Eric Syddique
Eric Mahmood Syddique (1936 - January 2020)[1][2] was chief executive of the UK Electoral Reform Society in the 1990s.[3][4][5][6]
From 2001 to 2013 he was secretary of Electoral Reform International Services, which provides assistance in conducting elections worldwide.[7][8] He has written extensively for Voting matters[9] and Representation.[10]
Syddique was a member of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House,[11] and vice chairman of the UK's H S Chapman Society.[12] He was also a member of the Council of the Hansard Society.[13]
In 1986 Syddique was Chairman of the Lewisham and Kent Islamic Centre.[14]
He wrote the entry for Enid Lakeman (one of his predecessors as ERS chief executive, who died in 1995) in the 2004 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.[15]
In 1971 he was elected a member of the Liberal Party Council.[16]
From 1973 to 1995[1] Eric Syddique was a Liberal Democrat member of Sevenoaks District Council in Kent.[17][18]
Eric Syddique died aged 84 in January 2020 at home in Eynsford, where he had lived for 60 years.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Clayton, Tony (26 January 2020). "Eric Mahmood Syddique 1936 - 2020". Sevenoaks Liberal Democrats.
- ^ "Eric Syddique". myheritage.com/.
- ^ E.M. Syddique (20 November 1996). "Letter: Snags of Hansard voting system". The Independent. London.
- ^ Burrell, Ian (31 January 1997). "Teenagers too naive, say critics". The Independent. London. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
- ^ "KCC elections 2013: An analysis of the results by Michael Steed and Eric Syddique". Canterbury District Green Party. 8 May 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "Postmark Africa: Can Prisoners Vote?". BBC World Service. 16 May 1996.
- ^ "Electoral Reform International Services Limited". Cardiff: Companies House. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "ERIS Annual Report 2010" (PDF). Electoral Reform International Services.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Voting matters. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
- ^ informaworld catalogue of writing for Representation[permanent dead link]. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
- ^ chathamhouse.org.uk [dead link]. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
- ^ Officers + Committee, H.S. Chapman Society (UK). Retrieved 27 February 2010.
- ^ "Parliamentary Affairs" (Document). OUP in association with The Hansard Society. April 1997.
- ^ E.M. Syddique (17 December 1986). "Koran in translation (Letters to the Editor)". The Times. London. p. 19.
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
- ^ Oakley, Robin (1971). The Political Year 1971. London: Pitman. p. 200. ISBN 978-0273361244.
- ^ The Farningham & Eynsford Local History Society. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
- ^ Minutes of planning enquiry 19 November 2003 Archived 29 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 27 February 2010.