Lord Shipley

Contact details

Westminster

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353
shipleyj@parliament.uk

Biography

Electoral history

Contested (as Liberal) Blyth February and October 1974, Hexham 1979, (as Liberal/SDP Alliance) Newcastle North 1983 and 1987 general elections

Party groups

Member, Manifesto Working Group 2013-

Councils, public bodies

Newcastle City Council: Councillor 1975-2012, Opposition Leader 1988-98, Council Leader 2006-10; Member: Northumbria Police Authority 1980s, Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Authority 1990s, 2004-06; Former board member, Newcastle International Airport Local Authority Holding Company 2004-06; Board member, One North East 2005-12; Vice-President, Local Government Association 2010-

Political interests

Local government, regeneration, child poverty, housing

Countries of interest

Central and eastern Europe

Name, style and title

Raised to the peerage as Baron Shipley, of Gosforth in the County of Tyne and Wear 2010

Register of Interests

10: Non-financial interests (a)

Deputy Chair, Regional Growth Fund Independent Advisory Panel

10: Non-financial interests (d)

Vice President, Local Government Association

10: Non-financial interests (e)

Chair, Prince's Trust North-East