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title="Hampshire">Hampshire</a>, <br />England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other names</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">The Crystal Methodist</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Retired</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1975–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Organization</th><td class="infobox-data org"><a href="/wiki/The_Co-operative_Group" title="The Co-operative Group">The Co-operative Group</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Title</th><td class="infobox-data title"><a href="/wiki/Non-executive_chairman" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-executive chairman">Non-executive chairman</a>,<br /> <a href="/wiki/The_Co-operative_Bank" title="The Co-operative Bank">The Co-operative Bank</a> (2009–13)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Paul John Flowers</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society_of_Arts" class="mw-redirect" title="Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts">FRSA</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Geographical_Society" class="mw-redirect" title="Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society">FRGS</a></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-BizWekBio_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BizWekBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (born 5 June 1950)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an <a 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He is a former <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> councillor in <a href="/wiki/Rochdale#Notable_people" title="Rochdale">Rochdale</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bradford" title="Bradford">Bradford</a>, and was <a href="/wiki/Non-executive_chairman" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-executive chairman">Non-executive chairman</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_Co-operative_Bank" title="The Co-operative Bank">the Co-operative Bank</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC24984680_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC24984680-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TelgProfile_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TelgProfile-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the bank lost £700m in the first half of 2013, and a £1.5 billion hole in the bank's finances was discovered by the new <a href="/wiki/Chief_Executive" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Executive">chief executive</a> <a href="/wiki/Euan_Sutherland" title="Euan Sutherland">Euan Sutherland</a> in May 2013, Flowers resigned in May 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-then_Time_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-then_Time-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2013, the activities of Flowers, who had occupied a variety of powerful political and business posts and had been appointed by Labour leader <a href="/wiki/Ed_Miliband" title="Ed Miliband">Ed Miliband</a> to a senior post in 2010, were widely reported in the media. Flowers was filmed by an acquaintance in his car apparently agreeing to buy <a href="/wiki/Cocaine" title="Cocaine">cocaine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Methamphetamine" title="Methamphetamine">methamphetamine</a>, and appearing to count large sums of money while discussing his use of a range of other non-medicinal drugs.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was subsequently taken to court and convicted of possession of drugs.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Soon after the film of the apparent purchase of illicit drugs was released to the media, it was revealed that, while deputy head of social services at <a href="/wiki/Rochdale_Metropolitan_Borough_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council">Rochdale Council</a>, Flowers had known about the activities of <a href="/wiki/Paedophilia" class="mw-redirect" title="Paedophilia">paedophiles</a> at a residential boys' school, but had not informed parents or taken measures to close the school, was responsible for rejecting allegations of child sex abuse against the late <a href="/wiki/Rochdale_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Rochdale (UK Parliament constituency)">Rochdale</a> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_parliament" title="Member of parliament">MP</a> <a href="/wiki/Cyril_Smith" title="Cyril Smith">Cyril Smith</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and that, in 2011, while working at <a href="/wiki/Bradford_City_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Bradford City Council">Bradford Council</a>, "inappropriate but not illegal <a href="/wiki/Pornography" title="Pornography">adult content</a> was found on a council computer handed in by Councillor Flowers for servicing. This was put to him and he resigned immediately."<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several newspapers reported allegations that he communicated with male <a href="/wiki/Sex_workers" class="mw-redirect" title="Sex workers">sex workers</a> using his work email account while he was in charge of the Co-operative Bank, and was convicted of carrying out a sex act in a public toilet more than 30 years ago.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Flowers_(banker)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Flowers was born in <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth" title="Portsmouth">Portsmouth</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and brought up in <a href="/wiki/Eastleigh" title="Eastleigh">Eastleigh</a>, going to <a href="/wiki/Barton_Peveril_Sixth_Form_College" title="Barton Peveril Sixth Form College">Barton Peveril School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-eastleighnews-20131120_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eastleighnews-20131120-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1972 he studied for a Bachelor of Arts degree in <a href="/wiki/Theology" title="Theology">theology</a>, graduating from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Bristol" title="University of Bristol">University of Bristol</a> in 1975.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC25039286_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC25039286-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-candidates-2009_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-candidates-2009-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then obtained a post-graduate diploma at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Geneva" title="University of Geneva">University of Geneva</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Early in his career he worked for four years in banking, gaining part 1 and half of his part 2 <a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Bankers" class="mw-redirect" title="Institute of Bankers">Institute of Bankers</a> qualification.