Peter Lilley

The Right Honourable The Lord Lilley PC
Official portrait, 2022
Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party
In office 2 June 1998 – 15 June 1999
Leader	William Hague
Preceded by	Michael Heseltine[a]
Succeeded by	Michael Ancram[b]
Secretary of State for Social Security
In office 11 April 1992 – 2 May 1997
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	Tony Newton
Succeeded by	Harriet Harman
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry President of the Board of Trade
In office 14 July 1990 – 11 April 1992
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher John Major
Preceded by	Nicholas Ridley
Succeeded by	Michael Heseltine
Shadow cabinet posts Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer In office 19 June 1997 – 2 June 1998 Leader William Hague Preceded by Kenneth Clarke Succeeded by Francis Maude Shadow Secretary of State for Social Security In office 2 May 1997 – 19 June 1997 Leader John Major Preceded by Harriet Harman Succeeded by Iain Duncan Smith
Junior ministerial offices Financial Secretary to the Treasury In office 24 July 1989 – 14 July 1990 Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Preceded by Norman Lamont Succeeded by Francis Maude Economic Secretary to the Treasury In office 11 June 1987 – 24 July 1989 Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Preceded by Ian Stewart Succeeded by Richard Ryder
Parliamentary offices Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal Life peerage 18 June 2018 Member of Parliament for Hitchin and Harpenden In office 1 May 1997 – 3 May 2017 Preceded by Constituency established Succeeded by Bim Afolami Member of Parliament for St Albans In office 9 June 1983 – 1 May 1997 Preceded by Victor Goodhew Succeeded by Kerry Pollard
Personal details
Born	(1943-08-23) 23 August 1943 (age 80) Hayes, Kent, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Gail Ansell
Alma mater	Clare College, Cambridge

Peter Bruce Lilley, Baron Lilley,^[1] PC (born 23 August 1943) is a British politician and life peer who served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) Hitchin and Harpenden from 1997 to 2017 and, prior to boundary changes, St Albans from 1983.

Born in Kent, Lilley studied economics at Clare College, Cambridge. He served as Trade and Industry Secretary from July 1990 to April 1992. As Social Security Secretary from April 1992 to May 1997, he introduced Incapacity Benefit.

On 26 April 2017, he announced his retirement as an MP.^[2] He has been a long-term critic of the European Union and backed Brexit in the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum. Lilley has since been supportive of the Eurosceptic pressure group Leave Means Leave.^[3] In May 2018, he was nominated for a peerage in the House of Lords.^[4]

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