Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3551
Fax: 020 7219 3551
altond@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Liverpool Edge Hill February and October 1974 general elections. MP for Liverpool Edge Hill 1979-83, and for Liverpool Mossley Hill 1983-97 (Liberal 1979-88, Liberal Democrat 1988-97)
Parliamentary career
Liberal Chief Whip 1985-87;
Party Spokesperson on several portfolios
Party groups
National President, National League of Young Liberals 1976;
Chair:
Liberal Policy Committee 1981-83,
Candidates Committee 1984-87
Councils, public bodies
Liverpool City Council:
Councillor 1972-80,
Chair, Housing Committee,
Deputy Leader of Council 1978;
Councillor, Merseyside County Council 1973-77;
Vice-President, Local Government Association 2010-
International bodies
Member:
Inter-Parliamentary Union,
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
Political interests
Pro-life, environment, housing, inner cities, refugees, human rights, Northern Ireland, citizenship
Countries of interest
Equatorial Africa, China, Indian sub-continent, North Korea, Sudan, Tibet
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Alton of Liverpool, of Mossley Hill in the County of Merseyside 1997
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Director, Liverpool John Moores University Foundation for Citizenship
Occasional income from journalism for The Universe Media Group Limited
6: Sponsorship
Occasional research assistance provided by All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group
7: Overseas visits
Visit to Washington DC, 28 June - 1 July 2012, to participate in a Conference on the Plight of Egypt's Copts and other events in Washington DC; UK Copts and Jubilee Campaign contributed to travel and accommodation costs
Visit to South Korea, 20-30 September 2012, to attend Human Rights Conference sponsored by Hanns Seidel Foundation combined with visit to NE China/N Korea border, partly supported by Building Bridges
Visit to Kenya, 26-28 October 2012, to attend a conference at Strathmore University, Nairobi; cost of accommodation and travel met by the University
10: Non-financial interests (b)
Trustee, Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, North Korea
Advisory Committee, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Foundation Governor, Liverpool Bluecoat School
Governor, Stonyhurst College
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Trustee, The Christian Heritage Centre (registered charity)
Trustee, Chesterton Institute
Board Member, Institute for Religion and Public Policy (Washington DC)