Archy Kirkwood

The Right Honourable
The Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
PC
The Right Honourable The Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope PC
	Kirkwood, 2011
Chief Whip of the Liberal Democrats
	In office; 9 April 1992 – 1 May 1997
Leader	Paddy Ashdown
Preceded by	Jim Wallace
Succeeded by	Paul Tyler
Member of Parliament; for Roxburgh and Berwickshire
	In office; 10 June 1983 – 11 April 2005
Preceded by	Constituency Established
Succeeded by	Constituency Abolished
Personal details
Born	22 April 1946 (age 78)
Nationality	British
Political party	Liberal Democrat
Spouse	Rosemary Chester
Alma mater	Heriot-Watt University

Archibald Johnstone Kirkwood, Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope, PC (born 22 April 1946) is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom.

Education

Lord Kirkwood was educated at Cranhill School^[1] in Cranhill, Glasgow and studied Pharmacy at Heriot-Watt University, gaining a BSc in 1971. He became a solicitor in Hawick and Notary public.

Parliamentary career

Lord Kirkwood was Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Roxburgh and Berwickshire from 1983 until 2005.

In 1986 he with two other MPs Simon Hughes MP and Michael Meadowcroft MP and the National League of Young Liberals and other parts of the party produced the booklet Across the Divide Liberal Values on Defence and Disarmament. This was the rally call that defeated the party leadership in the debate over the issue of an independent nuclear deterrent.

A Chair of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Work and Pensions, Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope, is listed in the House of Lords Register of Interests (Session 2006-2007)^[2] as the Chairman of the Unum Customer Advisory Panel for which he received payment from Unum. He received additional payments for other work for Unum.

Lord Kirkwood visited the USA for two conferences on welfare to work (29 October - 5 November 2005). The accommodation was paid for by the Rockefeller Foundation (New York), the Brico Fund (Milwaukee) and the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.

In May 2006, Unum (then UnumProvident) provided a memorandum to the Parliamentary Select Committee on Work and Pensions which included in clause 24. "At UnumProvident we have a non-medical, enabling model of rehabilitation and we are working with our partners at the UnumProvident Centre for Psychosocial and Disability Research at Cardiff University to better understand what places people at risk of long-term or chronic illness." ^[3]

Personal life

Lord Kirkwood was made a Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours of 2003,^[4]^[5] which was conferred on him by Her Majesty The Queen at the Palace of Holyroodhouse on 3 July 2003.^[6]

On 13 May 2005 it was announced that he would be created a life peer, and on 10 June 2005 he was created Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope, of Kirkhope in the Scottish Borders.^[7]

He married Rosemary Chester on 30 December 1972. They have a son and daughter.

References

^ "site of Cranhill school - Wikimapia". wikimapia.org.
^ http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld/ldreg/prevreg/149.pdf
^ Commons, The Committee Office, House of. "House of Commons - Work and Pensions - Written Evidence". www.publications.parliament.uk.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "No. 56797". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2002. p. 1.
^ "BBC NEWS - In Depth - 2003 - New Year Honours - Knights bachelor - full list". news.bbc.co.uk.
^ "No. 57030". The London Gazette. 15 August 2003. p. 10218.
^ "No. 57675". The London Gazette. 15 June 2005. p. 7779.

External links

Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope profile at the site of Liberal Democrats
Guardian Politics Ask Aristotle - Archy Kirkwood
TheyWorkForYou.com - Archy Kirkwood
The Public Whip - Archy Kirkwood voting record
BBC News - Archy Kirkwood profile 10 February 2005

Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Roxburgh and Berwickshire 1983–2005	constituency abolished (see Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk)
Party political offices
Preceded by Jim Wallace	Chief Whip of the Liberal Democrats 1992–1997	Succeeded by Paul Tyler

[1] "site of Cranhill school - Wikimapia". wikimapia.org.

[2] ttp://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld/ldreg/prevreg/149.pdf

[3] Commons, The Committee Office, House of. "House of Commons - Work and Pensions - Written Evidence". www.publications.parliament.uk.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[4] "No. 56797". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2002. p. 1.

[5] "BBC NEWS - In Depth - 2003 - New Year Honours - Knights bachelor - full list". news.bbc.co.uk.

[6] "No. 57030". The London Gazette. 15 August 2003. p. 10218.

[7] "No. 57675". The London Gazette. 15 June 2005. p. 7779.

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