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Bishop was also the Deputy Chairman of [[Airtours plc]] and a Non-Executive Director of [[Kidde plc]]. He was Chairman of [[Channel 4 Television]] from 1993-97<ref>Queen's University Belfast [http://www.qub.ac.uk/info/press/20020311_165000.html Honorary Graduands 2002] Accessed 4 Sep 2007</ref>. | Bishop was also the Deputy Chairman of [[Airtours plc]] and a Non-Executive Director of [[Kidde plc]]. He was Chairman of [[Channel 4 Television]] from 1993-97<ref>Queen's University Belfast [http://www.qub.ac.uk/info/press/20020311_165000.html Honorary Graduands 2002] Accessed 4 Sep 2007</ref>. | ||
| − | On 1 February 2011, Bishop was created a | + | On 1 February 2011, Bishop was created a life peer as '''Baron Glendonbrook''', of [[Bowdon, Greater Manchester|Bowdon]] in the County of [[Cheshire]],<ref>{{cite news |work=The Times |titles=Baronies |date=4 February 2011 |page=57}}</ref> and was [[Introduction (House of Lords)|introduced]] in the [[House of Lords]] on 22 March 2011,<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201011/minutes/110323/ldordpap.htm#minproc House of Lords Minute of Proceedings for 22 March 2011].</ref> where he sits as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]. |
==Labour and Tory donor== | ==Labour and Tory donor== | ||
Revision as of 15:14, 24 June 2012
Sir Michael Bishop is a British businessman and a Conservative life peer. He was Executive Chairman of British Midland.
Bishop was also the Deputy Chairman of Airtours plc and a Non-Executive Director of Kidde plc. He was Chairman of Channel 4 Television from 1993-97[1].
On 1 February 2011, Bishop was created a life peer as Baron Glendonbrook, of Bowdon in the County of Cheshire,[2] and was introduced in the House of Lords on 22 March 2011,[3] where he sits as a Conservative.
Labour and Tory donor
According to the MP's Register of Financial Interests:
- Henry Bellingham - in March 2010 gave him £25,000 for help with responsibilities as Shadow Minister for Justice. [4]
- David Willetts - in February 2010 gave him £35,000 to support the work of his office as Shadow Secretary of State for Universities and Skills, to pay annual salary of research assistant.
In 1999 Bishop attended the £350-a-head gala dinner at the Bournemouth Pavilion ballroom during the 1999 Labour Party Conference. The dinner raised £250,000 for the Labour Party. Sir Michael Bishop was a former Tory supporter, who lent planes to John Major's election campaign[5].
British Midland gave more than £5,000 in sponsorship to the Labour Party in 1999-2000[6].
References
- ↑ Queen's University Belfast Honorary Graduands 2002 Accessed 4 Sep 2007
- ↑ {{{title}}}. 4 February 2011.
- ↑ House of Lords Minute of Proceedings for 22 March 2011.
- ↑ House of Commons, REGISTER OF MEMBERS’ FINANCIAL INTERESTS as at 6 September 2010
- ↑ The Times; Home; 29 Sep 1999; 'Blair dinner raises Pounds 250,000 and eyebrows' Andrew Pierce and Tom Baldwin
- ↑ Financial Times; National News; 5 Sep 2000 'Campaigns put Labour in the red Politics Four Elections Prove a Strain of Party Coffers' Andrew Parker
