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ELECTION 2015 ALSO in THIS Poll of Polls Result EDITION ME ER M M B E R R O S F H S O N U S O E M Order! Order! OF COM The Official Journal of the Association of Former Members of Parliament WINTER 2015 ELECTION 2015 ALSO IN THIS Poll of Polls Result EDITION... 6 7 MAY MAY ELIZABETH PEACOCK 2 A Word From Our New Chairman 36.9% 34% 33% 30.4% JOAN WALLEY 5 Parliament Goes On LAWRIE QUINN 10 HS2: A High Speed CON LAB CON LAB Future? POLLS & PARTY PREDICTIONS WHAT WENT WRONG? PETER HAIN 13 Can Sport and An analysis from Robert, Lord Hayward p.8 Politics be Divorced? Order! Order! Winter 2015 FROM THE CHAIRMAN Our new Executive Committee is now up and running. Our newly elected Chairman, Elizabeth Peacock writes: T IS A GREAT HONOUR to be elected Chairman of Our Association has a clearly defined role to make the Association of Former Members of Parliament which the wide ranging experience gained by Members of has a growing importance on the Westminster scene. I Parliament during their active years available to the I thank all those who put themselves forward for election government of the day and the nation. and for the interest of those who supported the Association with their votes. This support confirms the vibrant state of the Association which, in addition, to its basic role of the Executive in the recent ballot. I also welcome those who representing the interests of our members is developing a have now been co-opted, Gordon Banks, Nicholas Bennett, useful service to Parliament. Syd Rapson and Adrian Sanders. Our all-party membership is currently a very healthy 442. As the new Executive Committee takes up its task we Our Association has a clearly defined role to make the wide should say thank you to Bowen Wells who has now retired, ranging experience gained by Members of Parliament during but who is happy to be the point of contact for information their active years available to the government of the day and about the European Association of former MPs. He writes the nation. in this edition about their recent meeting in Vienna. We The Association has developed an Outreach programme also thank Sir Graham Bright for his extensive work as to link schools, colleges and universities with Westminster Chairman and we are very pleased that he has agreed to be to further the understanding of British parliamentary our Treasurer which is such an important role. We should democracy. This is being achieved by our members making particularly thank past member of the Executive, Lord Ted visits to lead non-party political discussion with young Graham, for all he has done on behalf of the Association people on the work of government, MPs and the day to day particularly during our formative years. running of Parliament itself. I also wish to acknowledge the input and dedication of Additionally, through our recently established charitable the following members who have contributed greatly to Parliamentary Outreach Trust, members from across the our work. Eric Martlew for our written constitution, John political spectrum are available to advise governments on Austin for the formation of the Trust, Eric Moonman for aspects of democracy and the workings of an established our very successful national Outreach programme, George legislature. Members have taken part in projects in countries Cunningham for his advice on pension matters, Nicholas such as Uganda, Libya, South Sudan and Oman. Bennett for his excellent work on our membership, and Dick Furthermore, and somewhat unexpectedly, we have Tracey for his control of our website. And of course we will become a focal point of contact at Westminster for never forget our founding member and former Chairman, writers, researchers and the media seeking information on Joe Ashton. Without him it is very unlikely that this wide-ranging topics with particular reference to the work of Association would ever have got off the ground. Parliament and the views of former members. And lastly I must say a big ‘thank you’ to our Administra- My objective, as I take on the Chairmanship is, together tor and Editor of Order Order, Sally Grocott, for holding the with our Executive Committee and our Trust, to extend the Association together with all her hard work and endeavours work of the Outreach programme which is likely to need ever since our formal launch in 2003. the assistance of more of our members. This will use the Finally, please remember that Order Order is YOUR knowledge of our widely experienced members to meet the magazine and we look to our members to contribute. We needs of governments and media. know that you have wonderful tales to tell and opinions to The