Boizot, 89, English restaurateur (PizzaExpress) and football club owner (Peterborough United).
  Dynamite Kid, 60, English professional wrestler (WWE, NJPW, Stampede).
  6 December
  Thomas Baptiste, 89, Guyanese-born British actor (Coronation Street, Sunday Bloody Sunday).
  Pete Shelley, 63, English musician (Buzzcocks), heart attack.
  8 December – Sir David Weatherall, 85, English physician and molecular geneticist.
  9 December
  Wendy Ramshaw, 79, artist and designer.
  Michael Seymour, 86, production designer (Alien), BAFTA winner (1980).
  10 December – Sacha Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn, 72, aristocrat.
  12 December – Bernard Lloyd, 84, Welsh actor (The Signalman).
  13 December – Christopher Hooley, 90, mathematician.
  15 December
  Ralph Koltai, 94, German-born British stage designer.
  David Myles, 93, Scottish politician, MP for Banffshire (1979–1983).
  18 December
  David C. H. Austin, 92, botanist and rose breeder.
  Gerald Larner, 82, English music critic (The Guardian, The Times).
  Robert Neild, 94, economist.
  Lewis Ryder, 77, theoretical physicist.
  19 December – Bill Sellars, 93, British television producer (Doctor Who, All Creatures Great and Small, Triangle).
  21 December – Tom Leonard, 74, Scottish poet.
  22 December
  Paddy Ashdown, 77, British politician, Leader of the Liberal Democrats (1988–1999).
  Roger Owen, 83, British historian (Middle East).
  23 December – Honey Lantree, 75, British pop drummer (The Honeycombs).
  25 December
  William Harbison, 96, British RAF fighter pilot in World War II.
  Terence Wheeler, 82, British writer.
  26 December
  Wendy Beckett, 88, British nun and art historian.
  Haldane Duncan, 78, Scottish television producer and director (Take the High Road, Taggart, Emmerdale).
  Sir Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple, 92, Scottish aristocrat and soldier.
  Mike Metcalf, 79, English footballer (Wrexham, Chester City).
  Sir Peter Swinnerton-Dyer, 91, British mathematician.
  27 December – Brian Jordan, 86, English footballer (Rotherham United, York City). (death announced on this date)
  28 December
  Peter Hill-Wood, 82, British businessman and football executive (Arsenal).
  Dame June Whitfield, 93, English actress (Terry and June, Last of the Summer Wine, Absolutely Fabulous).
  29 December
  David Cavanagh, British music journalist.
  Simon Ricketts, 50, British journalist (The Guardian), cancer.
  Roy Skeggs, 84, British film producer.
  31 December
  Dean Ford, 72, Scottish singer and songwriter (Marmalade).
  Peter Thompson, 76, English footballer (Liverpool, Bolton Wanderers, national team).
caption: Pete Shelley in 2013
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