Simon Hughes

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Simon Hughes was the Liberal Democrats member of Parliament (MP) for Bermondsey (1983), Southwark and Bermondsey (1983-1997) North Southwark and Bermondsey (1997-2010) and Bermondsey and Old Southwark (2010-2015).[1]

He was appointed as a minister of state at the Ministry of Justice in December 2013 following the resignation from government of Lord McNally on his appointment as chair of the Youth Justice Board.[2]

Hughes lost his seat in the 2015 general election to the Labour Party's Neil Coyle by 4,489 votes.[3]

Turned down peerage

After the 2015 general election, Hughes turned down an offer of a peerage from Nick Clegg in the dissolution honours list. Former Lib Dem MPs David Laws, Vince Cable and Danny Alexander are also understood to have turned down the offer.[4]

Having left his role as minister of state at the Ministry of Justice, Hughes sought the advice of ACOBA regarding a new position as head of public affairs at the Open University, which he took up in February 2016. [5]

Affiliations

Notes

  1. Rt Hon Simon Hughes, www.parliament.uk, accessed 15 May 2013.
  2. Ministerial changes: December 2013, Prime Minister's Office, 18 December 2013.
  3. BBC News Bermondsey & Old Southwark, accessed 15 May 2015.
  4. Patrick Wintour Vince Cable among four Lib Dems to turn down Lords offers from Clegg Guardian, 15 May 2015, accessed 18 May 2015.
  5. SImon Hughes business appointments ACOBA, www.Gov.uk, accessed 16 February 2016