Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5118
soleyc@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
MP (Labour) for Hammersmith North 1979-83, for Hammersmith 1983-97, for Ealing, Acton and Shepherds Bush 1997-2005
Parliamentary career
Opposition Spokesperson for:
Northern Ireland 1982-85,
Home Affairs 1985-87,
Housing and Local Government 1987-89,
Housing and Planning 1989-92
Party groups
Chair:
Labour Campaign for Criminal Justice 1983-97,
Parliamentary Labour Party 1997-2001;
Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee 1998-2001;
Chair, London Selection Board for Labour candidate for Mayor 1999
Select committees
Chair Northern Ireland Affairs 1995-97;
Member:
Joint Committee on House of Lords Reform 2002-05,
Constitutional Affairs 2003-05
Councils, public bodies
Councillor, Hammersmith and Fulham Council 1974-78;
Chair:
Alcohol Education Centre, Maudsley Hospital 1974-84,
Mary Seacole Memorial Statue Appeal 2004-,
Arab-Jewish Forum 2005-;
Campaign director, Future Heathrow 2005-10
International bodies
International Observer at:
First national elections in Mongolia 1990,
Peruvian general election 1995;
Leader, Westminster Foundation Group to Kosovo 1999
Political interests
Environment, civil liberties, foreign policy, aviation policy, good governance
Countries of interest
China, South East Asia
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Soley, of Hammersmith in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham 2005
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
Chairman and Co-Director, Good Governance Foundation CIC; this is a community interest company (see category 4(a) below) which runs courses on the rule of law and good governance and seeks to promote these by working with governments and institutions in countries which are developing the infrastructures and processes of democracy (for example, Palestine, Syria and Myanmar); at present the post is unremunerated but payments to the Member are anticipated for the future; the work done personally by the Member includes courses and lectures given by him, payment for which is made to the Foundation and not directly to the Member
4: Shareholdings (a)
The Member is one of two Directors of Good Governance Foundation CIC; this is a community interest company i.e. a type of limited company designed for those wishing to operate for the benefit of the community rather than for the benefit of the company owners
10: Non-financial interests (d)
Chairman, Arab-Jewish Forum (registered charity)
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Chairman, Mary Seacole Memorial Statue Appeal (registered charity)