<sup id="cite_ref-TelgProfile_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TelgProfile-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Methodist_minister">Methodist minister</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Flowers_(banker)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Methodist minister"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Flowers was a Methodist minister for over 40 years. In 1976 he was appointed to serve the church in <a href="/wiki/Bradford" title="Bradford">Bradford</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Yorkshire" title="West Yorkshire">West Yorkshire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC25039286_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC25039286-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1978 to 1981 he was a minister at <a href="/wiki/Hedge_End" title="Hedge End">Hedge End</a>'s Methodist church in <a href="/wiki/Eastleigh" title="Eastleigh">Eastleigh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-eastleighnews-20131120_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eastleighnews-20131120-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After periods in <a href="/wiki/Coventry" title="Coventry">Coventry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rochdale" title="Rochdale">Rochdale</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bridlington" title="Bridlington">Bridlington</a>, he returned to Bradford.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC25039286_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC25039286-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Flowers was a minister at <a href="/wiki/Clayton,_South_Yorkshire" title="Clayton, South Yorkshire">Clayton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wibsey" title="Wibsey">Wibsey</a> churches in the Bradford South Circuit near his home in <a href="/wiki/Bradford" title="Bradford">Bradford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC24984680_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC24984680-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Mirror2805137_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mirror2805137-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Flowers was a trustee for Methodist Church Purposes, the body which manages the church's invested funds and property.<sup id="cite_ref-TelgProfile_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TelgProfile-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Flowers contributed regularly to the <i><a href="/wiki/Methodist_Recorder" title="Methodist Recorder">Methodist Recorder</a></i>, including a spell as the paper's art critic, writing the Gallery Notes column.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also reported from the Methodist Conference.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In 2000 he attempted to set up a trade union for clergy to protect members against false allegations of abuse.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For a number of years he was a leading candidate in the race for the position of <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Methodist_Conference" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the Methodist Conference">president of the Methodist Conference</a> but withdrew after three unsuccessful attempts.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On 21 November 2013 he was suspended indefinitely by the church. In early summer 2014 he left Bradford to live in Greater Manchester.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian-20131121a_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-20131121a-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He ceased to be in 'Full Connexion' (that is, on the list of authorised ministers) with the <a href="/wiki/Methodist_Church_of_Great_Britain" title="Methodist Church of Great Britain">Methodist Church of Great Britain</a> in January 2017, following the conclusion of a disciplinary process which found him guilty of 'seriously impairing the mission, witness or integrity of the church'.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Co-operative_Group">Co-operative Group</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Flowers_(banker)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Co-operative Group"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Flowers' career progressed through the democratic structures of <a href="/wiki/United_Co-operatives" title="United Co-operatives">United Co-operatives</a>, becoming a member of its board following election via United's Yorkshire Regional Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-candidates-2009_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-candidates-2009-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008, following United's merger with <a href="/wiki/The_Co-operative_Group" title="The Co-operative Group">The Co-operative Group</a> in 2007,<sup id="cite_ref-BBC24984680_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC24984680-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he joined the board of the Co-op Group, and was later made its deputy chairman.<sup id="cite_ref-BizWekBio_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BizWekBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TelgProfile_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TelgProfile-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He resigned from the Group board and all subsidiary positions in June 2013, after his enforced resignation from Co-op Bank that month.<sup id="cite_ref-TelgProfile_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TelgProfile-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Co-operative_Bank">Co-operative Bank</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Flowers_(banker)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Co-operative Bank"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2009, following its merger with <a href="/wiki/Britannia_Building_Society" title="Britannia Building Society">Britannia Building Society</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-TelgProfile_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TelgProfile-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Flowers was appointed <a href="/wiki/Non-executive_chairman" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-executive chairman">non-executive chairman</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_Co-operative_Bank" title="The Co-operative Bank">the Co-operative Bank</a>. On 26 March 2010 he was appointed non-executive chairman of <a href="/wiki/Co-operative_Financial_Services" class="mw-redirect" title="Co-operative Financial Services">Co-operative Financial Services</a>; the holding company for both the Co-operative Bank and the <a href="/wiki/Co-operative_Insurance_Society" class="mw-redirect" title="Co-operative Insurance Society">Co-operative Insurance Society</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this period, he was made a fellow of the <a href="/wiki/Chartered_Institute_of_Bankers_in_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland">Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland</a>; in light of the later scandal, the fellowship was withdrawn on 21 November 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the bank lost £700m in the first half of 2013, and then the discovery of a £1.5bn hole in the bank's finances by new <a href="/wiki/Chief_Executive" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Executive">chief executive</a> <a href="/wiki/Euan_Sutherland" title="Euan Sutherland">Euan Sutherland</a> in May 2013, Flowers resigned from the bank in June 2013, taking responsibility for the difficulties the bank experienced after acquiring Britannia.