CS&NI Conservatives

Michael was knighted by the Queen in 2001 for Services to Parliament and is currently Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons and Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means.

"Being a Deputy Speaker," he says, "is a great honour for for me and one which I hope my consituency shares. Trying to remember the names of 659 MP's, many of whom were new, on my first day was somewhat daunting but now it is entralling to be in charge of the Chamber of the House of Commons. When the House is packed for major debates it is challenging to be in the Speakers Chair. It is also extremely useful to sit in the Chair every day as legislation passes through the House as this enables me to keep my finger on the pulse of all that is happening."


Sir Michael Lord

	Need Michael's help, or want to discuss a matter of concern? Please get in touch.	Michael has been the Member of Parliament for Central Suffolk since 1983 and Central Suffolk and North Ipswich since 1997. He is a senior backbencher and a dedicated constituency MP. He holds regular surgeries and has helped thousands of people with their problems.

	Michael's Westminster Report

		Michael was born in 1938. He was educated at William Hulme's Grammar School, Manchester and Christ's College, Cambridge. He is married to Jenny who is very involved in the constituency. They have two children and five grandsons. A keen sportsman, he is a Cambridge Rugby Blue, ex-Captain of the Parliamentary Golfing Society and has played for the Lords & Commons Cricket Team. An arboricultural consultant (tree expert), Michael used to lecture on England's ancient and historic trees and he is a Fellow and past President of the Arboricultural Association. Outside Parliament his interests are golfing, sailing and gardening. From 1974 to 1977 to he was a member of North Bedfordshire Borough Council



	and from 1981 to 1983 of Bedfordshire County Council. He contested the Parliamentary seat of Manchester Gorton in May 1979. He served on the Select Committee for Agriculture from 1983 to 1984 and was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Rt Hon John MacGregor MP as Minister of State at MAFF in May 1984 and and as Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 1985 to 1987. Michael was a member of the UK Delegation to the Council of Europe and the Assembly of the Western European Union from 1987 until 1991. He served on the Select Committee for the Parliamentary Commission for Administration from 1990.


	Michael was knighted by the Queen in 2001 for Services to Parliament and is currently Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons and Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means. "Being a Deputy Speaker," he says, "is a great honour for for me and one which I hope my consituency shares. Trying to remember the names of 659 MP's, many of whom were new, on my first day was somewhat daunting but now it is entralling to be in charge of the Chamber of the House of Commons. When the House is packed for major debates it is challenging to be in the Speakers Chair. It is also extremely useful to sit in the Chair every day as legislation passes through the House as this enables me to keep my finger on the pulse of all that is happening."



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