Gordon Downey Explained

Sir Gordon Stanley Downey (26 April 1928 – 12 April 2022)^[1] was Britain's first Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.^{[2] [3]}

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.

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

Downey died on 12 April 2022, at the age of 93.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Birthday's today. https://web.archive.org/web/20120426125827/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2012-4-26.html . dead . 26 April 2012 . The Telegraph. 22 April 2014. 26 April 2012. Sir Gordon Downey, Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, 1995–98, 84 .
2. News: Talking Politics – Neil Hamilton - A chronology. 19 October 1998. BBC News. 24 August 2010.
3. Web site: Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards: Nomination of Candidate. 2002. House of Commons. 24 August 2010. 14 October 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101014015440/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmselect/cmcomm/598/59802.htm. live.
4. News: Flawed PIA nears moment of truth: Former chairman Sir Gordon Downey argues that a new agency would be preferable to the two-tier approach . www.independent.co.uk . . 13 May 1994 . 24 August 2010 . Downey, Gordon . 8 November 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121108213625/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/flawed-pia-nears-moment-of-truth-former-chairman-sir-gordon-downey-argues-that-a-new-agency-would-be-preferable-to-the-twotier-approach-1435673.html . live .
5. Web site: Sir Gordon Downey obituary . registration . . 22 April 2022 . 21 April 2022.