Ian Wrigglesworth
Life Peerage | |
|---|---|
| President of the Liberal Democrats | |
| In office 1 January 1989 – 31 December 1990 | |
| Leader | Paddy Ashdown |
| Preceded by | Office Created |
| Succeeded by | Charles Kennedy |
| Member of Parliament for Stockton South Thornaby (1974-1983) | |
| In office 28 February 1974 – 18 May 1987 | |
| Preceded by | John Sutcliffe (Middlesbrough West) |
| Succeeded by | Tim Devlin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ian William Wrigglesworth 8 December 1939 |
| Spouse | Tricia Wrigglesworth |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | College of St Mark and St John, Chelsea |
Ian William Wrigglesworth, Baron Wrigglesworth (born 8 December 1939) is a Liberal Democrat peer. He served as President of the Liberal Democrats from 1989 to 1990.
Education
He was born in
Political career
Between 1974 and 1981, Wrigglesworth was
However, Wrigglesworth became increasingly disillusioned by the leftward direction the Labour Party was taking and became part of the nucleus of Labour MPs who contemplated leaving the party in 1979 and 1980. In 1981, Wrigglesworth became one of the founding members of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), and with Mike Thomas organised the launch of the new party in March of that year. He was one of only six SDP Members of Parliament to be returned to the House of Commons in the 1983 general election, when he narrowly won the newly-created constituency of Stockton South by 102 votes following the revelation that his Conservative opponent had once been a member of the National Front.[1] In the 1987 general election, the Conservative candidate Tim Devlin narrowly defeated Wrigglesworth by 774 votes.
After the merger of SDP and the
Wrigglesworth was chairman of the Liberal Democrat Trustees until February 2012. At the Liberal Democrat Spring Conference 2012, held at
Peerage
It was announced that he would be elevated to the House of Lords in August 2013
Memberships
Until February 2012, Wrigglesworth was deputy chairman of the Government's Regional Growth Fund Advisory Panel, which was chaired by Lord Heseltine and appointed by the government to consider bids. He is chairman of a Durham-based property company and was chairman of the Port of Tyne until August 2012. From 1995 to January 2009, he was the executive chairman of UK Land Estates and prior to that was executive deputy chairman of the Teesside-based Livingston Group and an executive director of its associate company Fairfield Industries. From 1996 until 2000, he was chairman of the public policy company, Prima Europe, and then chairman of its successor, GPC, after Prima was acquired by Omnicom. He has also been a non-executive director of a number of other private and public companies.
He was founder chairman of the
Prior to becoming a Member of Parliament, he worked in the City at
Personal life
He is married to Tricia, who was a health visitor, and has two sons and a daughter.[citation needed]
References
- One Northumberland Many Communities - Biographies...
- ^ Julian Haviland, "Ex-Front Tory loses top backing", The Times, 28 May 1983, p. 1.
- ^ "No. 52543". The London Gazette. 28 May 1991. p. 8208.
- ^ Working Peerages announced Gov.uk
- ^ "No. 60621". The London Gazette. 9 September 2013. p. 17761.
- ^ "No. 60637". The London Gazette. 24 September 2013. p. 18815.
- ^ "Baltic 'unrest' a 'storm in teacup' - Today's News - News - JournalLive". Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
