John Lee, Baron Lee of Trafford
The Lord Lee of Trafford DL | |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 26 May 2006 Life Peerage | |
Member of Parliament for Pendle | |
In office 9 June 1983 – 16 March 1992 | |
Preceded by | Constituency created |
Succeeded by | Gordon Prentice |
Member of Parliament for Nelson and Colne | |
In office 3 May 1979 – 13 May 1983 | |
Preceded by | Doug Hoyle |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Manchester, United Kingdom | 21 June 1942
Nationality | British |
Political party | Liberal Democrats (2001–present) Conservative (1974–2001) |
Residence | Richmond, London |
Profession | Member of Parliament (1979–1992) High Sheriff of Manchester (1998) |
John Robert Louis Lee, Baron Lee of Trafford, DL (born 21 June 1942) is a British Liberal Democrat politician, who has sat as a life peer since May 2006.[1]
He was previously a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for thirteen years from May 1979 to April 1992.
Parliamentary career[]
He contested Manchester Moss Side in October 1974, but was beaten by Labour’s Frank Hatton. He was Conservative MP for Nelson and Colne from 1979 to 1983, and then for Pendle from June 1983 until he lost his seat in April 1992 to Gordon Prentice from Labour.
He served as Junior Minister for Defence Procurement from 1983 to 1986, and then for Employment from 1986 to 1989, being Minister for Tourism, from 1987 to 1989. He became a non executive director in 1999, and a member of the board of the Emerson Group.[2]
After politics[]
He has been chairman of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions the major trade body since 1990. He is a Deputy Lieutenant of Greater Manchester, and was High Sheriff of Greater Manchester in 1998. He was previously chairman of The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, The Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester and the council of the National Youth Agency.
He was formerly a member of the English Tourist Board and vice chairman of the North West Conciliation Committee of the Race Relations Board.
He is Patron of ShareSoc, which is the individual shareholders society of the United Kingdom.[3]
House of Lords[]
He left the Conservatives in May 2001, coincidentally prior to the forthcoming election and joined the Liberal Democrats and then was made a life peer as Baron Lee of Trafford of Bowden in the County of Cheshire on 26 May 2006.[4] From 2007 to 2012, he served as a Whip for the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords.
He vowed to resign in February 2012 in protest at the House of Lords Reform Bill making its way into the Queen's Speech.[5]
He released his “financial autobiography” in December 2013 – How to Make a Million – Slowly: Guiding Principles From a Lifetime Investing.[6] He has also published his pictorial autobiography entitled Portfolio Man and in 2019, he published one guide for young people on investing in the stock market entitled Yummi Yoghurt, a reference to the fictional family company which joins the stock market.
Personal life[]
He currently lives in Richmond, South West London,[7] and is deputy chair of the Museum of Richmond.[8]
Arms[]
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References[]
- ^ "Lord Lee of Trafford". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- ^ "Emerson Group Company Profile" (PDF). Emerson Group. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
- ^ "Welcome to ShareSoc". www.sharesoc.org. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ "No. 57997". The London Gazette. 1 June 2006. p. 7521.
- ^ "Liberal Democrat peers split on Lords reform". www.telegraph.co.uk. 25 February 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ "Every Investor". Every Investor. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- ^ "Lord Lee: The Careful Investor". Peer2Peer Finance News. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- ^ "Patrons, trustees and staff". Museum of Richmond. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1992
- 1942 births
- Living people
- Liberal Democrats (UK) life peers
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- UK MPs 1979–1983
- UK MPs 1983–1987
- UK MPs 1987–1992
- People educated at William Hulme's Grammar School
- Deputy Lieutenants of Greater Manchester
- High Sheriffs of Greater Manchester