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 (2017–2019)
Tim Farron (2019)
LeaderSir Vince Cable
Jo Swinson
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byTim Farron
Leader of Newcastle City Council
In office
10 May 2006 – 1 September 2010
Preceded byPeter Arnold
Succeeded byDavid Faulkner
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
14 July 2010
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born (1946-07-05) 5 July 1946
Political partyLiberal (until 1988)
Liberal Democrats (1988–present)

John Warren Shipley, Baron Shipley, OBE (born 5 July 1946) is a British politician who has been a life peer in the House of Lords since 2010. A member of the Liberal Democrats, he previously served as leader of Newcastle City Council between 2006 and 2010.

Local government

Shipley 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 (LGA).

Parliamentary elections

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

Peerage

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

  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.
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