Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5118
soleyc@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
MP (Labour) for Hammersmith North 1979-83, for Hammersmith 1983-97, for Ealing, Acton and Shepherds Bush 1997-2005
Parliamentary career
Opposition Spokesperson for:
Northern Ireland 1982-85,
Home Affairs 1985-87,
Housing and Local Government 1987-89,
Housing and Planning 1989-92
Party groups
Chair:
Labour Campaign for Criminal Justice 1983-97,
Parliamentary Labour Party 1997-2001;
Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee 1998-2001;
Chair, London Selection Board for Labour candidate for Mayor 1999
Select committees
Chair Northern Ireland Affairs 1995-97
Councils, public bodies
Councillor, Hammersmith and Fulham Council 1974-78;
Chair:
Mary Seacole Memorial Statue Appeal,
Arab-Jewish Forum;
Campaign director, Future Heathrow 2005-10
International bodies
International Observer at:
First national elections in Mongolia 1990,
Peruvian general election 1995;
Leader, Westminster Foundation Group to Kosovo 1999
Political interests
Environment, civil liberties, Northern Ireland, foreign policy
Countries of interest
China, South East Asia
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Soley, of Hammersmith in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham 2005
Register of Interests
7: Overseas visits
Visit to Abu Dhabi, June 2011; air fare and 3 nights' accommodation paid for by Zayed University
10: Non-financial interests (a)
Director, Good Governance Foundation CIC (a Community Interest Company; unremunerated at present but may be remunerated at a future date)
10: Non-financial interests (d)
Chairman, Arab-Jewish Forum (registered charity)
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Chairman, Mary Seacole Memorial Statue Appeal (registered charity)