Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5119
smithcr@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Epsom and Ewell 1979 general election. MP (Labour) for Islington South and Finsbury 1983-2005
Parliamentary career
Opposition London Whip 1986-87;
Shadow Treasury Minister 1987-92;
Shadow Secretary of State for:
Environmental Protection 1992-94,
National Heritage 1994-95,
Social Security 1995-96,
Health 1996-97;
Sponsored Environment and Safety Information Act 1988 (Private Member's Bill);
Secretary of State for:
National Heritage May-July 1997,
Culture, Media and Sport July 1997-2001;
Chair, Millennium Commission 1997-2001
Party groups
Chair, Labour Campaign for Criminal Justice 1985-88;
Vice-President, Christian Socialist Movement 1987-;
President, SERA 1992-2007
Councils, public bodies
Islington Borough Council:
Councillor 1978-83,
Chief Whip 1978-79,
Chair of Housing 1981-83;
Co-opted member, Council for National Parks 1980-89;
Member, Committee on Standards in Public Life 2001-05;
Senior associate, Judge Institute, Cambridge University 2001-06;
Member, Review Committee of Privy Counsellors of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2002-03;
Founding director, Clore Leadership Programme 2003-08;
Chair:
London Cultural Consortium 2004-08,
Advertising Standards Authority 2007-
Political interests
Culture, media, sport, housing, local and regional government, foreign affairs, environment, civil liberties, criminal justice, economic policy, social security, health
Countries of interest
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, Cyprus, Europe, Hong Kong, New Zealand, South Africa, USA
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Smith of Finsbury, of Finsbury in the London Borough of Islington 2005
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
Non-executive Board Member, PPL (Phonographic Performance Ltd: Music Performers' Rights Collecting Society)
Non-executive Director, Zamyn (international cultural organisation; not-for-profit company, limited by guarantee)
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Chairman, Environment Agency
Chairman, Advertising Standards Authority
Joint author of book "Suicide of the West"; royalties
5: Land and property
Residential property in North-west Scotland, owned jointly with partner
7: Overseas visits
Visit to Los Angeles, 5-11 January 2012; costs of travel and accommodation met by the Getty Leadership Institute
10: Non-financial interests (c)
Chairman, Wordsworth Trust
Chairman, Donmar Warehouse Theatre
Member, Advisory Council, London Symphony Orchestra
Member, Strategy Board, Clore Leadership Programme
10: Non-financial interests (d)
Vice President, Christian Socialist Movement