Simon Hughes
![Hughes addressing the Liberal Democrat conference in the [[ACC Liverpool]], 2010](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Simon_Hughes_MP_Liverpool_cropped.jpg)
Until 2008, he was president of the Liberal Democrats (the party president chairs the Federal Executive board of the party, is the senior elected party official and also represents the party at official functions). Hughes has twice run unsuccessfully for the leadership of the party and was its unsuccessful candidate for Mayor of London in the 2004 election.
He was appointed as a Privy Councillor on 15 December 2010. In December 2013, Hughes was appointed as a Minister of State for Justice and Civil Liberties, and announced he would stand down as Deputy Leader upon the election of a successor. Hughes is also the deputy Chair of Millwall Community Trust Millwall Community Trust and the Rose Theatre Trust, and the Friends of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital Trust. In 2023 Hughes was appointed a Commissioner of the UK Trade and Business Commission. He is also a member of the Church of England Bermondsey and Rotherhithe Deanery Synod. Provided by Wikipedia
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1by David S. Guttery, Rachael A. Hancox, Kellie T. Mulligan, Simon Hughes, Sinead M. Lambe, J. Howard Pringle, Rosemary A. Walker, J. Louise Jones, Jacqueline A. ShawGet full text
Published 2018-08-01
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2by David M. Burns, Gordon B. Ryan, Gordon B. Ryan, Caroline M. Harvey, Eszter Nagy, Eszter Nagy, Simon Hughes, Paul G. Murray, Paul G. Murray, Nigel H. Russell, Christopher P. Fox, Heather M. Long, Heather M. LongGet full text
Published 2019-10-01
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3by Pinky Kotecha, Charlotte L. Moss, Deborah Enting, Cheryl Gillett, Magdalene Joseph, Debra Josephs, Sarah Rudman, Simon Hughes, Fidelma Cahill, Harriet Wylie, Anna Haire, James Rosekilly, Muhammad Shamin Khan, Rajesh Nair, Ramesh Thurairaja, Sachin Malde, Mieke Van HemelrijckGet full text
Published 2020-09-01
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4by Agus Darwanto, Anne-Mette Hein, Sascha Strauss, Yi Kong, Andrew Sheridan, Dan Richards, Eric Lader, Monika Ngowe, Timothy Pelletier, Danielle Adams, Austin Ricker, Nishit Patel, Andreas Kühne, Simon Hughes, Dan Shiffman, Dirk Zimmermann, Kai te Kaat, Thomas RothmannGet full text
Published 2017-05-01
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