Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 6443
Fax: 020 7931 7211
Biography
Electoral history
MP (UUP) for Strangford 1983-2001
Parliamentary career
Spokesperson for:
Trade and Industry 1992-97,
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 1997-2001
Party groups
Chair:
Queen's University Conservative and Unionist Association 1959-60,
Ulster Young Unionist Council 1961-62;
Ulster Unionist Party:
Hon. Secretary 1994-96,
Deputy Leader 1995-2001
Councils, public bodies
Governor, The Royal School, Armagh City 1973-;
Castlereagh Borough Council:
Councillor 1989-97,
Leader, UUP 1989-94;
Member, Northern Ireland Policing Board 2001-06
International bodies
Member:
Council of Europe Assembly 1997-2005,
Western European Union 1997-2011
Political interests
Irish politics, European Union, regional policy, agriculture
Countries of interest
Asia, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Ireland, Latin America, Middle East, Taiwan, Turkey
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Kilclooney, of Armagh in the County of Armagh 2001
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
Northern Media Group Ltd
West Ulster Estates Ltd
Bramley Apple Restaurant Ltd
Carrickfergus Advertiser Ltd
Northern Newspapers Ltd
East Antrim Newspapers Ltd
Coleraine Chronicle Ltd
Northern Constitution Ltd
Tyrone Constitution Ltd
Tyrone Courier Ltd
Ulster Gazette (Armagh) Ltd
Outlook Press (Rathfriland) Ltd
Cerdac Print (Belfast) Ltd
Sovereign Properties (NI) Ltd
Midland Tribune Ltd (Republic of Ireland)
Tuam Herald Newspaper Ltd (Republic of Ireland)
Tontine Rooms Holding Co Ltd
Alpha Newspapers Ireland Ltd (Republic of Ireland)
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Member, Advisory Board, European Azerbaijan Society
Civil Engineer (non-practising)
4: Shareholdings (b)
Ulster Television Ltd
Johnston Press Ltd
Vodafone Ltd
4: Shareholdings (a)
Tontine Rooms Holding Co Ltd
West Ulster Estates Ltd
Bramley Apple Restaurant Ltd
5: Land and property
Residential flats in the City of Westminster
Commercial premises, Royal Avenue, Belfast
Commercial premises, Scotch Street, City of Armagh
7: Overseas visits
Visit to Vietnam, 17-24 September 2011, with All Party Parliamentary Group on Vietnam, using funds from sponsors previously declared (including University of Central Lancashire and Premier Oil), as guest of Government of Vietnam; other funding was provided by Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and certain ground travel and hospitality was provided by British Embassy in Hanoi and Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City
Visit to Republic of China, 18-22 May 2012, as guest of Government of Republic of China; all travel and accommodation provided by hosts
Visit to Baku, Azerbaijan, 25-28 May 2012, as guest of European Azerbaijan Society; all travel and accommodation provided by hosts
10: Non-financial interests (b)
Member, Armagh Protestant Board of Education (Governor of The Royal School, Armagh)
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Board Member, Charles Sheils Charity Homes, Armagh City