Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 6273, 020 7219 5353
smithangela@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Southend West 1987 general election. MP (Lab/Co-op) for Basildon 1997-2010. Contested South Basildon and East Thurrock 2010 general election
Parliamentary career
PPS to Paul Boateng as Minister of State, Home Office 1999-2001;
Assistant Government Whip 2001-02;
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State:
Northern Ireland Office 2002-06,
Department for Communities and Local Government 2006-07;
PPS to Gordon Brown as Prime Minister 2007-09;
Minister of State, Cabinet Office 2009-10
Lords career
Opposition Spokesperson for:
Energy and Climate Change 2010-,
Northern Ireland 2011-12,
Home Office 2012-;
Opposition Deputy Chief Whip 2012-
Councils, public bodies
Essex County Council:
Councillor 1989-97,
Chief Whip 1993-96;
Vice-President Local Government Association 2011-12
Political interests
Home affairs, animal welfare, international development, employment, third sector, fire service
Countries of interest
Cuba, Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, USA
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baroness Smith of Basildon, of Basildon in the County of Essex 2010
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Adviser (public policy; current affairs), Vertex Data Science Ltd (business process outsourcing)
3: Clients
The advisory role with Vertex Data Science Ltd (see category 2) may include giving public affairs advice from time to time
7: Overseas visits
Visit to Switzerland and Liechtenstein, 26 May - 1 June 2011, with All Party British-Swiss and British-Liechtenstein Parliamentary Groups, to visit financial, political and business institutions; cost of travel, accommodation and subsistence met by Presence Switzerland, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, FDFA, and by Jeeves Group, Liechtenstein
8: Gifts, benefits and hospitality
Visit with husband to Liner Hotel, Liverpool, 7-8 September 2011, to speak and present awards at Civil Nuclear Police Federation Conference; cost of travel and overnight accommodation paid for by Civil Nuclear Police Federation
10: Non-financial interests (d)
Vice Chair, Cuban Solidarity Campaign