Paddy Ashdown Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Paddy Ashdown, based on 3 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.

3 records1992–19993 events0 places

Chronological biography

1992

Scandal5 February 1992

Politics / Liberal-Democratic Party · Party Leader of LDP

Admits affair with secretary

1997

Election1997

Politics / Liberal-Democratic Party · Party Leader of LDP

The Liberal Party win 16.8% of votes cast & 46 MPs

1999

Resignation of Paddy Ashdown20 January 1999

Politics / Liberal-Democratic Party · Party Leader of LDP

Announces he will stand down as Party Leader in the Summer

Titles and roles

Party Leader of LDP

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.