21 Facts About Paul Scriven

Paul Scriven was raised on a council estate in Huddersfield in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Paul Scriven attended Manchester Polytechnic to read for a BA.

Paul Scriven started his graduate working life on the 'fast tracked' general management trainee scheme in the National Health Service.

Paul Scriven left the NHS after 10 years to work for a number of private companies that worked alongside public services.

In 2020 Paul Scriven was awarded an honorary doctorate from Manchester Metropolitan University for his services to public sector reform and international LGBT asylum issues.

Paul Scriven undertook to support the university's first generation programme of supporting more people to go the university from households with a history of family members not entering higher education.

Paul Scriven was elected to Sheffield City Council in May 2000 for the Broomhill ward and became Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group in 2002.

Paul Scriven then became Leader of the Council in 2008, following the local elections which saw the Liberal Democrats take control of Sheffield City Council.

On 8 August 2014 it was announced that Paul Scriven had been appointed as a Liberal Democrat life peer.

Paul Scriven was created Baron Scriven, of Hunters Bar in the City of Sheffield, on 23 September 2014.

In May 2016, Paul Scriven was again elected onto Sheffield City Council, for the ward of Ecclesall Ward.

Paul Scriven announced that he would not be seeking re-election to the Council when his term ended in May 2019.

Paul Scriven became the first man in the modern House of Lords to speak without a tie in a debate in July 2017.

Paul Scriven was joint acting Liberal Democrat frontbench spokesperson for Health in the Lords during 2020 at the start of the Coronavirus pandemic.

Paul Scriven advocated for an equal partnership between local and national government that he said was vital to deal with public health issues that would arise.

Paul Scriven called for a locally led test and trace system along with realistic support for those who are required to self isolate.

Paul Scriven was outspoken in pursuit of holding Conservative Ministers to account for the cronyism in awarding of contracts during the pandemic via the "fast track" channel.

In October 2024 Paul Scriven was appointed as the Liberal Democrats frontbench spokesperson for Health in the Lords.

Paul Scriven has lived in the Hunters Bar area, which he has taken his title from, of Sheffield since 1998.

Paul Scriven is a keen walker and cyclist as well as knowledgeable about the Scottish whisky trade.

In June 2017, Paul Scriven married Dr David Black, who had been his partner of twenty-two years.