Edward Lyons

Edward Lyons QC ( born May 17, 1926 in Glasgow, † April 23, 2010 in Leeds ) was a British politician.

Biography

After the Second World War he served first his military service in the British Army and worked as a translator for the Russian language in the British zone of occupation in Germany. He then graduated in law at the University of Leeds. After graduation, was admitted to the bar ( Barrister). In the course of his legal practice, he became Attorney-General (Queen 's Counsel ) called and practiced as such in Leeds and London.

Lyons began his political career in 1966 as a Labour candidate with the election of deputies of the lower house (House of Commons ), where he initially to 1974, the constituency of Bradford East and then to 1983 the constituency of Bradford West represented. In 1981 he resigned from the Labour Party and became a member of also beaten from the Labour Party Roy Jenkins, David Owen, Bill Rodgers and Shirley Williams founded Social Democratic Party ( SDP). At the general election in 1983, he suffered himself but a defeat and lost his seat in the House.

After his retirement from Parliament he resumed his activities as a lawyer. In 1994 he joined but again the Labour Party as a member. In addition, he completed after his retirement still a postgraduate degree in European Studies at the University of Leeds and completed this study with a Bachelor of Arts (BA in European Studies ).

He is survived by his wife Barbara and the children, a son, a daughter and four grandchildren.