Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353
Biography
Electoral history
Contested (Labour) Harwich 1970 general election. Expelled as Lab candidate for North Norfolk 1973. Contested (Liberal) Saffron Walden 1977 by-election and 1979 general election and (Liberal/Alliance) Gainsborough 1983 general election
Lords career
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Home Office (ID Cards Bill and Charities Bill) 2005-06;
On leave of absence 2006-10
Councils, public bodies
Member, National Lottery Charities Board 1994-96;
Appointments Commissioner, Press Complaints Commission 2005-10
Political interests
Voluntary sector, legal services, magistracy, citizenship, crime/punishment, libertarian issues, rural/country town problems, theatre/arts, tourism, heritage matters
Countries of interest
Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Israel-Palestine, Syria
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Phillips of Sudbury, of Sudbury in the County of Suffolk 1998
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
Non-executive Director, Faraday Underwriting Ltd
Non-executive Director, Faraday Reinsurance Co Limited
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Trustee, Age Concern Funeral Trust
Consultant, Bates, Wells and Braithwaite LLP (London)
Consultant, Bates, Wells and Braithwaite (Sudbury)
5: Land and property
Properties in Sudbury and Wells-next-the-Sea
8 acre wood, Arger Fenn, Suffolk
6: Sponsorship
Secretary partly provided by Bates, Wells & Braithwaite for non-legal work, including parliamentary activities
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Gainsborough’s House, Sudbury, Suffolk
President, Citizenship Foundation (a charity)
President, Solicitors Pro Bono Group (a charity)
Trustee, Phillips Fund (a charity)
President, Sudbury Society (a charity)