The Lord Ahmed | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2018 | |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Life peerage[a] 13 October 1998 – 14 November 2020 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nazir Ahmed 24 April 1957[2] Mirpur, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Non-affiliated[3] (2013–2020) |
| Other political affiliations | Labour (until 2013) |
| Spouse | Sakina Bibi |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Rotherham |
| Alma mater | Sheffield Polytechnic |
| Occupation | Property development and management [3] |
| Criminal information | |
| Criminal status | Released from prison 5 May 2023 |
| Conviction(s) | |
| Criminal charge | |
| Penalty | 5 years and 6 months imprisonment reduced to 2 years and 6 months on appeal |
Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed (Urdu: نذیر احمد , born 24 April 1957) is a former Labour politician and convicted sex offender. He was appointed a life peer in 1998 by the Labour Government.
Many of his political activities related to the Muslim community both in the UK and abroad. In 2013, he alleged that he was the victim of a Jewish conspiracy for receiving a prison sentence as a result of a 2007 traffic incident in which he was convicted in relation to the death of another driver. Ahmed claimed that "My case became more critical because I went to Gaza to support Palestinians. My Jewish friends who own newspapers and TV channels opposed this." As a result, alongside his custodial sentence he was suspended from, and later resigned from, the Labour Party, who said that it "deplores and does not tolerate any sort of racism or anti-Semitism."
He faced expulsion from the House of Lords in 2020 on account of sexually exploiting a woman who had approached him in 2017 in his capacity as a member of the House, and resigned from the House after a recommendation of its Conduct Committee that he be expelled, but before it was implemented.[4] However, he continued to be a life peer, although not a member of the House.[1] On 5 January 2022 he was found guilty of historical sex offences, committed when he was a teenager, being the attempted rape of a child under 13 years of age and sexual assault of another.[5] He was sentenced to five years and six months in prison, reduced on appeal to two years and six months.
- ^ a b "Rother Valley MP calls for Lord Ahmed to be stripped of peerage after guilty verdict". ITV News. 5 January 2022. Archived from the original on 9 April 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "The Lord Ahmed's Biography". Debrett's.
- ^ a b "Lord Ahmed". Parliament of the United Kingdom.
- ^ "Lord Ahmed retires from Parliament days before expulsion". BBC News. 17 November 2020.
retired from Parliament after seeing a conduct report recommending he be expelled
- ^ "Lord Ahmed: Former peer guilty of trying to rape girl". BBC News. 5 January 2022. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
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