(1956– )
a successful English athlete and later a politician. He broke three world records in 1979 and won the 1 500 metres race in the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984. When he retired in 1990 to start a career in politics, he had broken a total of twelve world records. He was a Conservative MP from 1992 to 1997. He was made a life peer in 2000.