He served for one term as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and maintained his involvement in the Conservative Party and in public life; he was Chairman of a health authority for six years.
His education was completed at Regent Street Polytechnic and his National service took place between 1957 and 1959 in the Royal Air Force, and after the end he joined United Drapery Stores as an estates surveyor.
[6] He objected to Labour Party leader Michael Foot's claim that Margaret Thatcher's policies were responsible for the 1981 Toxteth riots, blaming instead "small groups of militants .. who have succeeded in disrupting society with the interest of overturning our democratic system".
[8] As a city-based member he opposed increased farm prices, but did manage to persuade the Commission to reconsider a plan to subsidise conversion of the 'wine lake' into industrial alcohol.
[9] Although he could be highly critical of European institutions, Hord was willing to put the case for EEC membership: he felt investors would need access to a tariff-free market.