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Sewel was elected as deputy speaker of the House of Lords in 2012. He resigned from this post in July 2015 after videos emerged of him 'taking drugs with prostitutes'.<ref> BBC News [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-33667676 Lord Sewel quits as Lords deputy speaker after drug claims], 26 July 2015, accessed 27 July 2015.</ref> | Sewel was elected as deputy speaker of the House of Lords in 2012. He resigned from this post in July 2015 after videos emerged of him 'taking drugs with prostitutes'.<ref> BBC News [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-33667676 Lord Sewel quits as Lords deputy speaker after drug claims], 26 July 2015, accessed 27 July 2015.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 09:52, 27 July 2015
John Sewel (Lord Sewel) has been a Labour Party peer in the House of Lords since January 1996.[1]
Sewel was elected as deputy speaker of the House of Lords in 2012. He resigned from this post in July 2015 after videos emerged of him 'taking drugs with prostitutes'.[2]
Notes
- ↑ Parliament.uk Lord Sewel, accessed 27 July 2015.
- ↑ BBC News Lord Sewel quits as Lords deputy speaker after drug claims, 26 July 2015, accessed 27 July 2015.
