John Lee, Baron Lee of Trafford

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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 (age 81)
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 an 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 an 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

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  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 57997. p. 7521. 1 June 2006.
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  4. ↑ 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 Member of Parliament for Nelson and Colne
1979–1983		 Constituency abolished
New constituency Member of Parliament for Pendle
1983–1992		 Succeeded by
Gordon Prentice
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