Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 4433
Biography
Electoral history
Contested (Liberal) Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles October 1964 general election. MP (Liberal) for Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles 24 March 1965 by-election to 1983, for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale 1983-97 (Liberal Democrat 1988-97)
Parliamentary career
Sponsor, Abortion Act 1967;
Liberal Chief Whip 1970-74
Party groups
President, Edinburgh University Liberal Club 1960;
Assistant Secretary, Scottish Liberal Party 1962-64;
Leader, Liberal Party 1976-88;
Joint Founder, Social and Liberal Democrats 1988
Councils, public bodies
DL, Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale 1990
International bodies
President, Liberal International 1992-94
Political interests
International democracy
Countries of interest
Africa, China, Middle East, Taiwan
Name, style and title
Raised to the Peerage as Baron Steel of Aikwood, of Ettrick Forest in The Scottish Borders 1997
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
Non-executive Director, General Mediterranean Holding SA (Luxembourg)
7: Overseas visits
Visit to Taiwan, 18-22 May 2012, as leader of all-party delegation attending the inauguration ceremonies of the President; flights and accommodation paid by Government of Taiwan
10: Non-financial interests (d)
President, Jaguar Drivers' Club
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Vice President, Association for International Cancer Research