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Sir Michael Bishop is the Executive Chairman of [[British Midland]] (he has been Chairman since 1978). He attended the £350-a-head gala dinner at the Bournemouth Pavilion ballroom during the 1999 [[Labour Party]] Conference. The dinner raised £250,000 for the Labour Party. Sir Michael Bishop was a former Tory supporter, who lent planes to John Major's election campaign<ref>The Times; Home; 29 Sep 1999; 'Blair dinner raises Pounds 250,000 and eyebrows' Andrew Pierce and Tom Baldwin</ref>.
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Sir '''Michael Bishop''' is a British businessman and a Conservative life peer. He was Executive Chairman of [[British Midland]] (Chairman since 1978). He attended the £350-a-head gala dinner at the Bournemouth Pavilion ballroom during the 1999 [[Labour Party]] Conference. The dinner raised £250,000 for the Labour Party. Sir Michael Bishop was a former Tory supporter, who lent planes to John Major's election campaign<ref>The Times; Home; 29 Sep 1999; 'Blair dinner raises Pounds 250,000 and eyebrows' Andrew Pierce and Tom Baldwin</ref>.
  
 
He is also the Deputy Chairman of [[Airtours plc]] and a Non-Executive Director of [[Kidde plc]]. He was Chairman of [[Channel 4 Television]] from 1993-97<ref>Queen's University Belfast [http://www.qub.ac.uk/info/press/20020311_165000.html Honorary Graduands 2002] Accessed 4 Sep 2007</ref>.
 
He is also the Deputy Chairman of [[Airtours plc]] and a Non-Executive Director of [[Kidde plc]]. He was Chairman of [[Channel 4 Television]] from 1993-97<ref>Queen's University Belfast [http://www.qub.ac.uk/info/press/20020311_165000.html Honorary Graduands 2002] Accessed 4 Sep 2007</ref>.

Revision as of 14:34, 24 June 2012

Sir Michael Bishop is a British businessman and a Conservative life peer. He was Executive Chairman of British Midland (Chairman since 1978). He attended the £350-a-head gala dinner at the Bournemouth Pavilion ballroom during the 1999 Labour Party Conference. The dinner raised £250,000 for the Labour Party. Sir Michael Bishop was a former Tory supporter, who lent planes to John Major's election campaign[1].

He is also the Deputy Chairman of Airtours plc and a Non-Executive Director of Kidde plc. He was Chairman of Channel 4 Television from 1993-97[2].

British Midland gave more than £5,000 in sponsorship to the Labour Party in 1999-2000[3].

References

  1. The Times; Home; 29 Sep 1999; 'Blair dinner raises Pounds 250,000 and eyebrows' Andrew Pierce and Tom Baldwin
  2. Queen's University Belfast Honorary Graduands 2002 Accessed 4 Sep 2007
  3. Financial Times; National News; 5 Sep 2000 'Campaigns put Labour in the red Politics Four Elections Prove a Strain of Party Coffers' Andrew Parker