Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353
armstrongh@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
MP for North West Durham 1987-2010
Parliamentary career
Opposition Spokesperson for Education 1988-92;
PPS to John Smith as Leader of the Opposition 1992-94;
Opposition Spokesperson for:
Treasury and Economic Affairs 1994-95,
The Environment and London 1995-97;
Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 1997-2001;
Government Chief Whip 2001-06;
Minister for the Cabinet Office and Social Exclusion; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 2006-07
Party groups
Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee 1992-94, 1996-2006
Select committees
Member: Education 1998
Councils, public bodies
Councillor, Durham County Council 1985-88;
Vice-chair, British Council 1994-97;
Non-executive director, Co. Durham and Darlington Foundation Hospital Trust
Political interests
Regional development, world development, education, environment, social exclusion and social enterprise
Countries of interest
Central Africa, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top, of Crook in the County of Durham 2010
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Member, Advisory Board, GovNet Communications (publisher and event organiser)
Non-executive Director, County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust (2 days a month)
10: Non-financial interests (a)
Chair, Community Energy Solutions
10: Non-financial interests (b)
Governor, Castleview Enterprise Academy, Sunderland
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Chair, Tony Blair Sports Foundation
Trustee, Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative (AGI)
Trustee, VSO UK and Chair of VSO Federation Council
Chair, Cyrenians (Tyneside and North East)
Trustee and Board Member, WAVE Trust (ending child abuse)
Trustee, Northern Education Trust (a Board for a new chain of Academies)