Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 4575
corstonj@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
MP (Labour) for Bristol East 1992-2005
Parliamentary career
PPS to David Blunkett as Secretary of State for Education and Employment 1997-2000
Party groups
Regional organiser, South West Region Labour Party 1981-85;
Assistant national agent, Labour Party, London 1985-86;
Secretary, Labour Party Annual Conference Arrangements 1985-86;
Parliamentary Labour Party:
Deputy chair 1997-2001,
Chair 2001-05
Select committees
Chair Joint Committee on Human Rights 2001-05;
Member: Agriculture 1992-95,
Home Affairs 1995-97
International bodies
Member, Executive Committee, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK Branch 1999-2005, 2010-11;
Chair, Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians 2000
Political interests
Equal opportunities, disability, human rights, complementary medicine
Countries of interest
India, Kenya, USA
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baroness Corston, of St George in the County and City of Bristol 2005
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Barrister (non-practising)
7: Overseas visits
Visit to Milan, 28-31 March 2012, with the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Women in the Penal System, to meet judges, court officials and professionals involved in the treatment of and provision for girls in the criminal justice system; all expenses, including flights, accommodation and meals paid by Howard League for Penal Reform