David Chidgey, Baron Chidgey
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David William George Chidgey, Baron Chidgey (born 9 July 1942) is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom who was educated at the University of Portsmouth.
Chidgey was a Councillor from the mid 1970s to the early 1990s on New Alresford Town Council and Winchester City Council.
He was Member of Parliament for Eastleigh since he won it from the Conservatives in a by-election in 1994. He retained the seat in the 1997 and 2001 general elections and stood down at the 2005 general election.
On 13 May 2005 it was announced that Chidgey would be created a life peer, and on 17 June 2005 the peerage was created as Baron Chidgey, of Hamble-le-Rice in the County of Hampshire.
[edit] External links
- Lord Chidgey profile at the site of Liberal Democrats
- ePolitix - David Chidgey official site
- Eastleigh Liberal Democrats
- Guardian Politics Ask Aristotle - David Chidgey
- TheyWorkForYou.com - David Chidgey
- The Public Whip - David Chidgey voting record
- BBC News - David Chidgey profile 15 February 2005
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| Preceded by Stephen Milligan |
Member of Parliament for Eastleigh 1994–2005 |
Succeeded by Chris Huhne |
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