John Shipley, Baron Shipley

The Lord Shipley
The Right Honourable; The Lord Shipley; OBE
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Housing and Planning
	In office; 12 October 2017 – 21 August 2019 Serving with Wera Hobhouse (2017-19); Tim Farron (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
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 14 July 2010; Life Peerage
Personal details
Born	5 July 1946
Political party	Liberal Party (-1988) ; Liberal Democrats (1988 - present)

John Warren Shipley, Baron Shipley, OBE (born 5 July 1946) is a Liberal Democrat life peer in the House of Lords. He served as leader of Newcastle City Council between 2006 and 2010.

Local Government

He 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.

Parliamentary Elections

He stood as the Liberal candidate for Blyth in the February and October elections in 1974, then for Hexham in 1979, and as the Liberal/SDP Alliance candidate for Newcastle upon Tyne North in the 1983 and 1987 general elections.

OBE and Peerage

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

Personal life

Shipley is a supporter of Sunderland AFC.[3]

References

"No. 53893". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1994. p. 14.
"No. 59491". The London Gazette. 19 July 2010. p. 13714.
Pearson, Adrian (17 April 2012). "Making A Difference". The Journal. Newcastle upon Tyne. p. 15.

External links

Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by The Lord Howard of Lympne	Gentlemen Baron Shipley	Followed by The Lord Taylor of Goss Moor

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[1] "No. 53893". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1994. p. 14.

[2] "No. 59491". The London Gazette. 19 July 2010. p. 13714.

[3] Pearson, Adrian (17 April 2012). "Making A Difference". The Journal. Newcastle upon Tyne. p. 15.