John Lee, Baron Lee of Trafford

John Lee, Baron Lee of Trafford MP

Member of Parliament for Nelson and Colne
In office 3 May 1979 – 9 June 1983
Preceded by	Doug Hoyle
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Member of Parliament for Pendle
In office 9 June 1983 – 9 April 1992
Preceded by	Constituency created
Succeeded by	Gordon Prentice
Personal details
Born	(1942-06-21) 21 June 1942 Manchester, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Political party	Liberal Democrat Conservative (1974–2001)

John Robert Louis Lee, Baron Lee of Trafford (born 21 June 1942) is a British Liberal Democrat politician.

Parliamentary career

In October 1974, he contested Manchester Moss Side, 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 1983, until he lost his seat in 1992, to Gordon Prentice from Labour.

From 1983 to 1986, he served as junior minister for Defence Procurement, and then for Employment from 1986 to 1989, being Minister for Tourism from 1987 to 1989. In 1999, he became an non executive director, and a member of the board of the Emerson Group, part of Orbit Developments.^[1]

House of Lords

In May 2001, he left the Conservatives and joined the Liberal Democrats, and was made a life peer as Baron Lee of Trafford, of Bowden in the County of Cheshire, on 26 May 2006.^[2] From 2007 to 2012, he served as a Whip for the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords. In February 2012, he vowed to resign, in protest of the House of Lords Reform Bill making its way into the Queen's Speech.^[3]

In December 2013, he released his "financial autobiography" How to Make a Million – Slowly: Guiding Principles From a Lifetime Investing.^[4]

Arms

Arms of John Lee, Baron Lee of Trafford
Adopted 2007 Coronet Coronet of a Baron Crest On a Helm with a Wreath Argent and Gules a Male Griffin sejant erect Sable beaked forelegged and rayed Or supporting a Staff also Or attached thereto a triangular Pennon Argent Escutcheon Paly of six Gules and Sable on a Bend wavy Argent three Bulls' Heads caboshed per pale Sable and Gules armed Or Supporters On either side a Salmon Argent enfiling an Ancient Crown Or Motto EQUITY Symbolism A career in banking and accountancy before turning to politics is reflected in the black and red pales for credit and debit, the bulls' heads representing the bull market on the Stock Exchange. The gryphon is associated with treasure, in particular gold; and the grantee's interests in golf and fly fishing feature in the Crest, Supporters and Badge.

References

↑ "Emerson Group Company Profile" (PDF). Emerson Group. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
↑ The London Gazette: no. 57997. p. 7521. 1 June 2006.
↑ "Liberal Democrat peers split on Lords reform". www.telegraph.co.uk. 25 February 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
↑ http://www.everyinvestor.co.uk/analysis/2013/12/17/qa-uks-first-isa-millionaire-reveals-strategy-2-7010/

Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1992

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Doug Hoyle	Member of Parliament for Nelson and Colne 1979–1983	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Pendle 1983–1992	Succeeded by Gordon Prentice

Current Liberal Democrat peers

Hereditary peers	Addington Glasgow Oxford & Asquith Thurso

Life peers	Alderdice Allan of Hallam Alliance Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville Barker Beith Benjamin Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury Bowles of Berkhamsted Bradshaw Brinton Bruce of Bennachie Burnett Burt of Solihull Campbell of Pittenweem Carlile of Berriew Chidgey Clement-Jones Cotter Dholakia Doocey Falkner of Margravine Fearn Featherstone Foster of Bath Fox Garden of Frognal German Goddard of Stockport Greaves Grender Hamwee Harris of Richmond Humphreys Hussain Hussein-Ece Janke Jolly Jones of Cheltenham Kirkwood of Kirkhope Kramer Lee of Trafford Lester of Herne Hill Loomba Macdonald of River Glaven Maclennan of Rogart Maddock Mar & Kellie Marks of Henley-on-Thames McNally Miller of Chilthorne Domer Newby Northover Oates Paddick Palmer of Childs Hill Palumbo of Shouthwark Parminter Pinnock Purvis Randerson Razzall Redesdale Rennard Roberts of Llandudno Rodgers of Quarry Bank Scott of Needham Market Scriven Sharkey Sheehan Shipley Shutt of Greetland Smith of Clifton Smith of Newnham Steel of Aikwood Stephen Stoneham of Droxford Storey Strasburger Stunell Suttie Taverne Taylor of Goss Moor Teverson Thomas of Gresford Thomas of Winchester Thornhill Tope Tyler Tyler of Enfield Vallance of Tummel Verjee Wallace of Saltaire Wallace of Tankerness Walmsley Watson of Richmond Willis of Knaresborough Wrigglesworth

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