Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3095
byfordh@parliament.uk
Biography
Lords career
Opposition Whip 1997-98;
Opposition Spokesperson for:
Agriculture December 1998-2002,
Environment 1998-2003,
Food, Farming and Rural Affairs 1998-2007
Party groups
Chairman, National Committee, Conservative Women 1990-93;
President, National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations 1996-97
Councils, public bodies
Member:
Transport Users' Consultative Committee 1989-94,
Rail Users' Consultative Committee 1994-95;
Associate member, Royal Agricultural Society 2003-
Political interests
Agriculture, countryside and rural issues
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baroness Byford, of Rothley in the County of Leicestershire 1996
Register of Interests
4: Shareholdings (b)
Aberdeen Global Equity Fund
Barclays plc (banking)
BP plc (oil)
British American Tobacco plc
BHP Billiton (global resources)
Bank of Montreal
Croda International plc (speciality chemicals)
Diageo (drinks)
Experian plc (credit information)
Galliford Try plc (homes)
Electra Private Equity Trust
General Electric Company (USA)
HSBC plc (banking)
GlaxoSmithKline plc (pharmaceuticals)
Reckitt Benckiser plc (personal care)
Rio Tinto plc (mining)
Royal Dutch Shell plc (oil & gas)
Standard Chartered Bank plc
Tesco plc
Toronto Dominion Bank
Unilever plc (domestic products)
WestPac Banking Corporation
Prudential plc (financial services)
5: Land and property
Farm in Suffolk and house in Southwold (no rental income)
Two cottages in Leicestershire, from which rental income is received
Six houses in Suffolk, from which rental income is received
10: Non-financial interests (b)
Member of Court, University of Leicester
Member of Court, University of Lincoln
President, St Leonard's School, St Andrews, Scotland
10: Non-financial interests (e)
President, Leicestershire Clubs for Young People
President, Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF)