The Lord Shipley | |
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Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Housing and Planning | |
In office 12 October 2017 –21 August 2019 | |
Leader | Sir Vince Cable Jo Swinson |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Tim Farron |
Leader of Newcastle City Council | |
In office 10 May 2006 –1 September 2010 | |
Preceded by | Peter Arnold |
Succeeded by | David Faulkner |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 14 July 2010 Life Peerage | |
Personal details | |
Born | 5 July 1946 |
Political party | Liberal (until 1988) Liberal Democrats (1988–present) |
Alma mater | University College London |
John Warren Shipley,Baron Shipley, OBE (born 5 July 1946) is a British politician who has been a life peer in the House of Lords since 2010. A member of the Liberal Democrats,he previously served as leader of Newcastle City Council between 2006 and 2010.
Shipley was elected to Newcastle City Council in 1975 as a councillor,before becoming the Opposition Leader between 1988 and 1998. He became leader of the council in 2006 until 2010. In 2010,he became vice-president of the Local Government Association (LGA).
Shipley stood as the Liberal candidate for Blyth in the February and October general elections in 1974,then for Hexham in 1979,as well as the SDP–Liberal Alliance candidate for Newcastle upon Tyne North in the 1983 and 1987 general elections.
In the 1995 New Year Honours Shipley was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). [1]
He was created a life peer as Baron Shipley of Gosforth on 14 July 2010. [2] Since becoming a peer,he was appointed as a Liberal Democrat spokesperson in Parliament,serving on the frontbench teams of Jo Swinson and Vince Cable between 2017 and 2019.
Shipley is a supporter of Sunderland AFC. [3]
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