Edward Lord
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Edward Lord OBE JP |
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Common Councilman of the City of London |
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Assumed office 2 February 2001 |
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| Constituency | (1) Coleman Street (2001–2009) (2) Farringdon Without (2009–Present) |
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Charles Edward Lord 13 January 1972 Littleborough, Lancashire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | (1) Conservative (1987–2003) (2) Liberal Democrats (2003–Present) |
| Domestic partner | Dr Meg-John Barker |
| Residence | City of London EC4 |
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University of Essex Bury Grammar School |
| Occupation | Politician, Non-Executive Director and Sports Administrator |
| Website | Personal Blog |
Charles Edward Lord OBE JP (born 13 January 1972) is a politician, non-executive director, and a sports administrator. He has been an elected member of the City of London Court of Common Council since February 2001, most recently re-elected in March 2013. He is now chairman of the City's Standards Committee, Deputy Chairman of the Establishment Committee and member of the powerful Policy and Resources Committee. He was Chairman of Local Partnerships LLP from 2009 to 2012 and served on Executive of the Local Government Association from 2008 to 2012 and the LGA Improvement and Innovation Board from 2004 to 2013, where he was national lead for equality and social inclusion. In February 2011 he was appointed chairman of Capital Ambition in which role he serves of the Leaders' Committee of London Councils. He was Group Board Chairman of the Amateur Swimming Association, the English national governing body for swimming, diving and water polo from 2013 to 2015 and has a number of appointments within the Football Association. He was appointed an OBE for public service in June 2011.
Born near Rochdale, Lancashire, son of Charles Andrew Lord, a leather merchant, and Vivienne Marie Fairbank (now Brittain), a teacher. He attended the independent Bury Grammar School from 1976 to 1990. He attended the University of Essex, reading Public Policy & Public Management in the Government Department. Whilst at Essex, he was Chairman of the Students' Union Council and a student member of University Senate. He graduated from Essex in 1994 and was appointed to the Court of the University in 2011.
Lord joined the Rochdale Conservative & Unionist Association in 1987, after protesting at the secrecy of the Labour-run Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council's budget. That same year he re-formed, and became chairman of, Rochdale Young Conservatives, going on to be elected secretary of the North West Area Young Conservatives in 1990 (becoming senior vice chairman in 1991 and vice-president from 1992 to 1995). He was a member of the national executive committee of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations from 1991 to 1994 and of the Young Conservatives National Advisory Committee from 1991 to 1995.
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