Welcome to Alistair Lexden's website

Welcome to Alistair Lexden's official website. This website supports his work in the House of Lords, with the Conservative Party, the Conservative History Group and also the Carlton Club.

The site is split into the following sections:

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Lord Lexden is installed as President of the Independent Schools Association
Friday, 17 May, 2013
Alistair Lexden received his badge of office on May 17 at the Association's annual conference, held this year at Eastbourne on the theme of school leadership.
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Lord Lexden recalls Margaret Thatcher's association with his Essex birthplace
Friday, 10 May, 2013
In an article published in The Essex County Standard on May 3, Alistair Lexden looked back at the two years in the late 1940s when the future...
Lord Lexden and his fellow members of the Lords Constitution Committee publish a report on protecting the rights of Parliament
Wednesday, 1 May, 2013
For many years governments have often taken action (and spent public money) to prepare for institutional changes before Parliament has passed...
Lord Lexden looks back at precedents for Margaret Thatcher's funeral
Wednesday, 17 April, 2013
Alistair Lexden's letter in The Times argues that it's wrong to say that Wednesday’s funeral had many precedents. Churchill’s funeral is the...

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Lord Lexden

Profile pictureLord Lexden (formerly Alistair Cooke) is a Conservative peer who took his seat in the House of Lords in January 2011.

He is a political historian who is the Official Historian to the Conservative Party and the Carlton Club.

Lord Lexden's Letters

You can access an archive of Alistair Lexden's contributions to The Times and Daily Telegraph (dating back to 2006) on the letters page.