Michael Lord
Template:Short description Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox officeholder Michael Nicholson Lord, Baron Framlingham (born 17 October 1938) is a British politician, and was a Conservative Member of Parliament for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich between 1997 and 2010. He was first elected for the predecessor seat of Central Suffolk in 1983.
He was the Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means, one of the Deputy Speakers of the House of Commons, from 1997 to 2010.
Early life
He attended Christ's College, Cambridge, where he gained an MA in agriculture in 1962 and a blue for rugby union as a centre. He also played club rugby for Bedford.<ref>Neil Roy, '100 Years of the Blues. The Bedford shire Times Centenary History of Bedford RUFC', (Bedford, 1986), pp. 240–43</ref> He is a former president of the Arboricultural Association.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Parliamentary career
He contested Manchester Gorton in 1979 and was first elected as an MP for Central Suffolk in 1983.
He was a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons from 1997, and therefore did not take political stances or vote in the Chamber. Before his position, he was a eurosceptic who was one of the Maastricht Rebels. He was knighted in the 2001 Birthday Honours.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref><ref>United Kingdom Template:London Gazette</ref>
Lord did not seek re-election at the 2010 general election. On 19 November 2010, it was announced that he would be created a life peer and sit as a Conservative in the House of Lords.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Created on 14 January 2011 and introduced into the House of Lords on 18 January 2011, he took the title Baron Framlingham, of Eye in the County of Suffolk.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> Though life peers usually use their surname in their title, Framlingham was advised he could not become "Lord Lord";<ref>Ipswich Tea — Suffolk: Ex-MP ‘Lord Lord’ has a decision to make (Accessed 22 May 2015)</ref> though this nickname has since been used occasionally in jest.
Personal life
He married Jennifer Margaret Childs in 1965 and they have a son, Tim Lord, and a daughter.
References
External links
- Guardian Unlimited Politics – Ask Aristotle: Sir Michael Lord MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com – Michael Lord MP
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich Conservatives
- BBC Politics
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- 1938 births
- Deputy speakers of the British House of Commons
- Living people
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
- Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge
- Cambridge University R.U.F.C. players
- Bedford Blues players
- Councillors in Bedfordshire
- UK MPs 1983–1987
- UK MPs 1987–1992
- UK MPs 1992–1997
- UK MPs 1997–2001
- UK MPs 2001–2005
- UK MPs 2005–2010
- Knights Bachelor
- People educated at William Hulme's Grammar School
- Conservative Party (UK) life peers
- Life peers created by Elizabeth II
- British Eurosceptics
- English rugby union players