Difference between revisions of "Simon Hughes"

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[[Simon Hughes]] is the MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/simon-hughes/194 Rt Hon Simon Hughes], www.parliament.uk, accessed 15 May 2013.</ref>
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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).<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/simon-hughes/194 Rt Hon Simon Hughes], www.parliament.uk, accessed 15 May 2013.</ref>
  
 
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.<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-changes-december-2013 Ministerial changes: December 2013], Prime Minister's Office, 18 December 2013.</ref>
 
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.<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-changes-december-2013 Ministerial changes: December 2013], Prime Minister's Office, 18 December 2013.</ref>
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Hughes lost his seat in the 2015 general election to the [[Labour Party]]'s [[Neil Coyle]] by 4,489 votes.<ref> BBC News [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000553 Bermondsey & Old Southwark], accessed 15 May 2015.</ref>
  
 
==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==

Revision as of 11:44, 15 May 2015

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.