Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 6944
Fax: 020 7219 5436
chidgeyd@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Eastleigh (Lib Dem) 1992 general election. MP (Lib Dem) for Eastleigh 1994 by-election to 2005
Parliamentary career
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for:
Employment 1994-95,
Transport 1995-97,
Trade and Industry 1997-99,
Foreign Affairs 1999-2005
Lords career
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for:
Defence (Royal Navy, Defence Procurement) 2005-06,
International Development and for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Africa) -2010
Party groups
Regional chair, Hampshire and Wight Liberal Democrats 1992-94;
Joint founder and president, Association of Liberal Democrat Engineers and Applied Scientists
Select committees
Member: Accomodation and Works 1998-2001,
Standards and Privileges 2001,
Foreign Affairs 1999-2005,
Chairman's Panel 2001-05,
Joint Committee on Human Rights 2003-05
Councils, public bodies
Councillor, Winchester City Council 1987-91
International bodies
AWEPA (European Parliamentarians with Africa):
UK Parliament Representative 2007-,
Director, Governing Council 2010-,
Political co-ordinator for aid effectiveness, SADC region 2011-;
Member, advisory board, UK Transatlantic Leadership Academy SLLF/Europe 2007-12;
Chair, international advisory board, CPSU (Commonwealth Policy Studies Unit) 2008-12;
Member, advisory board, TI (UK) 2008-;
Delegate, Parliamentary Assembly Council of Europe and Western European Union 2009-11
Political interests
Foreign affairs, international development, transport, built environment
Countries of interest
Africa, Pacific Rim and South East Asia, Indian sub-continent, Middle East, Europe
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Chidgey, of Hamble-le-Rice in the County of Hampshire 2005
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Consulting civil engineer (non-practising)
5: Land and property
Residential holdings in Southsea
7: Overseas visits
Visit to Gibraltar, 3-10 September 2012, for meetings with their new Coalition Government and afterwards with my wife as guests at the Gibraltar National Day celebrations; cost of airfares, travel and accommodation met by hosts
10: Non-financial interests (a)
Director and Company Secretary, 9 Elphinstone Road Company
Director, 18 Nelson Road Company
10: Non-financial interests (d)
Member, Advisory Board, Transparency International (UK)
Council Member (UK), European Parliamentarians for Africa (AWEPA)
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Vice President, Combustion Engineering Association
Ambassador, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Community Fund