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Jeremy John Durham Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon [a] (27 February 1941 – 22 December 2018), better known as Paddy Ashdown, was a British politician and diplomat who served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 1988 to 1999.
The list that follows is the Liberal Democrats frontbench team led by Paddy Ashdown, who was party leader from 1988 to 1999.Initially known as a frontbench team, the Lib Dems began to refer to their Frontbench Team as a "Shadow Cabinet" during the leadership of Ashdown's successor, Charles Kennedy, although the use of the term is controversial.
The Most Courageous Raid of WWII is a 2011 British television docudrama produced and directed by Francis Whately.The film was narrated by former British politician and diplomat Paddy Ashdown, and also features commentary from military historian M.R.D. Foot.
Paddy Ashdown (1989), [93] former leader of Liberal Democrats, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina (deceased) Ed Balls (2006, 2014–2015), [94] [95] [96] former Economic Secretary to the Treasury and advisor to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and was Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (2007–2010)
The election was won by Paddy Ashdown, who served as leader until his stepping down in 1999. The campaign occurred in a party which was still coping with the merger and saw a vituperative attack on Ashdown in a letter written by Alex Carlile, a Beith-supporting MP. [1]
The first Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Paddy Ashdown. He led the party from 1988 to 1999. Following a vote at the Liberal Assembly on 17 September 1987, and a Liberal Party Special Conference on 23 January 1988, the Liberal Party agreed to seek merger with the Social Democratic Party (SDP). A ballot of both parties' members was counted on 2 ...
Paddy Ashdown. John James Henry Sturmey (1857–1930), known as Henry Sturmey, is best remembered as the inventor with James Archer of the Sturmey-Archer three-speed hub for bicycles, but he was a technical editor and journalist heavily involved as a pioneer of the cycling and automotive industries. Born at Norton-sub-Hamdon, Somerset, he died ...
There then followed a period of over 30 years during which the seat was represented by a member of the Liberal Party or their successors, the Liberal Democrats; firstly former leader Paddy Ashdown (1983–2001) and then former Chief Secretary to the Treasury David Laws (2001 to 2015). [5]