Clive Soley, Baron Soley

The Right Honourable The Lord Soley
Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party
In office 1 May 1997 – 11 July 2001
Leader	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Doug Hoyle
Succeeded by	Jean Corston
Member of Parliament for Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush Hammersmith (1983-1997) Hammersmith North (1979-1983)
In office 3 May 1979 – 5 May 2005
Preceded by	Frank Tomney
Succeeded by	Andrew Slaughter
Personal details
Born	7 May 1939 (1939-05-07) (age 72)
Nationality	English
Political party	Labour
Alma mater	University of Southampton, University of Strathclyde

Clive Stafford Soley, Baron Soley (born 7 May 1939) is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Early life

He went to Downshall Secondary Modern School (eventually ended up as Seven Kings High School) on Aldborough Road in Seven Kings near Ilford, then Newbattle Adult Education College in Newbattle, Midlothian, from 1961-3. He did RAF National Service from 1959-61. He went to the University of Strathclyde, where he gained a BA in Politics and Psychology in 1968, then the University of Southampton, where he gained a Diploma in Applied Social Studies in 1970. He was a British Council Officer from 1968-9, then a Probation Officer from 1970-9 for the Inner London Probation Service. He was a councillor on Hammersmith Council from 1974-8.

Parliamentary career

Solely was a Labour Party member of Parliament from 1979, first for the constituency of Hammersmith North, then Hammersmith and finally Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush from 1997 to 2005. He was Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party from 1997 to 2001.

In 2005 it was announced that he would be given a life peerage, and on 29 June 2005 he was created Baron Soley, of Hammersmith in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. He is currently Campaign Director of Future Heathrow, an organisation dedicated to the expansion of Heathrow.

Personal life

He has a son and daughter.

External links

• Hammersmith & Fulham Labour Party
• Guardian Politics Ask Aristotle - Clive Soley
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Clive Soley MP
• Lord Soley of Hammersmith Open Rights Group
• BBC Politics
• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Clive Soley

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Frank Tomney	Member of Parliament for Hammersmith North 1979–1983	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Hammersmith 1983–1997	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush 1997–2005	Succeeded by Andrew Slaughter
Political offices
Preceded by Doug Hoyle	Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party 1997–2001	Succeeded by Jean Corston

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Name	Soley, Clive
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Date of birth	7 May 1939
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