Former Conservative MP Sir Irvine Patnick has died at the age of 83.

He was MP for Sheffield Hallam for 10 years, from 1987 to 1997, in Margaret Thatcher and John Major's governments.

Sir Irvine recently apologised for repeating "inaccurate" information about the Hillsborough tragedy which he said he was given by police officers.

A statement issued by his family said Sir Irvine "died peacefully" aged 83 and was a "much loved" husband and father who would be "sadly missed".

Ninety-six Liverpool fans died after the crush at Sheffield Wednesday's stadium during the 1989 FA Cup semi-final with Nottingham Forest.

Sir Irvine was criticised in the Hillsborough Independent Panel's report on the Hillsborough disaster.

September's report confirmed him as the Sun newspaper's source for a story which smeared Liverpool fans after the disaster.

It found that the sources for the story which had the headline "The Truth" was a news agency reporting conversations with South Yorkshire Police and Sir Irvine.

Sir Irvine subsequently apologised for his comments, saying he was "deeply and sincerely sorry" and insisted he had been given "wholly inaccurate" information by police officers.

In October, Labour MP Steve Rotherham called for Sir Irvine to be stripped of his knighthood.

The Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson also called for Sir Irvine to be stripped of his knighthood following the publication of September's report, arguing that Sir Irvine had "brought the Honours system into disrepute" and helped to bring "overwhelming misery" to the people of Liverpool.