David Lipsey

Lord David Lawrence Lipsey is a political and economic journalist who initally started his career as a researcher for the GMWU. He served in several positions for the Labour Party in the 1970s but With the defeat of Labour in 1979 Lipsey began his career in journalism. After reaching the position of Political Editor for The Economist, he turned to politics when he served on the Jenkin's Commission between 1997 and 1998. The commission was set with the task of identifying the most appropriate voting system for elections in the House of Commons, as an alternative to the first past the post system^[1]. He was raised to the peerage as Baron Lipsey of Tooting Bec in the London Borough of Wandsworth in 1999 ^[2].

== Career == ^[3][4]

• 1970-72 Secretary, Streatham Labour Party
• 1982-83 Chair, Fabian Society
• 1977-1979 Office of the Prime Minister, (James Callaghan)
• 1986 Editor, New Society
• 1990-1992 Associate Editor, The Times
• 1992-1994 Associate Editor, The Economist
• 1994-1997 Political Editor, The Economist
• 2002 Vice-chair, Media Group
• 2002 Vice-chair, Betting and Gaming group
• 2003 Chairman, British Greyhound Racing Board
• 2007 Secretary, ITV Group

=== Other Positions === ^[5]

Government

• Advisor, Department of Environment
• Advisor, Foreign Office

Media

• Journalist, New Society
• Economics Editor, Sunday Times^[6]

Pressure groups or trade unions

• Chairman, Make Votes Count
• Chairman, Shadow Racing Trust

Voluntary Organisations

• Chair, Social Marketing Foundation
• Trustee, Retired Greyhound Trust
• President, British Harness Racing Club

Affiliations

• Council Constitution Unit
• Advisory Group Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends
• Sponsors' Advisory Board Centre for the Study of Gambling
• Member British American Project

Contacts

The Lord Lipsey, House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

Tel: 020 7219 8509

lipseyd@parliament.uk

References

1. ^'Background Note' retrieved July 4 2006, from http://www.dca.gov.uk/rights/dca/voting/background-note.pdf
2. ^Member Profile, UK Parliament retrieved July 4 2006 from http://biographies.parliament.uk/parliament/default.asp?id=26939
3. ^Easton, Tom, "The British American Project for the Successor Generation" Lobster: parapolitics and state research journal, Issue 33 – 1997, Summer. Available at Tom Easton's account:
4. ^ House of Lords Register of Members Interests, July 2006.
5. ^'British Greyhound Racing Board' Retrieved 4 July 2007 from http://www.thedogs.co.uk/index.php?m=aid&id=3 -