Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 8730
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Torridge and West Devon 1987 general election. MP (Liberal Democrat) for Torridge and West Devon 1997-2005
Parliamentary career
Spokesperson for:
Home and Legal Affairs 1997-2004,
Solicitor General's Department 2004-05
Lords career
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for:
Planning 2007-09,
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2009-10
Political interests
Economic policy, defence, agriculture
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Burnett, of Whitchurch in the County of Devon 2006
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Self-employed Consultant/Legal Adviser, Stephens Scown Solicitors, Exeter, Truro and St Austell
5: Land and property
Residential property in Cornwall from which rental income is received - furnished holiday lettings
Residential properties in London and Devon, from which rental income is received
Agricultural property in Devon, from which rental income is received
10: Non-financial interests (e)
President, North Devon Royal British Legion
President, Tavistock Branch, Royal Marines Association
President, Tavistock Branch, Mencap
President, Okehampton Argyle Football Club
President, Okehampton Small-Bore Association
President, Dartmoor Rescue Group
Adviser, Special Boat Service Association