Trevor Arthur Smith, Baron Smith of Clifton

Trevor Arthur Smith, Baron Smith of Clifton (born 14 June 1937) is a British politician, academic and former member of the House of Lords. He was the Liberal Democrat spokesman in the House on Northern Ireland and constitutional affairs. He has been an active member of the Liberal Democrats and its predecessor, the Liberal Party, since 1956. A former Chairman of the Union of Liberal Students, he contested the 1959 General Election in West Lewisham, being the youngest candidate of any party that year.

The Right Honourable

The Lord Smith of Clifton
Personal details
Born
Trevor Arthur Smith

(1937-06-14) 14 June 1937
NationalityBritish
Political partyLiberal Democrats
OccupationPolitician

He was a board member of the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Ltd since 1975 and its chair from 1987 to 1999; he retired in 2007. He is a Professor of Political Economy and served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ulster between 1991 and 1999. He also served as chair and president of the Political Studies Association.

He was created a Knight Bachelor in the 1996 Birthday Honours for services to higher education,[1] receiving the accolade from The Queen on 3 December 1996.[2] He was created a life peer as Baron Smith of Clifton,[3] of Mount Sandel in the County of Londonderry, on 4 November 1997.[4] He received the Honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Alabama at Birmingham on 6 December 1998.[5]

He retired from the House of Lords on 31 January 2019.[6]

Bibliography

Books
  • Trevor Smith with Alison Thomson, Anti-Politics: Consensus, Reform and Protest in Britain (London: Charles Knight, 1972).
  • Trevor Smith and Robert Benewick (eds), Direct Action and Democratic Politics (London: Allen & Unwin, 1973).
  • Trevor Smith, The Politics of the Corporate Economy (London: M. Robertson, 1979).
  • __________, The Fixers: Crisis Management in British Politics (London: Dartmouth, 1996).
  • __________, Workhouse to Westminster (London: Caper Press, 2018).

Pamphlets
  • Roger Cuss, Maurice Gent and Trevor Smith, New Unions for Old - New Orbits Pamphlet #6 (London: New Orbits Group, 1961)
  • Michael Argyle and Trevor Smith, Training Managers (London: Acton Society Trust, 1962).
  • Trevor Smith and Anthony M. Rees, Councillors: A Study in Barking (London: Acton Society Trust, 1964).
  • Trevor Smith, Town & County Hall: Problems of Recruitment & Training (London: Acton Society Trust, 1966).
  • Trevor Smith (ed.), Economic Dilemmas and Political Choices (London: Acton Society Trust, 1973).
  • Trevor Smith, British Politics in the Post-Keynesian Era (London: Acton Society Trust, 1986).
  • Paul Hodgson, Archy Kirkwood and Trevor Smith, Directors’ Remuneration and Private Utilities — Centre for Reform Paper No. 11 (London: Centre for Reform, 1999).

Peer-Reviewed Articles
  • Robert E. Dowse and Trevor Smith, 'Party Discipline in the House of Commons - A Comment', Parliamentary Affairs, 16:2 (December 1962), pp. 159–164.
  • Trevor Smith, 'Politics, Economics, and Political Economy', Government and Opposition, 8:3 (July 1973), pp. 263–279.
  • __________, 'Thoughts on British Politics', Higher Education Quarterly, 30:4 (September 1976), pp. 462–469.
  • __________, 'Zur Verbindung von Gedanke und Tat in der britischen Politik: Der Fall Thatcher', Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen, 12:4 (December 1981), pp. 562–572.
  • __________, 'White Collar, Blue Collar, Dog Collar: Speculations on the emerging ecclesiastical/industrial complex', Higher Education Quarterly, 39:3 (June 1985), pp. 242–248.
  • __________, 'Britain Today: Crisis and Critiques', Parliamentary Affairs, 39:1 (January 1986), pp. 129–132.
  • __________, 'Political Science and Modern British Society', Government and Opposition, 21:4 (October 1986), pp. 420–436.
  • __________, 'The UGC's Research Rankings Exercise', Higher Education Quarterly, 41:4 (September 1987), pp. 303–316.
  • __________, 'Citizenship and the British Constitution', Parliamentary Affairs, 44:4 (October 1991), pp. 429–441.
  • __________, 'Post-Modern Politics and the Case for Constitutional Renewal', Political Quarterly, 65:2 (April 1994), pp. 128–137.
  • __________, 'Political Sleaze in Britain: Causes, Concerns and Cures', Parliamentary Affairs, 48:4 (October 1995), pp. 551–561.
  • __________, 'Citizenship, Community and Constitutionalism', Parliamentary Affairs, 49:2 (April 1996), pp. 262–272.
  • Trevor Smith and Alison Young, 'The Fixers: Elite Regeneration as a Response to Crisis Management in Modern British Government', Parliamentary Affairs, 50:2 (April 1997), pp. 292–306.
  • Patrick Dunleavy, Helen Margetts, Trevor Smith and Stuart Weir, 'Constitutional Reform, New Labour in Power and Public Trust in Government', Parliamentary Affairs, 54:3, (July 2001), pp. 405–424.
  • Trevor Smith, 'How Citizenship got on to the Political Agenda', Parliamentary Affairs, 55:3 (July 2002), pp. 475–487.
  • __________, '‘Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue’: Themes of Tony Blair and his Government', Parliamentary Affairs, 56:4 (October 2003), pp. 580–596.

Journalistic Articles

Arms
Coat of arms of Trevor Arthur Smith, Baron Smith of Clifton
Crest
A sacred ibis’s head Proper gorged with a plain collar Or.
Escutcheon
Sable between two haunches Argent fretty Sable four fusils conjoined in pale throughout each per pale Argent and Or per chevron counterchanged.
Supporters
On either side a sacred ibis Proper gorged with a plain collar Or.
Motto
Faber Meae Fortunae [7]

References
  1. "No. 54427". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 1996. p. 2.
  2. "No. 54663". The London Gazette. 28 January 1997. p. 1095.
  3. http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/s/9568/Trevor+Arthur.aspx
  4. "No. 54942". The London Gazette. 10 November 1997. p. 12601.
  5. https://www.uab.edu/institutionaleffectiveness/images/factbook/sections/15-16_FactsFigures2017_HonoraryDegrees.pdf
  6. "Lord Smith of Clifton". UK Parliament. Retrieved Oct 16, 2019.
  7. Debrett's Peerage. 2000.
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by
The Lord Bassam of Brighton		 Gentlemen
Baron Smith of Clifton 		Followed by
The Lord Simpson of Dunkeld
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