<sup id="cite_ref-Guard17Nov_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guard17Nov-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was replaced by Richard Pym, head of <a href="/wiki/UK_Asset_Resolution" title="UK Asset Resolution">UK Asset Resolution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TelgProfile_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TelgProfile-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Flowers testified to the <a href="/wiki/Treasury_Select_Committee" title="Treasury Select Committee">Treasury Select Committee</a> in November 2013 that the Britannia merger and other deals were undertaken under pressure from senior government ministers.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2018 Flowers was banned from the financial services industry by the <a href="/wiki/Financial_Conduct_Authority" title="Financial Conduct Authority">Financial Conduct Authority</a> (FCA) for having used his work email for sexually explicit messages and to discuss illegal drugs, and his work mobile phone to call premium rate chat lines. The FCA said he had "demonstrated a lack of fitness and propriety required to work in financial services" and consumers would lose faith in the industry if he was allowed to continue in it.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc._ExCo_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc._ExCo-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Labour_Party">Labour Party</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Flowers_(banker)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Labour Party"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 1970s Flowers was vice-chairman of Eastleigh Labour Party, and contested <a href="/wiki/Bishop%27s_Waltham" title="Bishop's Waltham">Bishop's Waltham</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hampshire" title="Hampshire">Hampshire</a> county council elections in 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-eastleighnews-20131120_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eastleighnews-20131120-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Flowers unsuccessfully stood for selection in 1985 as the Labour candidate to contest the <a href="/wiki/Coventry_South_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Coventry South East (UK Parliament constituency)">Coventry South East</a> parliamentary seat, supported by branches of his union as a former bank worker, the <a href="/wiki/General,_Municipal,_Boilermakers_and_Allied_Trade_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="General, Municipal, Boilermakers and Allied Trade Union">General, Municipal, Boilermakers and Allied Trade Union</a>. He described himself as "towards the centre" politically in this campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-covtelegraph-20131122_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-covtelegraph-20131122-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Rochdale" title="Rochdale">Rochdale</a> council election of 1988 he gained a seat in the <a href="/wiki/Smallbridge,_Greater_Manchester" title="Smallbridge, Greater Manchester">Smallbridge</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wardleworth" title="Wardleworth">Wardleworth</a> ward, holding it until 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC24984680_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC24984680-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Flowers was vice-chairman of <a href="/wiki/Rochdale_Metropolitan_Borough_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council">Rochdale Council</a>'s social services committee at the time of a Satanic abuse scandal, and was responsible for rejecting allegations of child sex abuse against the late MP <a href="/wiki/Cyril_Smith" title="Cyril Smith">Cyril Smith</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He then moved to <a href="/wiki/Bradford" title="Bradford">Bradford</a>, serving for 10 years on the city council.<sup id="cite_ref-TelgProfile_6-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TelgProfile-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He resigned his seat in <a href="/wiki/Great_Horton" title="Great Horton">Great Horton</a> in September 2011, because of his "increased responsibilities as Co-op Bank's chairman."<sup id="cite_ref-BradTA10814905_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BradTA10814905-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In light of the 2013 drugs scandal, Bradford City Council revealed that, in 2011, "Inappropriate but not illegal adult content was found on a council computer handed in by Councillor Flowers for servicing. This was put to him and he resigned immediately."<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BBC24998955_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC24998955-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2010 he was appointed by new <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> leader <a href="/wiki/Ed_Miliband" title="Ed Miliband">Ed Miliband</a> to the party's finance and industry advisory board.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC24984680_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC24984680-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 6 March 2013 as part of his membership of the group, Labour leader <a href="/wiki/Ed_Miliband" title="Ed Miliband">Ed Miliband</a> met Flowers to discuss UK banking reform.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC25039286_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC25039286-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Flowers had told MPs on the Banking Committee that he had helped to arrange a donation to then-shadow chancellor <a href="/wiki/Ed_Balls" title="Ed Balls">Ed Balls's</a> office although Balls insisted that Flowers had nothing to do with the donation.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The scandal surrounding the revelations led the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_Chairman" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative Party Chairman">Conservative Party chairman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grant_Shapps" title="Grant Shapps">Grant Shapps</a> to ask the Labour leadership to disclose details of any private meetings with Flowers and to return a £50,000 donation to <a href="/wiki/Ed_Balls" title="Ed Balls">Ed Balls</a>'s office that Flowers had backed.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_works">Other works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Flowers_(banker)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Other works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Flowers has been involved with a large number of charities, including being a trustee of both the <a href="/wiki/Terrence_Higgins_Trust" title="Terrence Higgins Trust">Terrence Higgins Trust</a> and, between 1992 and 2004, the <a href="/wiki/Lifeline_project" title="Lifeline project">Lifeline project</a>, which worked in the field of alcohol and drug abuse. Following the scandal of November 2013, the Lifeline project stated that at the time of his resignation he was under investigation following alleged submission of false expenses claims, with the matter having then been referred to the <a href="/wiki/Charity_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Charity Commission">Charity Commission</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC25039286_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC25039286-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-guardian-20131121b_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-20131121b-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1980s he was vice-chairman of the West Midlands <a href="/wiki/Citizens_Advice_Bureau" class="mw-redirect" title="Citizens Advice Bureau">Citizens Advice Bureau</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-covtelegraph-20131122_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-covtelegraph-20131122-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Flowers has been a member of the <a href="/wiki/Advertising_Standards_Authority_(United_Kingdom)" title="Advertising Standards Authority (United Kingdom)">Advertising Standards Authority</a>, and was vice chair of the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureau.