Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353
Biography
Electoral history
Contested (Conservative) Blyth 1979 general election. MP for Devon West and Torridge 1987-97 (Conservative 1987 to December 1995, Liberal Democrat 1995-97)
Parliamentary career
PPS to Michael Jack as Minister of State:
at Home Office 1992-93,
at Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1993-95,
at The Treasury 1995;
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Overseas Development and Human Rights 1996-97
Lords career
Member, Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs Team 1997-;
Front Bench Spokesperson for Data Protection 1998-99
Party groups
Former treasurer, Positive European Group (Conservative);
Vice-chair, Conservative Party 1983-87;
Member, Liberal Democrats Federal Executive Committee 1999-2003
International bodies
Treasurer, Positive European Group 1990-95;
Member, UK Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Political interests
Information technology, human rights, education, health, foreign affairs, Islamic world, refugees/displaced people, poverty reduction, freedom of information, intellectual property
Countries of interest
Armenia, Bulgaria, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Moldova, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Yemen
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, of Winterbourne in the Royal County of Berkshire 1997
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
Associatia Children's High Level Group (charity)
10: Non-financial interests (b)
International Board of Visitors, University of Oklahoma
Board Member, Strategic Development Board, Durham Global Security Institute
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Trustee, Global Warming Policy Foundation