newly elected Executive met on the 15th October put forward, so please don’t hesitate to let our editor Sally when we co-opted four members. We are seeking to co-opt know if you have something to say. We want to ensure that two further members in accordance with our Constitution we continue to produce an interesting and vibrant magazine. which requires political, regional and gender balance. I I now look forward to working with the new Executive and would like to welcome Ann Cryer who was duly elected to our Members to meet the challenges that we will face. 2 Order! Order! Winter 2015 MEET OUR NEW EXECUTIVE CommITTEE Elizabeth Peacock Eric Martlew Sir Graham Bright Nicholas Bennett Chairman Vice Chairman Treasurer Membership Secretary John Austin Gordon Banks Ann Cryer Eric Moonman Syd Rapson Adrian Sanders Dick Tracey Nigel Evans MP Sir Alan Meale MP Lady Sally Grocott Commons Liaison Commons Liaison Executive Officer and Editor of Order Order ALL MEmbER MEETING Our next All Member Meeting is on River Room in the House of Lords, courtesy of the Lord Thursday the 10th December at 3.45pm Speaker. This is an opportunity for members to meet our in House of Lords Committee Room 3 new Executive and to enjoy a social get together with followed by a drinks reception in the colleagues. The maximum number allowed in the River River Room of the House of Lords to Room is 80. There is no charge for the event but if you wish meet our new Executive Committee. to attend you must apply to Sally Grocott at grocotts@ We are delighted that Sir George parliament.uk as a full guest list is required by the Lord Young, now Lord Young of Cookham has agreed to be our Speaker’s office. guest speaker. As members will know, his many roles A further plea that if you are not receiving regular notices over forty years in Parliament have included being Leader via e-mail then we do not have a current one for you. of the House of Commons and Government Chief Whip. Members do change their e-mail address and forget to notify There could therefore be no-one better qualified to speak us. Our very limited funding makes it impossible to post out on his chosen subject “The Commons in Coalition”. notices to all our members, so we rely on e-mail to keep We are holding a pre-Christmas drinks reception everyone informed and in touch. If in doubt, please check afterwards at 5.00pm in the lovely setting of the with Sally. 3 Order! Order! Winter 2015 WHERE ARE YOU NOW? Tess Kingham, Labour MP for Gloucester 1997–2001 ESPITE IT being a great privilege to be an MP I didn’t get on with the outdated practices (despite prevailing Drumour it was not to do with childcare problems in the House after I had twins!) and I found it immensely frustrating. I chose to leave after one term and so had time to plan my next steps, thankfully not having to suffer the shock and trauma of sudden departure felt by some former colleagues. Before going into Parliament I’d worked in NGO com- munications and campaigning. I was able to use these skills as a Member, for example in successful campaigns to get a new hospital in Gloucester and help get a national screening programme for cystic fibrosis for newborns. When I left Parliament I was still deeply committed to promoting social change so it made sense to turn these skills and my Tess with the Growth Rings Staff and Trainees knowledge of how political systems tick in a new direction. I became ‘gamekeeper turned poacher’, spending the next When I left Parliament I was still deeply committed to ten years advising and training not for profits in how to promoting social change campaign effectively and co-authored the NCVO ‘Good Campaigns Guide’. led monitoring and evaluation services to other social With my husband, daughter Rosa, twins Karl and Natasha enterprises and community projects. It’s busy. and my mother Pat, our ‘tribe’ moved to Romney Marsh in Outside working life I fulfilled a lifelong ambition and got Kent where we live on the beach on part of the Dungeness an MA in Egyptian Archaeology at UCL. I started a PhD National Nature Reserve. It’s bleak, beautiful, atmospheric, studying ancient bones and disease but sadly couldn’t finish. has the most amazing wildlife and a strong community. I became ill with two neurological illnesses, Myasthenia The downside is that it’s isolated, suffers pockets of high Gravis and Neuromyotonia. They affect my mobility and deprivation and has a decommissioning nuclear power muscle strength so I need to plan activities quite carefully station so will lose hundreds of jobs over the next decade or now. The benefits, strange to say, from experiences such as so.
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