Michael Lord

For the music composer and producer of the same name, see Michael Lord (music).

The Right Honourable The Lord Framlingham
Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
In office 1997–2010
Preceded by	Dame Janet Fookes
Succeeded by	Dawn Primarolo
Member of Parliament for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich Suffolk Central (1983–1997)
In office 9 June 1983 – 6 May 2010
Preceded by	new constituency
Succeeded by	Daniel Poulter
Personal details
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Jennifer Margaret Childs
Alma mater	Christ's College, Cambridge

Michael Nicholson Lord, Baron Framlingham (born 17 October 1938, south Manchester) is a British politician, and was Conservative Member of Parliament for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich between 1997 and 2010. He was the Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means, one of the Deputy Speakers of the House of Commons, from 1997 to 2010.

Early life

He attended William Hulme's Grammar School in Whalley Range, Manchester and Christ's College, Cambridge, where he gained an MA in agriculture in 1962. He was a councillor on Bedford Borough Council (known initially as North Bedfordshire Borough Council) from 1974–77 and on Bedfordshire County Council from 1981–83.

From 1962–66, he taught general studies in a secondary modern school in North Bedfordshire. From 1966–68, he was a director of Power Line Maintenance Ltd. In 1968, he founded Lords Tree Services Ltd. From 1983, as well as being an MP, he was an arboricultural consultant. He is a former president of the Arboricultural Association.^[1]

Parliamentary career

He contested Manchester Gorton in 1979. He was first elected to the earlier seat of Central Suffolk in 1983.

He was a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons from 1997, and therefore did not take political stances or vote in the Chamber. Before his position, he was one of the Maastricht Rebels, and was seen as socially conservative, opposing homosexuality and advocating the return of capital punishment. He was knighted in 2001.

He stood down as an MP at the 2010 general election.

On 19 November 2010, it was announced that he would be created a life peer and sit as a Conservative in the House of Lords.^[2] He was introduced into the House of Lords on 18 January 2011, taking the title Baron Framlingham, of Eye in the County of Suffolk, as the alternative would have had him known as Lord Lord.

Personal life

He married Jennifer Margaret Childs in 1965 in Bedford, and they have a son and daughter.

References

1. ^ http://www.trees.org.uk
2. ^ http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/latest-news/2010/11/peerages-honours-and-appointments-2-57256

External links

• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Sir Michael Lord MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Michael Lord MP
• Central Suffolk and North Ipswich Conservatives
• BBC Politics

Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Central Suffolk 1983–1997	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich 1997–2010	Succeeded by Daniel Poulter
Preceded by Dame Janet Fookes	Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means 1997–2010	Succeeded by Dawn Primarolo

Persondata
Name	Lord, Michael
Alternative names
Short description	British politician, Member of Parliament
Date of birth	1938-10-17
Place of birth	Manchester
Date of death
Place of death