Charles Sanderson, Baron Sanderson of Bowden, Date of Birth
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About Charles Sanderson, Baron Sanderson of Bowden
- (Charles) Russell Sanderson, Baron Sanderson of Bowden (born 30 April 1933) is a British Conservative Party politician and a life peer.
- He was a member of the House of Lords from 1985 until his retirement in 2018. Sanderson was educated at St.
- Mary's School, Melrose, Glenalmond College, Bradford Technical College and the Scottish Textile College.Knighted in 1981, Sanderson was created a life peer on 5 June 1985 as Baron Sanderson of Bowden, of Melrose in the District of Ettrick and Lauderdale and spoke regularly in the House of Lords.
- Bowden in his title is taken from a village in the Roxburghshire area of the Scottish Borders. From 1987 to 1990 Lord Sanderson was a Minister of State in the Scottish Office, responsible for housing, agriculture and fisheries.
- He also served as Chairman of the Conservative Party in Scotland in the early 1990s, and was seen as responsible for removing Michael Forsyth from the Scottish Office and other right-wingers from the Party's Central Office in Scotland.In 2010 he was appointed to lead a review into the future of the Conservative Party in Scotland.
- This followed the 2010 United Kingdom general election, where despite winning a plurality of seats in the House of Commons, the Conservatives won only one constituency in Scotland.
- Lord Sanderson's report recommended an overhaul of leadership, with a separately elected leader to take full responsibility of the party's performance in Scotland.
- A formal response from the party was expected in early 2011.He retired from the House of Lords on 29 March 2018.
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