Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Beesley
There are a variety of factors that would justify the article's inclusion: (1) Beesley received a Order of the British Empire|CBE, which satisfies  as a distinguished commendation, (2) an award bears his name, reflecting his status as one of the "most influential transport economists of his time" (http://www.its.leeds.ac.uk/alumni/news/news-archive/ University of Leeds), (3) the awarding institution certainly appears to be international in scope: http://www.thredbo-conference-series.org/ Thredbo/University of Sydney Business School, (4) he received obituaries in a journal (''http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/014416400295211 Transport Reviews'') and at least one national paper (''http://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/oct/08/guardianobituaries1 The Guardian''); the latter describing him as among "the most gifted industrial economists of his time", and (5) he also had a series of lectures in his honour: http://www.iea.org.uk/events/the-beesley-lectures-0 The Beesley Lectures, at the Institute of Economic Affairs. Losing in a parliamentary election wouldn't trump the above indicators of his notability
— User:The, 04:06, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:ANYBIO (Wikipedia:Notability)