| The Lord Temple-Morris | |
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| Member of Parliament for Leominster |
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| In office 28 February 1974 – 7 June 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Clive Bossom |
| Succeeded by | Bill Wiggin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 February 1938 Cardiff |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative until 1998 Labour since 1998 |
| Spouse(s) | Taheré Khozeimé-Alam |
| Alma mater | St Catharine's College, Cambridge |
Peter Temple-Morris, Baron Temple-Morris (born 12 February 1938 in Cardiff) is a British politician. He was elected as the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Leominster in 1974.
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He is an only child. He attended Hillstone School (Malvern College's preparatory school) in Malvern, then Malvern College. He went to St Catharine's College, Cambridge gaining a BA in Law in 1958. He became a barrister, like his father, from 1962 at the Inner Temple, practising until 1989. His family home was in Cardiff, as his father Sir Owen Temple-Morris was MP for Cardiff East.
Temple-Morris was selected as the Conservative candidate for Newport (Monmouthshire) in 1964, Epping in April 1968 and Norwood in 1970. In February 1974, he was elected for Leominster, having been selected for the seat in March 1973. That same year, he was appointed Vice-Chairman, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch). In 1979, he was appointed Private Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport, Norman Fowler, Executive Member, Inter-Parliamentary Union (British Group) and Founding Co-Chairman, British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body. He was a member of the Select Committees on Agriculture (1982-83) and on Foreign Affairs (1987-90). He stayed an MP until 2001, although he moved from Conservative to Labour on 20 June 1998.
He was a strong supporter of Michael Heseltine.
Temple-Morris was suspended from the party in 1997 because he had "repeatedly and publicly questioned his continued commitment to the Conservative Party".[1] He then resigned from the party.
From 1997 to 1998 he sat on the government Labour benches, but did not take the whip, instead sitting as a one-man 'Independent One-Nation Conservative' group. However in 1998 he joined the Labour party but stood down as an MP in the 2001 general election.
He was made a Life peer in 2001 as Baron Temple-Morris, of Llandaff in the County of South Glamorgan and of Leominster in the County of Herefordshire. He sits in the House of Lords as a Labour peer.
Outside of politics, he was appointed Chairman of the Macleod Group in 1979. Since 1995, he has been President of the British-Iranian Business Association (BIBA) Society.
His father, Owen Temple-Morris, was also a Conservative MP. His son Eddy Temple-Morris is a DJ, XFM presenter, record producer and former MTV presenter.
He married Taheré Khozeimé-Alam (the daughter of Amir-Hossein Khozeimé Alam of Dezashib who fled to London from Iran in 1979) on 24 July 1964 in London, and then had a formal ceremony at Caxton Hall Register Office the following day. The reception was held at the Dorchester Hotel. They have two sons (including one born in 1967) and two daughters (including one born in 1977).
He was known for his love of shooting, wine and food. He enjoyed fast cars and was fined £50 in 1983 for driving at over 100mph on the M5.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Sir Clive Bossom |
Member of Parliament for Leominster February 1974–2001 |
Succeeded by Bill Wiggin |