Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5058
grocottb@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
Contested South West Hertfordshire 1970 and Lichfield and Tamworth February 1974 general elections. MP (Labour) for Lichfield and Tamworth October 1974-79. Contested Lichfield and Tamworth 1979 and The Wrekin 1983 general elections. MP for The Wrekin 1987-97, for Telford 1997-2001
Parliamentary career
PPS to John Silkin:
as Minister for Planning and Local Government 1975-76,
as Minister of Agriculture 1976-78;
Deputy Shadow Leader of the House and Deputy Campaigns Co-ordinator 1987-92;
Opposition Frontbench Spokesperson for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 1992-93;
PPS to Tony Blair:
as Leader of the Labour Party 1994-2001,
as Prime Minister 1997-2001
Lords career
Government Spokesperson for:
Defence 2001-02,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2001-02,
International Development 2001-02,
Work and Pensions 2001-02;
Government Whip 2001-02;
Chief Whip 2002-08;
Deputy Chair of Committees 2002-08;
Deputy Speaker 2002-08
Councils, public bodies
Councillor, Bromsgrove Urban District Council 1971-74
Political interests
Foreign affairs, media, health service, machinery of government
Countries of interest
Angola
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Grocott, of Telford in the County of Shropshire 2001
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Trainer, Cumberlege Connections Ltd (NHS leadership/awareness programmes)
10: Non-financial interests (a)
Director, Birmingham City University Enterprise Limited
10: Non-financial interests (b)
Chancellor, Leicester University
Non-executive Member, Board of Governors, Birmingham City University
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Member, Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust
Chairman, Hansard Society
President, Telford Steam Railway