Alan Haselhurst, Baron Haselhurst

The Lord Haselhurst
Official portrait, 2022
Chair of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
In office
27 July 2011 – October 2014
DeputyNafisa Shah
Preceded byShafie Apdal
Succeeded byShirin Sharmin Chaudhury
Chairman of the Administration Committee
In office
27 July 2010 – 30 March 2015
Preceded byFrank Doran
Succeeded bySir Paul Beresford
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons
Chairman of Ways and Means
In office
14 May 1997 – 8 June 2010
SpeakerBetty Boothroyd
Michael Martin
John Bercow
First DeputyMichael Martin
Sylvia Heal
Nigel Evans
Second DeputyMichael Lord
Dawn Primarolo
Preceded byMichael Morris
Succeeded byLindsay Hoyle
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
3 July 2018
Life Peerage
Member of Parliament
for Saffron Walden
In office
8 July 1977 – 3 May 2017
Preceded bySir Peter Kirk
Succeeded byKemi Badenoch
Member of Parliament
for Middleton and Prestwich
In office
18 June 1970 – 8 February 1974
Preceded byDenis Coe
Succeeded byJim Callaghan
Personal details
Born (1937-06-23) 23 June 1937 (age 87)
South Elmsall, Yorkshire, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Angela Bailey
(m. 1977)
Children2 sons, 1 daughter
Alma materOriel College, Oxford
OccupationPolitician
Websitewww.siralanhaselhurst.net

Alan Gordon Barraclough Haselhurst, Baron Haselhurst, PC (born 23 June 1937), is a British Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Saffron Walden from 1977 to 2017, having previously represented Middleton and Prestwich from 1970 to February 1974.[1][2] Haselhurst was Chairman of Ways and Means from 14 May 1997 to 8 June 2010,[3] and later Chairman of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association between 2011 and 2014. The oldest Conservative MP to stand down at the 2017 general election,[4] he was created a life peer on 22 June 2018,[5] sitting in the House of Lords as Baron Haselhurst.

  1. ^ "Sir Alan Haselhurst". Hansard. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Parliamentary career for Lord Haselhurst – MPs and Lords". UK Parliament. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Commons Debates > Daily Hansard – Debate 8 June 2010". Hansard. UK Parliament. 8 June 2010. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Sir Alan Haselhurst steps down after 40 years as MP". ITV Anglia. ITV News. 25 April 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  5. ^ "No. 62338". The London Gazette. 28 June 2018. p. 11484.