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.
The Lord Stevens of Ludgate | |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 31 March 1987 Life peerage | |
Personal details | |
Born | 26 May 1936 |
Political party | Independent Conservative (2004-2012, 2018-present) UKIP (2012-2018) Conservative (until 2004) |
Alma mater | Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge |
He was educated at Stowe School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (MA, economics). He is the son of Arthur Edwin Stevens, 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
edit- ^ "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
edit- Coleridge, Nicholas (1994). Paper Tigers: The Latest, Greatest Newspaper Tycoons. Secaucus, New Jersey: Birch Lane Press. ISBN 9781559722155.
External links
edit- TheyWorkForYou. "Lord Stevens of Ludgate". TheyWorkForYou. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- "UK peerage creations: Chronological list 1951–1990". Peerages.info. Retrieved 21 May 2019.