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Remembering Lord Chidgey

25 February 2022
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The Council was very sad to learn of the recent death of Lord David Chidgey. A minute's silence was held in his memory at last night's Full Council meeting. 

Previously an eminent engineer, David Chidgey became Eastleigh’s MP in 1994 and was re-elected in the 1997 and 2001 general elections. He became a peer in the dissolution honours in 2005 with the title of The Lord Chidgey, of Hamble-le-Rice in the County of Hampshire.

As an MP Lord Chidgey served on the Foreign Affairs Select Committee in Parliament and as a member of the Liberal Democrat front bench team. He held a series of shadow ministerial posts, notably for trade and industry.

Lord Chidgey was made a Freeman of the Borough of Eastleigh in 2005 and was seen at many civic events.

The Mayor of Eastleigh, Councillor Cynthia Garton, said: “Lord Chidgey was a popular and excellent MP for Eastleigh. He was respected across the political divide and was very well liked by those who met him. His passing is a huge loss for the Borough and for politics more widely. Our thoughts are with his wife April, Lady Chidgey, his children and all his friends and family.”

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