Lord Greaves

Anthony Greaves

Anthony Greaves

Party

Liberal Democrat

Address as

Lord Greaves

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)