Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 8736
pattenc@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
MP (Conservative) for Bath 1979-92. Contested Bath 1992 general election
Parliamentary career
PPS:
to Norman St John Stevas as Leader of the House of Commons and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1979-81,
to Patrick Jenkin as Secretary of State for Social Services 1981;
Parliamentary Secretary, Northern Ireland Office 1983-85;
Minister of State:
Department of Education and Science 1985-86,
for Overseas Development, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1986-89;
Secretary of State for the Environment 1989-90;
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1990-92
Party groups
Personal assistant to Chairman Conservative Party 1972-74;
Chair, Conservative Party 1990-92;
Patron, Tory Reform Group
Councils, public bodies
Chairman, BBC Trust 2011-
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Patten of Barnes, of Barnes in the London Borough of Richmond 2005
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
Non-executive Director, Russell Reynolds Associates Inc (company research)
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Member, International Advisory Board of BP (energy)
Adviser, Hutchison Europe (telecomms, property, transport)
Chairman of the BBC Trust
Member, European Advisory Board, Bridgepoint (private equity group)
Member, EDF Stakeholder Advisory Panel (electricity)
Occasional income from writing and speaking engagements
10: Non-financial interests (b)
Chancellor, Oxford University
10: Non-financial interests (e)
International Adviser, Praemium Imperiale, Japan Art Association
Co-chair, India-UK Roundtable
Co-Chair, British Council Italy-UK Annual Conference
Trustee, the Tablet Journal