Lord Evans of Parkside

Contact details

Westminster

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 6541
Fax: 020 7219 1339

Biography

Electoral history

MP (Labour) for Newton February 1974-83, for St Helens North 1983-97

Parliamentary career

Government Whip 1978-1979; Opposition Whip 1979-80; PPS to Michael Foot as Leader of Opposition 1980-83; Shadow Employment Minister 1983-87

Party groups

Political Secretary, National Union of Labour and Socialist Clubs 1981-96; Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee 1982-96; Labour Party: Vice-chair 1990-91, Chair 1991-92

Councils, public bodies

Hebburn Urban District Council: Councillor 1962-74, Chair 1972-73, Leader 1969-74; Councillor, South Tyneside Metropolitan District Council 1973-74

Political interests

Employment, energy, transport, manufacturing industries, industrial relations, licensed trade

Name, style and title

Raised to the peerage as Baron Evans of Parkside, of St Helens in the County of Merseyside 1997

Register of Interests

Nil

No registrable interests