Editing Nigel Lawson (section)

=== Retirement ===
[[File:Lord Nigel Lawson.jpg|thumb|Lawson in 2013]]

After retiring from [[front-bench]] politics, Lawson decided to tackle his [[weight problem]]. He was 5 feet 9&nbsp;inches (175&nbsp;cm) tall; he lost five stone (70 pounds, 30&nbsp;kg) from 17 stone, or 238 pounds (108&nbsp;kg) to 12 stone, or 168 pounds (76 kilograms) – ([[body mass index|BMI]] 34 to 24) in a matter of a few months, dramatically changing his appearance, and went on to publish the best-selling {{citeref|Lawson|1996|''The Nigel Lawson Diet Book''|style=plain}}.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fighting inflation with the BBC |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/109261.stm |access-date=29 May 2023 |work=BBC News |date=8 June 1998}}</ref>

On 1 July 1992, Lawson was given a [[life peer]]age as Baron Lawson of Blaby, of [[Newnham, Northamptonshire|Newnham]] in the [[County of Northamptonshire]].<ref name=ParlProf /><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=52982 |date=6 July 1992 |page=11339}}</ref>

In 1996, Lawson appeared on the [[BBC]] satirical and topical quiz show ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'', in which he secured his team a last-minute victory.<ref>{{cite web |title=Politicians |url=http://www.hignfy.net/politicians3.htm#S12Ep3 |website=[[Have I Got News for You]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927043203/http://www.hignfy.net/politicians3.htm#S12Ep3 |archive-date=27 September 2011}}</ref> He occasionally appeared as a guest on his daughter [[Nigella Lawson|Nigella]]'s [[cookery show]]s.

Lawson served on the [[advisory board]] of the Conservative magazine ''[[Standpoint (magazine)|Standpoint]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.standpointmag.co.uk/about-us |title=About Us |work=Standpoint |access-date=8 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101011104211/http://standpointmag.co.uk/about-us |archive-date=11 October 2010  }}</ref>

In 2013, Lawson advocated [[Britain leaving the European Union]]. He argued that "economic gains [from leaving the EU] would substantially outweigh the costs".<ref>{{cite news |title=Ex-chancellor Lord Lawson calls for UK to exit EU |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22429790 |access-date=8 September 2019 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=7 May 2013}}</ref> In the [[2016 EU referendum]], he supported Leave and was appointed chairman of the [[Vote Leave]] campaign.<ref>{{cite news |title=EU referendum: Lord Lawson to chair Vote Leave campaign |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-35487586 |access-date=8 September 2019 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=4 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|agency=Press Association|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/feb/03/nigel-lawson-chairman-vote-leave-campaign-eu-referendum|title=Nigel Lawson named chairman of Vote Leave campaign|date=3 February 2016|work=The Guardian|access-date=17 February 2020|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Aitkenhead|first=Decca|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/02/nigel-lawson-on-brexit-i-love-europe-but-eu-has-no-purpose|title=Nigel Lawson on Brexit: 'I love Europe! That's why I live in France. But the EU has no purpose'|date=2 April 2016|work=The Guardian|access-date=17 February 2020|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

==== Corporate roles ====
* 2007: Chairman of Central Europe Trust Company Ltd (CET)<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.cet.co.uk/Personnel.htm
 |title       = CET's Practice Leaders
 |publisher   = CET
 |access-date  = 3 October 2008
|url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20081224210554/http://www.cet.co.uk/Personnel.htm
 |archive-date = 24 December 2008
|df          = dmy-all
}}</ref>
* 2007: Chairman of Oxford Investment Partners<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.oxip.co.uk/the_board.php?identity=the_board
|title=The Board
|publisher=Oxford Investment Partners
|access-date=3 October 2008}}{{dead|date=May 2023}}</ref>