On returning to York, he became an executive of the confectionery firm Rowntree Mackintosh, rising to advertising manager, then marketing director.
[1] Shaw left the front-bench following the 1987 general election and was knighted that year in recognition of his service as a Member of Parliament.
[4] Shaw was also appointed director of both British Steel plc and Yorkshire Water in 1990, and became the 2nd Chairman of Broadcasters' Audience Research Board Ltd (BARB) in 1997.
This might have been put beyond question in 1992, when many on all sides wanted him as speaker, but the Tory cabinet insisted on backing his senior, Peter Brooke.
Consequently, 74 Tory MPs, led by John Biffen, voted for Betty Boothroyd as the first woman speaker.-Andrew Roth, in Shaw's obituary in The Guardian.