Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5415
howelld@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Dudley 1964 general election. MP (Conservative) for Guildford 1966-97
Parliamentary career
Parliamentary Secretary, Civil Service Department 1970-72;
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State:
Department of Employment 1971-72,
Northern Ireland Office March-November 1972;
Minister of State:
Northern Ireland Office 1972-74,
Department of Energy 1974;
Secretary of State for:
Energy 1979-81,
Transport 1981-83
Lords career
Opposition Spokesperson for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 2000-10;
Deputy Leader of the Opposition 2005-10;
Minister of State and Government Spokesperson, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2010-12
Party groups
Director, Conservative Political Centre 1964-66
Select committees
Chair Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 1987-97
Political interests
Economics, international finance, energy, oil, foreign affairs
Countries of interest
All Central European countries, China, India, Japan, Middle East
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Howell of Guildford, of Penton Mewsey in the County of Hampshire 1997
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Adviser to Japan Central Railways Ltd
Member, UK Advisory Committee to the Kuwait Investment Office
Consultant to Mitsubishi Electric Europe BV
10: Non-financial interests (a)
Chairman, Windsor Energy Group
Personal and Informal Adviser on Energy and Resource Security to the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary
Member, Economic Advisory Group to the British Chambers of Commerce
10: Non-financial interests (e)
President, Council of Commonwealth Societies
President, British Institute of Energy Economics