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]

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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.