Spencer Batiste

Spencer Lee Batiste (born 5 June 1945) was educated at Carmel College, Queens' College, Cambridge and the College of Law. He was the British Conservative MP for Elmet from 1983 until his 1997 defeat by Labour's Colin Burgon. He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Lord Trefgarne, Sir Geoffrey Pattie and, latterly, for European Commissioner and former Home Secretary Sir Leon Brittan. After this, he was appointed as an immigration adjudicator for the Immigration Appellate Authority; later as a chairman of the Immigration Appeal Tribunal which later became the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal; and later as a judge of the Upper Tribunal (Immigration & Asylum Chamber).

Sources

• The Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1992

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Spencer Batiste