Gordon Downey

Sir Gordon Downey KCB (born 26 April 1928[1]) was Britain's first Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.[2][3]

For the Canadian musician, see Gordon Downie.

The Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards was set up by the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in 1995 as a result of recommendations made by the Committee on Standards in Public Life. He resigned shortly after Trial by Conspiracy by J Boyd Hunt was published in 1998, casting doubt on his report about Neil Hamilton and the cash-for-questions affair.

Sir Gordon was previously chairman of the investors' "watchdog", the Personal Investment Authority.[4]

References

1. "Birthday's today". The Telegraph. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2014. Sir Gordon Downey, Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, 1995–98, 84
2. "Talking Politics – Neil Hamilton - A chronology". BBC News. October 19, 1998. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
3. "Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards: Nomination of Candidate". House of Commons. 2002. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
4. Downey, Gordon (13 May 1994). "Flawed PIA nears moment of truth: Former chairman Sir Gordon Downey argues that a new agency would be preferable to the two-tier approach". The Independent. www.independent.co.uk. Retrieved 24 August 2010.