Clive Soley, Baron Soley
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Clive Stafford Soley, Baron Soley (born 7 May 1939) is a politician in the United Kingdom.
Soley 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.
[edit] External links
- Clive Soley MP official blog
- Hammersmith & Fulham Labour Party
- Guardian Politics Ask Aristotle - Clive Soley
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Clive Soley MP
- Lord Soley of Hammersmith Open Rights Group
[edit] Offices held
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by Frank Tomney |
Member of Parliament for Hammersmith North 1979–1983 |
Succeeded by new constituency |
Preceded by new constituency |
Member of Parliament for Hammersmith 1983–1997 |
Succeeded by constituency abolished |
Preceded by 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 |