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Portrait of Lord Lawson of Blaby

Lord Lawson of Blaby

Conservative Secretary of State Cabinet Died Wikipedia ↗
Born
1932
Hampstead
School
Westminster School
Independent (Clarendon)
University
Christ Church
Oxford or Cambridge
In office
10.5 years
Longer than 92% of ministers
OfficeOther workEducation

In government

MT
Appointed by Margaret Thatcher
3 posts · 1979–1989

Career

Before Parliament 5

1954–1956
officer (National Service), commanded HMS Gay Charger
Royal Navy
Armed forces
1956–1961
journalist
Financial Times
Journalism, media & PR
1961–
City editor
The Sunday Telegraph
Journalism, media & PR
1963–
speech-writer
Conservative Central Office
Political staff / party / think tank / SpAd
1966–1970
editor
The Spectator
Journalism, media & PR

After office 6

2007–
Chairman
Central Europe Trust Company Ltd
Company management / entrepreneur
2007–
Chairman
Oxford Investment Partners
Banking, finance & accountancy
2009–
founder and chairman
Global Warming Policy Foundation
Charity / NGO / campaigning
2016–
chairman
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Political staff / party / think tank / SpAd
Undated
president
Conservatives for Britain
Political staff / party / think tank / SpAd
Undated
advisory board member
Standpoint
Journalism, media & PR

Voting record

105
votes since 2016
2
votes against their own party, 2.1% of 94 whipped votes
0
rebellions as a minister, from 0 votes
11
free votes, with no party line
Share of whipped votes cast against their own party
Lord Lawson of Blaby2.1%
Typical Conservative0.3%
Typical Labour0.1%
Whipped votes by year
With their partyAgainst
Votes by topic
With their partyAgainst

Free votes their own view

Votes against their party latest 2

Read the full voting transcript (105 votes)

Commons and Lords votes since 2016. Topics are assigned from division titles by keyword rules.