Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 8209
knightja@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
Contested South Dorset 1997 general election. MP for South Dorset 2001-10. Contested South Dorset 2010 general election
Parliamentary career
PPS at Department of Health 2003-05:
to Rosie Winterton as Minister of State 2003-04,
Team PPS 2004-05;
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2005-06;
Minister of State:
Department for Education and Skills/Children, Schools and Families (Schools and Learners) 2006-09,
Department for Work and Pensions 2009-10;
Minister for the South West 2009-10
Lords career
Opposition Spokesperson for:
Work and Pensions 2010-11,
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2011-
Party groups
Various posts local constituency party 1990-
Select committees
Member: Defence 2001-03
Councils, public bodies
Frome Town Council:
Councillor 1993-2001,
Mayor 1998-2001;
Mendip District Council:
Councillor 1997-2001,
Deputy leader 1999-2001,
Labour group leader 1999-2001;
Vice-President, Local Government Association 2010-
Political interests
International development, families, arts, sport, housing, rural affairs
Countries of interest
Democratic Republic of Congo, Mauritania, USA
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Knight of Weymouth, of Weymouth in the County of Dorset 2010
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
Director, Step-A International Ltd (consultancy company specialising in providing strategic policy advice and support on use of technology in education overseas – see also category 4(a))
Director, Egale Limited (advice and project work in education, technology and literacy) (trading entity for Member's self-employment - see also category 4(a)). Egale Limited receives or has received in the past calendar year income for services personally provided by the Member to: TSL Education; Alderwood Education; Dods; EC Harris; GSMA Ltd; Campaign for Learning Ltd
Non-executive Director, Alderwood Education Ltd (recruitment consultants in the education, training and welfare to work sectors)
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Self employed consultant advising clients on use of technology in education and training sector
Speeches/presentations for Westminster Explained
4: Shareholdings (a)
Joint owner with wife of Egale Limited (see category 1)
Step-A International Ltd (see category 1)
Arsenal Fanshare Society Ltd
5: Land and property
Flat in London SW8
10: Non-financial interests (a)
Board Member, Arsenal Fanshare Society Ltd
Unremunerated Director, CDI Europe Ltd (registered charity seeking to enable young people currently digitally excluded)
Chair, Online Centres Foundation Ltd (tackling social and digital exclusion)
10: Non-financial interests (c)
Trustee, E-Learning Foundation
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Vice President, Local Government Association for 2010-11
Trustee, Head Teachers and Industry (HTI) Ltd
Member, Interim Board, Institute for Employability Professionals