John Robert Louis Lee, Baron Lee of Trafford,
DL (born 21 June 1942) is a British
Liberal Democrat
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politician, who has sat as a
life peer since 2006.
He was previously a
Conservative
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Member of Parliament
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(MP) from 1979 to 1992.
Parliamentary career
He contested
Manchester Moss Side in
October 1974, but was beaten by
Labour
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’s
Frank Hatton. He was
Conservative
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MP for
Nelson and Colne
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from 1979 to 1983, and then for
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from June 1983 until he lost his seat in April 1992 to
Gordon Prentice
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Early life
He was educated at the independent George Heriot's School i ...
from
Labour
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.
He served as Junior Minister for
Defence Procurement
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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
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.
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
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, and was
High Sheriff of
Greater Manchester
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in 1998. He was previously chairman of
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
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, The
Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester and the council of the
National Youth Agency
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.
He was formerly a member of the
English Tourist Board
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and vice chairman of the North West Conciliation Committee of the
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.
He is Patron of
ShareSoc, which is the individual shareholders society of the United Kingdom.
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
Bowdon in the County of
Cheshire on 26 May 2006. From 2007 to 2012, he served as a Whip for the Liberal Democrats in the
House of Lords
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.
He vowed to resign in February 2012 in protest at the
House of Lords Reform Bill making its way into the
Queen's Speech.
He released his “financial autobiography” in December 2013 – ''How to Make a Million – Slowly: Guiding Principles From a Lifetime Investing''. He has also published his
pictorial
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autobiography entitled ''Portfolio Man'' and in 2019, he published one guide for young people on investing in the stock market entitled ''Yummi Yoghurt'', which references the fictional family company which joins the stock market.
Personal life
He currently lives in
Richmond, south-west London,
and is deputy chair of the
Museum of Richmond
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.
Arms
References
*''Times Guide to the House of Commons'', 1992
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1942 births
Living people
Lee of Trafford, John Lee
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
Life peers created by Elizabeth II