Ben Stoneham, Baron Stoneham of Droxford

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Ben Stoneham, Baron Stoneham of Droxford

Benjamin Russell Mackintosh Stoneham, Baron Stoneham of Droxford (born August 28, 1948 ) is a British peer , journalist and politician.

Stoneham was initially involved in politics for Labor . At the age of 29, he was a Labor candidate in the Saffron Walden constituency by-election . He got 14.6% of the vote. Later he was treasurer of the Campaign for Labor Victory . He later joined the Social Democratic Party with many of the leading figures in this campaign . Stoneham was a candidate for the SDP in the 1983 and 1987 parliamentary elections in the Stevenage constituency . In 1983 he achieved the best social democratic result of a non-office holder and lost just under 1700 votes.

In 2004 and 2010 he ran for the Winchester district assembly .

He has been active with the Liberal Democrats since 2003 . From 2003 to 2010 he was executive director of the party under the leadership of Charles Kennedy and Nick Clegg .

On January 17, 2011, he was promoted to Life Peer as Baron Stoneham of Droxford , of Meon Valley in the County of Hampshire . He gave his inaugural address on January 20, 2011.

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  1. ↑ The Lord Stoneham of Droxford  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Debrett's People of Today@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.debretts.com  
  2. ↑ Interview with Lord Stoneham at the Liberal Democratic Party Conference, Birmingham on September 17, 2011
  3. ^ The Times, June 18, 1977 p3
  4. ^ The Times, Oct. 1, 1977, p. 3
  5. ^ "New Lib Dem peers to lead reform of the House of Lords" ( Memento of the original from October 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Liberal Democrats , November 19, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nickclegg.com
  6. ^ Peter Henley: South: Politics-on-Sea . In: BBC Politics Show , September 15, 2006. 
  7. ^ Liberal Democrat MPs and strategists are pushing for Clegg to rule out an alliance with the Tories . In: The New Statesman , January 21, 2010. 
  8. ↑ http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201011/ldhansrd/text/110120-0001.htm#11012045000624
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SURNAME Stoneham, Ben, Baron Stoneham of Droxford
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stoneham, Benjamin Russell Mackintosh, Baron Stoneham of Droxford
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British peer, journalist and politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1948