Alan Haselhurst, Baron Haselhurst

The Right Honourable
The Lord Haselhurst
PC
Official portrait, 2022
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
3 July 2018 – 20 December 2024
Chairman of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
In office
27 July 2011 – October 2014
DeputyNafisa Shah
Preceded byShafie Apdal
Succeeded byShirin Sharmin Chaudhury
Chairman of the Administration Committee
In office
27 July 2010 – 30 March 2015
Preceded byFrank Doran
Succeeded bySir Paul Beresford
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons
Chairman of Ways and Means
In office
14 May 1997 – 8 June 2010
SpeakerBetty Boothroyd
Michael Martin
John Bercow
First DeputyMichael Martin
Sylvia Heal
Nigel Evans
Second DeputyMichael Lord
Dawn Primarolo
Preceded byMichael Morris
Succeeded byLindsay Hoyle
Member of Parliament
for Saffron Walden
In office
8 July 1977 – 3 May 2017
Preceded bySir Peter Kirk
Succeeded byKemi Badenoch
Member of Parliament
for Middleton and Prestwich
In office
18 June 1970 – 8 February 1974
Preceded byDenis Coe
Succeeded byJim Callaghan
Personal details
Born (1937-06-23) 23 June 1937
South Elmsall, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Angela Bailey
​
(m. 1977)​
Children2 sons, 1 daughter
Alma materOriel College, Oxford
OccupationPolitician
Websitewww.siralanhaselhurst.net

Alan Gordon Barraclough Haselhurst, Baron Haselhurst, PC (born 23 June 1937), is a former British Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Saffron Walden from 1977 to 2017, having previously represented Middleton and Prestwich from 1970 to February 1974. Haselhurst was Chairman of Ways and Means from 14 May 1997 to 8 June 2010, and later Chairman of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association between 2011 and 2014.

The oldest Conservative Member of Parliament to stand down at the 2017 general election, being succeeded as MP for Saffron Walden by Kemi Badenoch, he was created a Life Peer on 22 June 2018, taking his seat in the House of Lords as Baron Haselhurst.

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