Bob Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart

The Right Honourable The Lord Maclennan of Rogart PC


President of the Liberal Democrats
In office 1 January 1995 – 31 December 1998
Leader	Paddy Ashdown
Preceded by	Charles Kennedy
Succeeded by	Diana Maddock
Leader of the Liberal Democrats Acting
In office 3 March 1988 – 16 July 1988 Served with David Steel
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Paddy Ashdown
Leader of Social Democratic Party
In office 28 August 1987 – 16 July 1988
Preceded by	David Owen
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Undersecretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection
In office 4 March 1974 – 4 May 1979
Prime Minister	Harold Wilson James Callaghan
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Member of Parliament for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Caithness and Sutherland (1966–1992)
In office 31 March 1966 – 7 June 2001
Preceded by	George Mackie
Succeeded by	John Thurso
Personal details
Born	(1936-06-26) 26 June 1936 Glasgow, United Kingdom
Political party	Labour (Before 1981) Social Democratic (1981–1988) Liberal Democrats (1988–present)
Alma mater	Balliol College, Oxford Trinity College, Cambridge Columbia University

Robert Adam Ross "Bob" Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart, PC (born 26 June 1936, Glasgow) is a British Liberal Democrat life peer. He was the last leader of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), serving during the negotiations that led to its merger with the Liberal Party in 1988. He then became joint interim leader of the new party, known as the Social and Liberal Democrats (SLD) before later becoming the Liberal Democrats.

Early life

Maclennan was educated at Glasgow Academy; Balliol College, Oxford; Trinity College, Cambridge; and Columbia University, New York City. He is the brother to David MacLennan, Elizabeth MacLennan, and Kenneth MacLennan.

In Parliament

He became Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Caithness and Sutherland in 1966, and serving until 1997; and for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross after boundary changes, from 1997 to 2001.

He was first elected as a member of the Labour Party and served as a junior minister in the Labour government of 1974–1979, but in 1981 defected to become a founder member of the SDP. He was one of the few SDP MPs to keep their seats in the 1983 general election. After his stint as SDP Leader in 1988, he served as a front bench spokesman for the Liberal Democrats, and as their president from 1994 until 1998.

He was appointed to the Privy Council in 1997.^[1]

After his retirement at the 2001 General Election, he was raised to the House of Lords, elevated to a life peer as Baron Maclennan of Rogart, of Rogart in Sutherland.^[2]^[3] He is now the party's Cabinet Office spokesman in the House of Lords.

Styles of address

1936-1966: Mr Bob Maclennan
1966-1997: Mr Bob Maclennan MP
1997-2001: The Right Honourable Bob Maclennan MP
2001: The Right Honourable Bob Maclennan
2001-: The Right Honourable The Lord Maclennan of Rogart PC

References

↑ "Privy Counsellors". Privy Council Office. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
↑ The London Gazette: no. 56285. p. 8777. 25 July 2001.
↑ The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 25054. p. 1673. 24 July 2001.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Robert Maclennan
Lord Maclennan of Rogart profile at the site of Liberal Democrats

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by George Mackie	Member of Parliament for Caithness and Sutherland 1966–1997	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross 1997–2001	Succeeded by John Thurso
Party political offices
Preceded by David Owen	Leader of the Social Democratic Party 1987–1988	Position abolished
New office	Leader of the Liberal Democrats Acting 1988 Served alongside: David Steel	Succeeded by Paddy Ashdown
Preceded by Charles Kennedy	President of the Liberal Democrats 1994–1998	Succeeded by Diana Maddock

Liberal Democrats

Leadership

Leaders	Steel (Liberal) Maclennan (SDP) Ashdown Kennedy Campbell Clegg Farron

Deputy Leaders	Johnston Beith Campbell Cable Hughes Bruce

Leaders in the Lords	Seear (Liberal) Diamond (SDP) Jenkins Rodgers Williams McNally Wallace

Presidents	Wrigglesworth Kennedy Maclennan Maddock Dholakia Hughes Scott Farron Brinton

Leadership elections

Leadership	1988 (Ashdown) 1999 (Kennedy) 2006 (Campbell) 2007 (Clegg) 2015 (Farron)

Deputy Leadership	2003 (Campbell) 2006 (Cable) 2010 (Hughes) 2014 (Bruce) Next

Structure

MPs and Frontbench	Current Members of Parliament Frontbench team Chief whip

Frontbench in opposition	Frontbench Team of Paddy Ashdown (1997–1999) Frontbench Team of Charles Kennedy (1999–2006) Frontbench Team of Menzies Campbell (2006–2007) Frontbench Team of Vince Cable (2007) Frontbench Team of Nick Clegg (2007–2010) Frontbench Team of Tim Farron (2015–)

State parties	English Liberal Democrats Scottish Liberal Democrats Welsh Liberal Democrats

Regional parties	London Liberal Democrats Northern Ireland Liberal Democrats

Committees	Federal Executive Federal Policy Committee Federal Conference Committee

SAOs	LGBT+ Liberal Democrats Liberal Youth (Liberal Youth England, Liberal Youth Scotland, IR Cymru (Liberal Youth Wales)) Women Liberal Democrats Association of Liberal Democrat Councillors Ethnic Minority Liberal Democrats Association of Liberal Democrat Engineers and Scientists Liberal Democrats Parliamentary Candidates Association

Related organisations

Alliance Party of Northern Ireland Beveridge Group Cambridge University (Presidents/Chairs) Christian Forum Friends of Israel Friends of Turkey History Group Liberal International British Group Oxford University (Presidents) Social Liberal Forum

History and related topics

Current Liberal Democrat peers

Hereditary peers	Addington Glasgow Oxford & Asquith Thurso

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 Mar & Kellie Marks of Henley-on-Thames McNally Miller of Chilthorne Domer Newby 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 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 Winchester Thornhill Tope Tyler Tyler of Enfield Vallance of Tummel Verjee Wallace of Saltaire Wallace of Tankerness Walmsley Watson of Richmond Willis of Knaresborough Wrigglesworth

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 51527288 LCCN: nr00011652

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