Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3526
wallacej@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Dumfries 1979 general election. MP for Orkney and Shetland 1983-2001 (Liberal 1983-88, Liberal Democrat 1988-2001)
Lords career
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for:
Justice 2009-10,
Scotland 2009-10,
Equality Bill 2009-10;
Advocate General for Scotland 2010-;
Government Spokesperson for:
Scotland 2010-,
Wales 2010-12,
Attorney General's Office/Law Officers 2010-
Party groups
Member, Scottish Liberal Party Executive 1976-85;
Vice-chair (Policy), Scottish Liberal Party 1982-85;
Hon. President, Scottish Young Liberals 1984-85;
Leader, Scottish Liberal Democrats 1992-2005
Councils, public bodies
Member:
Scottish Office Consultative Steering Group on Scottish Parliament 1998,
Commission on Scottish Devolution 2008-09
Political interests
Constitutional reform, Scottish home rule and federalism, Scottish law, rural development, energy conservation, shipping, Amnesty International, renewable energy
Countries of interest
China, New Zealand, Norway, USA
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Wallace of Tankerness, of Tankerness in Orkney 2007
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
In receipt of ministerial salary
10: Non-financial interests (a)
Board Member, St Magnus Festival Ltd
Member, Faculty of Advocates