This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Xeno (talk | contribs) at 19:55, 29 June 2017 (See Special:Permanentlink/788151804#Mass cat-a-lot reversion of User:Skr15081997 required; reverted edits were contrary to WP:SUBCAT). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
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Family and education
Dykes was educated at Weston-super-Mare Grammar School, Somerset, followed by Pembroke College at the University of Cambridge. He married Susan Margaret Smith in 1966 and they had three sons. They divorced in 2000.
Life and career
After unsuccessfully contesting Tottenham in 1966, Dykes served as a Conservative Member of Parliament for Harrow East from 1970 until he lost his seat at the 1997 general election. He also served as a Member of the European Parliament between 1974 and 1977. While an MP, Dykes served in the Ministry of Defence and the Cabinet Office in Edward Heath's government.
Following the defeat of Kenneth Clarke in the Conservative leadership contest following the 1997 general election, Dykes joined the Liberal Democrats. Within a year of joining the party, he came to serve as an adviser to Paddy Ashdown on European Union affairs.
He has served as chairman of the European Movement-UK and as vice president of the British-German Association. In 1991 he was awarded the German Order of Merit, followed by the Luxembourg Médaille pour l'Europe in 1993.
In 2004, Dykes was raised to the peerage as Baron Dykes, of Harrow Weald in the London Borough of Harrow. The same year he received the French Légion d'Honneur. He currently sits as a nonaffiliated member.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Hugh Dykes
- TheyWorkForYou page on Lord Dykes
- Lord Dykes profile at the site of Liberal Democrats
- Expenses
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded byRoy Roebuck | Member of Parliament for Harrow East 1970 – 1997 |
Succeeded byTony McNulty |
- 1939 births
- Living people
- Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- Liberal Democrats (UK) life peers
- UK MPs 1970–74
- UK MPs 1974
- UK MPs 1974–79
- UK MPs 1979–83
- UK MPs 1983–87
- UK MPs 1987–92
- UK MPs 1992–97
- Conservative Party (UK) MEPs
- Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- MEPs for the United Kingdom 1973–79
- Légion d'honneur recipients