Lord Tordoff

Contact details

Westminster

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 6613
tordoffg@parliament.uk

Biography

Electoral history

Contested (Liberal) Northwich 1964, and Knutsford 1966 and 1970 general elections

Lords career

Liberal Democrat Transport Spokesperson 1988-94; Liberal: Deputy Whip 1983-84, Chief Whip 1984-88; Liberal Democrat Chief Whip 1988-94; Principal Deputy Chairman of Committees 1994-2001; Deputy Speaker 1994-2008; Chairman of Committees 2001-02; Deputy Chair of Committees 2002-08; Extra Lord in Waiting to HM The Queen 2004-

Party groups

Liberal Party: Chair, Assembly Committee 1974-76, Chair 1976-79, Chair, Campaigns and Elections Committee 1980-82, President 1983-84

Councils, public bodies

Hon. President, British Youth Council 1986-92; Chair, Middle East Committee, Refugee Council 1990-94; Member, Press Complaints Commission 1995-2002

Political interests

Foreign affairs, Europe

Name, style and title

Raised to the peerage as Baron Tordoff, of Knutsford in the County of Cheshire 1981

Register of Interests

Nil

No registrable interests