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Lord Deighton

Conservative Minister of State Peer Wikipedia ↗
Born
1956
Q2220276
School
Wallington County Grammar School
State grammar
University
Trinity College
Oxford or Cambridge
In office
2.4 years
Longer than 38% of ministers
OfficeOther workEducation

In government

DC
Appointed by David Cameron
1 post · 2013–2015
  • Commercial Secretary
    Minister of State 2013/01 – 2015/05

Career

Before Parliament 4

1983–2005
Head of European Operations, partner, Chief Operating Officer for Europe
Goldman Sachs
Banking, finance & accountancy
2005–2012
Chief Executive
London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG)
Company management / entrepreneur
Undated
Role not stated
Bank of America
Banking, finance & accountancy
Undated
Corporate banker
Security Pacific National Bank
Banking, finance & accountancy

After office 7

2016–
Chairman
London Heathrow Airport
Company management / entrepreneur
2016–
Non-executive Director
Square, Inc.
Company management / entrepreneur
2016–
Chairman
Heathrow Airport Holdings Ltd
Company management / entrepreneur
2016–
Governance Review
IAAF
Other / unclassified
2016–
Non Executive Director
Holdingham Group
Company management / entrepreneur
2018–
Chairman
The Economist Group
Journalism, media & PR
2020–
PPE tsar
Civil service & diplomacy

Voting record

338
votes since 2016
0
votes against their own party, 0.0% of 335 whipped votes
0
rebellions as a minister, from 0 votes
3
free votes, with no party line
Share of whipped votes cast against their own party
Lord Deighton0.0%
Typical Conservative0.3%
Typical Labour0.1%
Whipped votes by year
With their partyAgainst
Votes by topic
With their partyAgainst

Free votes their own view

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

Bills sponsored

6
government bills put forward as a minister
6
of them became law

Government bills 6

Taken from Parliament's own records of bills. A government bill carries the name of the minister who introduces it, so it says which brief they held, not that they wrote it. Private member's bills are the ones MPs and peers bring forward themselves, and very few become law.

Interests and jobs after office

Declared jobs after office 4

2016-05-16
Non-executive Director
Square, Inc.
2016-05-16
Chairman
Heathrow Airport Holdings Ltd
2016-05-16
Governance Review
IAAF
2016-05-16
Non Executive Director
Holdingham Group