John Shipley, Baron Shipley Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Lord Shipley
Office:Liberal Democrat Spokesperson
for Housing and Planning
Leader:Sir Vince Cable
Jo Swinson
Predecessor:Office established
Successor:Tim Farron
Term Start:12 October 2017
Term End:21 August 2019
Alongside:Wera Hobhouse
Tim Farron (2019)
Office1:Leader of Newcastle City Council
Term Start1:10 May 2006
Term End1:1 September 2010
Predecessor1:Peter Arnold
Successor1:David Faulkner
Office3:Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Term Start3:14 July 2010
Life Peerage
Birth Date:5 July 1946
Alma Mater:University College London

John Warren Shipley, Baron Shipley, (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.

Local government

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).

Parliamentary elections

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.

Peerage

In the 1995 New Year Honours Shipley was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).

He was created a life peer as Baron Shipley of Gosforth on 14 July 2010. 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.

Personal life

Shipley is a supporter of Sunderland AFC.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Making A Difference . The Journal . Newcastle upon Tyne . April 17, 2012 . 15 . Adrian . Pearson.