Ronnie Fearn, Baron Fearn

The Lord Fearn
The Right Honourable; The Lord Fearn; OBE
Member of the House of Lords; Lord Temporal
	In office; 11 July 2001 – 11 July 2018 ; Life Peerage
Member of Parliament ; for Southport
	In office; 1 May 1997 – 14 May 2001
Preceded by	Matthew Banks
Succeeded by	John Pugh
	In office; 11 June 1987 – 16 March 1992
Preceded by	Ian Percival
Succeeded by	Matthew Banks
Personal details
Born	Ronald Cyril Fearn; 6 February 1931
Nationality	English
Political party	Liberal Democrat
Spouse(s)	Joyce Fearn
Relations	Maureen Fearn
Children	Martin Fearn
Residence	Norwood Ward, Southport
Profession	Banker, Politician

Ronald Cyril Fearn, Baron Fearn, OBE (born 6 February 1931) is a British Liberal Democrat politician.

His birth was registered without his middle name in the Ormskirk registration district of Lancashire[1] and Fearn was educated at King George V Grammar School, Southport and had a career in banking. He served late into the 2010s as a Sefton Metropolitan Borough councillor and had been such on its predecessor body Merseyside County Council, achieving over 50 years of continuous service, elected as a Liberal and for its successor party the Liberal Democrats.

In the 1985 Birthday Honours Fearn was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).[2]

His son, Martin, became a mathematics teacher at Cowley International College, St. Helens.

He was the Liberal and later Liberal Democrat MP for Southport from 1987 to 1992 and 1997 to 2001, after unsuccessfully contesting the seat at the four 1970s general elections. He received a life peerage and joined the House of Lords as Baron Fearn, of Southport in the County of Merseyside, in 2001.[3] He retired from the House on 11 July 2018.[4]

References

General Register Office public indices of birth, marriages and deaths, vol. 8b page 1378 which included until 1934 Southport
"No. 50154". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 1985. p. 10.
"No. 56275". The London Gazette. 16 July 2001. p. 8373.
"Lord Fearn". UK Parliament.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Ian Percival	Member of Parliament for Southport 1987–1992	Succeeded by Matthew Banks
Preceded by Matthew Banks	Member of Parliament for Southport 1997–2001	Succeeded by John Pugh

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[1] General Register Office public indices of birth, marriages and deaths, vol. 8b page 1378 which included until 1934 Southport

[2] "No. 50154". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 1985. p. 10.

[3] "No. 56275". The London Gazette. 16 July 2001. p. 8373.

[4] "Lord Fearn". UK Parliament.