The Lord Ahmed | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2018 | |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| In office 13 October 1998 – 14 November 2020 Life peerage[a] | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nazir Ahmed 24 April 1957[2] Mirpur, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Non-affiliated (2013–2020)[3] |
| Other political affiliations | Labour (until 2013) |
| Spouse | Sakina Bibi |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Rotherham |
| Alma mater | Sheffield Polytechnic |
| Occupation | Property development and management[3] |
Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed (Urdu: نذیر احمد; born 24 April 1957), is a British former politician. As a member of the Labour Party, he was appointed a life peer in 1998.
Ahmed faced expulsion from the House of Lords in 2020 on account of sexually exploiting a woman who had approached him in 2017 in his capacity as a member of the House, and resigned from the House after a recommendation of its Conduct Committee that he be expelled, but before it was implemented.[4] However, he continues to be a life peer, although not a member of the House.[1] On 5 January 2022 he was found guilty of historical sex offences, committed when he was a teenager, being the attempted rape of a child under 13 years of age and sexual assault of another.[5] He was sentenced to five years and six months in prison, reduced on appeal to two years and six months.
- ^ a b "Rother Valley MP calls for Lord Ahmed to be stripped of peerage after guilty verdict". ITV News. 5 January 2022. Archived from the original on 9 April 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "The Lord Ahmed's Biography". Debrett's.
- ^ a b "Lord Ahmed". Parliament of the United Kingdom.
- ^ "Lord Ahmed retires from Parliament days before expulsion". BBC News. 17 November 2020.
retired from Parliament after seeing a conduct report recommending he be expelled
- ^ "Lord Ahmed: Former peer guilty of trying to rape girl". BBC News. 5 January 2022. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
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