David Stevens, Baron Stevens of Ludgate
The Lord Stevens of Ludgate | |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 31 March 1987 Life peerage | |
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Born | 26 May 1936 |
Political party | Independent Conservative (2004-2012, 2018-present) UKIP (2012-2018) Conservative (until 2004) |
Alma mater | Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge |
David Robert Stevens, Baron Stevens of Ludgate (born 26 May 1936[1]), is a British peer who was formerly one of two UK Independence Party (UKIP) members in the House of Lords.
He was educated at Stowe School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (MA, Economics). He is the son of Arthur Edwin Stevens who was the creator of the first body-worn electronic hearing aid.[2] He was the chairman of United Newspapers, 1981–1999.[3]
He was created a life peer on 27 March 1987 taking the title Baron Stevens of Ludgate, of Ludgate in the City of London.[4] He originally sat as a Conservative, but was expelled by the party in 2004 after he signed a letter in support of UKIP.[3] He sat as an Independent Conservative[5] but joined UKIP in 2012.[3] In late 2018, he left UKIP to once again sit as an Independent Conservative.[5]
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References
- ^ "Birthday's today". The Telegraph. 26 May 2011. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
Lord Stevens of Ludgate, Chairman, United News and Media plc, 1981–99, 75
- ^ "Stevens of Ludgate, Baron, (David Robert Stevens) (born 26 May 1936)". Who's Who. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U36175.
- ^ a b c "Former Conservative peer Lord Stevens to join UK Independence Party". BBC News. 18 September 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
- ^ "No. 50880". The London Gazette. 6 April 1987. p. 4573.
- ^ a b "Lord Stevens of Ludgate – UK Parliament". Parliament of the United Kingdom. 27 March 1987. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
Further reading
- Coleridge, Nicholas (1994). Paper Tigers: The Latest, Greatest Newspaper Tycoons. Secaucus, N.J.: Birch Lane Press. ISBN 9781559722155.
External links
- TheyWorkForYou. "Lord Stevens of Ludgate". TheyWorkForYou. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- "UK peerage creations: Chronological list 1951–1990". Peerages.info. Retrieved 21 May 2019.