John Burnett, Baron Burnett

For similarly named people, see John Burnett (disambiguation).

The Right Honourable The Lord Burnett

Member of Parliament for Torridge and West Devon
In office 2 May 1997 – 11 April 2005
Preceded by	Emma Nicholson
Succeeded by	Geoffrey Cox
Personal details
Born	John Patrick Aubone Burnett (1945-09-19) 19 September 1945
Nationality	British
Political party	Liberal Democrats
Occupation	Politician, solicitor

John Patrick Aubone Burnett, Baron Burnett (born 19 September 1945) is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom, and was a Member of Parliament for Torridge and West Devon between 1997 and 2005 general elections.

He was a commando with the Royal Marines for seven years, a cattle-breeder, and remains a solicitor specialising in tax matters.

He succeeded Emma Nicholson as MP for the constituency, after her defection in 1995 from the Conservative Party to the Liberal Democrats, and her elevation as a Liberal Democrat peer.

Following Burnett's decision to stand down in 2005, there was a swing of 5,000 votes in the 2005 election against Burnett's Liberal Democrat successor as candidate. The constituency was reduced in size in a 2006 Boundary Commission re-alignment, and was retained by the Conservative Party.

In April 2006 it was announced that Burnett would be created a life peer to join the Liberal Democrat ranks in the House of Lords, and on 31 May he was created Baron Burnett, of Whitchurch in the County of Devon.^[1]

Burnett for much of his 8 years in Parliament had been regarded among his fellow Liberal Democrat MPs as "the cat that walked alone": he distanced himself over his Party's stance on the war in Iraq, for example.

One of the high points of Burnett's parliamentary career was his promotion of the Bill which became the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000, allowing solicitors, for example, to remain in the traditional partnership arrangements while having some of the benefits of limited companies.

References

↑ The London Gazette: no. 58001. p. 7665. 5 June 2006. Retrieved 25 May 2009.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Burnett
Torridge and West Devon Liberal Democrats
Guardian Politics Ask Aristotle - John Burnett
TheyWorkForYou.com - John Burnett
The Public Whip - John Burnett voting record
BBC News - John Burnett profile 10 February 2005

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Emma Nicholson	Member of Parliament for Torridge and West Devon 1997–2005	Succeeded by Geoffrey Cox

Current Liberal Democrat peers

Hereditary peers	Addington Glasgow Oxford & Asquith Vacant

Life peers	Alderdice Allan of Hallam Alliance Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville Barker Beith Benjamin Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury Bowles of Berkhamsted Bradshaw Brinton Bruce of Bennachie Burnett Burt of Solihull Campbell of Pittenweem Carlile of Berriew Chidgey Clement-Jones Cotter Dholakia Doocey Falkner of Margravine Fearn Featherstone Foster of Bath Fox Garden of Frognal German Goddard of Stockport Greaves Grender Hamwee Harris of Richmond Humphreys Hussain Hussein-Ece Janke Jolly Jones of Cheltenham Kirkwood of Kirkhope Kramer Lee of Trafford Lester of Herne Hill Loomba Macdonald of River Glaven Maclennan of Rogart Maddock Manzoor Mar & Kellie Marks of Henley-on-Thames McNally Miller of Chilthorne Domer Newby Nicholson of Winterbourne Northover Oates Paddick Palmer of Childs Hill Palumbo of Shouthwark Parminter Pinnock Purvis Randerson Razzall Redesdale Rennard Roberts of Llandudno Rodgers of Quarry Bank Scott of Needham Market Scriven Sharkey Sharp of Guildford Sheehan Shipley Shutt of Greetland Smith of Clifton Smith of Newnham Steel of Aikwood Stephen Stoneham of Droxford Storey Strasburger Stunell Suttie Taverne Taylor of Goss Moor Teverson Thomas of Gresford Thomas of Walliswood Thomas of Winchester Thornhill Tope Tordoff Tyler Tyler of Enfield Vallance of Tummel Verjee Wallace of Saltaire Wallace of Tankerness Walmsley Watson of Richmond Willis of Knaresborough Wrigglesworth

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