Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 8620
greavesa@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Nelson and Colne February and October 1974 and Pendle 1997 general elections
Lords career
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for:
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2001-03,
Deputy Prime Minister, Regional and Local Government 2003,
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2005-10,
Communities and Local Government 2007-10
Councils, public bodies
Councillor:
Colne Borough Council 1971-74,
Pendle Borough Council 1973-92, 1994-98, 2004-,
Lancashire County Council 1973-97;
Vice-President, Local Government Association 2011-
Political interests
Local government and democracy, environment, railways, elections, human rights, asylum seekers and refugees, countryside access
Countries of interest
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, France
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Greaves, of Pendle in the County of Lancashire 2000
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Second-hand book dealer trading as Liber Books
8: Gifts, benefits and hospitality
Visit to North Wales, 6-7 September 2012, with Mountaineering All-Party Parliamentary Group; cost of accommodation and gifts of outdoor clothing met by British Mountaineering Council
10: Non-financial interests (b)
Member, Pendle Borough Council
10: Non-financial interests (d)
Vice President, Open Spaces Society
Vice President, Local Government Association
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Treasurer, Pendle Printing Society
Trustee, South Valley Children's Action Group (Colne, Lancs; registered charity)