Lord Shipley

Contact details

Westminster

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353
shipleyj@parliament.uk

Biography

Electoral history

Contested (as Liberal) Blyth February and October 1974, Hexham 1979, (as Liberal/SDP Alliance) Newcastle North 1983 and 1987 general elections

Councils, public bodies

Newcastle City Council: Councillor 1975-, Opposition Leader 1988-98, Council Leader 2006-10; Member: Northumbria Police Authority 1980s, Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Authority 1990s, 2004-06; Former board member, Newcastle International Airport Local Authority Holding Company 2004-06; Board member, One North East 2005-; Vice-President, Local Government Association 2010-12

Political interests

Local government, child poverty, housing, Third World issues

Countries of interest

Central and eastern Europe, Indo-China

Name, style and title

Raised to the peerage as Baron Shipley, of Gosforth in the County of Tyne and Wear 2010

Register of Interests

2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.

Councillor, Newcastle upon Tyne City Council

Board Member, One North East (regional development agency)

10: Non-financial interests (a)

Newcastle Theatre Royal Trust Ltd

10: Non-financial interests (e)

Chair, Prince's Trust North-East