Kulveer Ranger
English strategy and communications executive From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kulveer Singh Ranger, Baron Ranger of Northwood (born 21 February 1975)[1] is an English strategy and communications executive. A board member of the trade association techUK,[2] he has been a member of the House of Lords since 2023.
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The Lord Ranger of Northwood | |
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 Official portrait, 2023 | |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 11 July 2023 Life peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kulveer Singh Ranger 21 February 1975 London, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | University College London |
| Occupation | Management consultant |
| Known for | Developing the Oyster Card and the Barclays Cycle Hire scheme for London |
Career
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Ranger was the unsuccessful Conservative parliamentary candidate in Makerfield at the 2005 general election.[3] He unsuccessfully stood in the ward of Syon at the 2006 Hounslow London Borough Council election.[4]
After Boris Johnson's victory in the 2008 London mayoral election, Johnson selected Ranger to be his director for transport policy. Ranger had previously managed the implementation of the Oyster card with Transport for London in 2003.[5] In 2011, he became Director for Environment and Digital London, with his work resulting in a record fall in bike thefts,[6] in addition to a number of new electric car charging points in London to encourage a higher take up of electric vehicles.[7]
Ranger was part of the Conservative A-List for the 2010 general election but did not stand.[8] He was on the long list to be the Conservative party candidate for the 2021 London mayoral election.[9][10]
House of Lords
Ranger was nominated for a life peerage in Boris Johnson's resignation honours list.[11][12] On 11 July 2023, he was created Baron Ranger of Northwood, of Pimlico in the City of Westminster,[13] and was introduced to the House of Lords on 20 July.[14]
In May 2024, the House of Lords Conduct Committee found that Ranger had drunkenly bullied and harassed two members of parliamentary staff in the House of Commons Strangers' Bar in January 2024. The committee recommended that Ranger be suspended for three weeks and denied access to the bars of the House of Lords for twelve months.[15] Ranger resigned the Conservative whip in the Lords and sat as a non-affiliated peer.[16][17] The committee's recommendations were approved by the House of Lords on 18 July.[18] Following his suspension, the Conservative whip was restored to Ranger on 9 August.[17]
Family and early life
Ranger is a Sikh, born in Hammersmith in West London, the son of Indian parents. His grandfather Gurnam Singh Sahni set up the first British-Asian newspaper, The Punjab Times, in the mid-1960s.[19]
Ranger gained an honours degree in architecture from University College London. He also has a business diploma from Kingston Business School.[20]
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