Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Crewe and Nantwich 1987 general election. MP (Conservative) for Tiverton 1992-97, for Tiverton and Honiton 1997-2010
Parliamentary career
PPS to Michael Forsyth as Minister of State, Department of Employment 1993-94;
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1994-97;
Opposition Spokesperson on Education and Employment (Education and Disability) 1997-98;
Member, Shadow Cabinet 1999-2001:
Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 1999-2000,
Shadow Leader of the House 2000-01
Lords career
Government Spokesperson, Home Office 2011;
Minister of State for Crime Prevention and Anti-Social Behaviour Reduction, Home Office 2011
Party groups
Conservative Party:
Vice-chair 2001-05;
Deputy chair (organisation and campaigning) 2005-07
Select committees
Member: Agriculture 1992-93,
Modernisation of the House of Commons 2000-01,
Public Accounts 2004-06, 2007-10,
Standards and Privileges 2004-06
Councils, public bodies
Government co-chair, Women's National Commission 1995-97;
Electoral Commissioner 2010-12
Political interests
Small businesses, education (special needs), mental health, learning disabilities
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baroness Browning, of Whimple in the County of Devon 2010
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Consultant, Cumberlege Connections Ltd (NHS leadership/awareness programmes)
5: Land and property
Domestic property in Devon owned jointly with husband, from which rental income is received
Domestic property in Bournemouth owned jointly with husband, from which rental income is received
10: Non-financial interests (e)
A Vice President, National Autistic Society
A Vice President, Alzheimer’s Society