Ronnie Fearn, Baron Fearn
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Ronald Cyril Fearn, Baron Fearn OBE
(born 6 February 1931) is a British
politician and Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords
.
He was educated at King George V Grammar School, Southport and had a career in banking. He is also a Sefton Metropolitan Borough councilor and a former Merseyside county councilor. He was the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament
for Southport
from 1987 to 1992 and 1997 to 2001 and received after this a life peerage as Baron Fearn, of Southport in the County of Merseyside
in 2001.
Order of the British Empire
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(born 6 February 1931) is a British
United Kingdom
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politician and Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords
House of Lords
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.
He was educated at King George V Grammar School, Southport and had a career in banking. He is also a Sefton Metropolitan Borough councilor and a former Merseyside county councilor. He was the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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for Southport
Southport (UK Parliament constituency)
Southport is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...
from 1987 to 1992 and 1997 to 2001 and received after this a life peerage as Baron Fearn, of Southport in the County of Merseyside
Merseyside
Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. It encompasses the metropolitan area centred on both banks of the lower reaches of the Mersey Estuary, and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral, and the city of Liverpool...
in 2001.
External links
- Lord Fearn profile at the site of Liberal Democrats