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC24984680_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC24984680-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Flowers was also a chair of <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Camerata" title="Manchester Camerata">Manchester Camerata</a> (the <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">city's</a> <a href="/wiki/Chamber_orchestra" class="mw-redirect" title="Chamber orchestra">chamber orchestra</a>) between 2012 and 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He is a fellow of both the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Society_of_Arts" title="Royal Society of Arts">Royal Society of Arts</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Geographical_Society" title="Royal Geographical Society">Royal Geographical Society</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BizWekBio_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BizWekBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Drugs_scandal">Drugs scandal</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Flowers_(banker)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Drugs scandal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A few days after his appearance before the Treasury Select Committee, Flowers was filmed by acquaintance Stuart Davies in his car apparently agreeing to buy <a href="/wiki/Cocaine" title="Cocaine">cocaine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Methamphetamine" title="Methamphetamine">methamphetamine</a>. The clip appears to show him counting out £300 in £20 notes, before sending a friend to make the deal. Whilst waiting, Flowers discusses his use of <a href="/wiki/Ketamine" title="Ketamine">ketamine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cannabis_(drug)" title="Cannabis (drug)">cannabis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gamma-Hydroxybutyric_acid" class="mw-redirect" title="Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid">GHB</a>. Davies handed over the footage to the <i><a href="/wiki/Mail_on_Sunday" class="mw-redirect" title="Mail on Sunday">Mail on Sunday</a></i>, which published its article on 17 November 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 21 November it emerged that Flowers had been convicted of drunk-driving in Manchester in 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian-20131121b_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-20131121b-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Flowers was immediately suspended by the Methodist Church for three weeks (later extended to indefinite suspension) pending further investigation,<sup id="cite_ref-BradTA10814905_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BradTA10814905-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MethFlwrs1_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MethFlwrs1-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and suspended as a member of the Labour Party.<sup id="cite_ref-Mirror2805137_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mirror2805137-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Guard17Nov_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guard17Nov-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Flowers in a statement said:<sup id="cite_ref-MethFlwrs1_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MethFlwrs1-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>This year has been incredibly difficult, with a death in the family and the pressures of my role with the Co-operative Bank. At the lowest point in this terrible period, I did things that were stupid and wrong. I am sorry for this, and I am seeking professional help, and apologise to all I have hurt or failed by my actions</p></blockquote> <p>Co-operative Group chairman Len Wardle, who had been part of the committee which had selected Flowers and was scheduled to retire in May 2014, resigned in light of the revelations. He was replaced by Ursula Lidbetter, Co-op Group's deputy chair and chief executive of the <a href="/wiki/Lincolnshire" title="Lincolnshire">Lincolnshire</a> Co-operative Society.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC24998955_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC24998955-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a> announced in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a> that he would be setting up inquiries to determine how Flowers had come to be appointed chairman of the Co-op Bank.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 21 November 2013 Flowers was arrested by police in the Merseyside area in connection with a drugs supply investigation.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has been dubbed the "<i><a href="/wiki/Methamphetamine" title="Methamphetamine">crystal meth</a></i>odist".<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2014 he was charged with possession of drugs,<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and convicted of possessing cocaine, methamphetamine and ketamine on 7 May 2014, receiving a £400 fine.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc-20140507_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-20140507-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fraud_allegations">Fraud allegations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Flowers_(banker)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Fraud allegations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a further blow to Flowers already stained character and litany of criminal activity, in 2023 he was charged with fraud by <a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester_Police" title="Greater Manchester Police">Greater Manchester Police</a> in relation to his actions as the <a href="/wiki/Executor" title="Executor">executor</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Last_Will_and_Testament" class="mw-redirect" title="Last Will and Testament">Last Will and Testament</a> of a Margaret Mary Jarvis. Flowers has been accused of committing £68,000 of fraud by abusing his position between June 2016 and October 2017. A trial date has been set at <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Crown_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester Crown Court">Manchester Crown Court</a> for 1 September 2025, and Flowers was bailed in December 2023. <sup id="cite_ref-MEN_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MEN-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Flowers_(banker)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-BizWekBio-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-BizWekBio_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BizWekBio_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BizWekBio_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131203033701/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=60017245&privcapId=3433747&previousCapId=107555&previousTitle=Berwin%20Leighton%20Paisner,%20LLP">"Paul Flowers"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Business_Week" class="mw-redirect" title="Business Week">Business Week</a>. 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