Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 4434
bakerk@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Poplar 1964 and Acton 1966 general elections. MP (Conservative) for Acton 1968-70, St Marylebone 1970-83 and Mole Valley 1983-97
Parliamentary career
PPS to Minister of State, Department of Employment 1970-72;
Parliamentary Secretary, Civil Service Department 1972-74;
Minister of State for Industry and Information Technology 1981-84;
Minister for Local Government 1984-85;
Secretary of State for:
Environment 1985-86,
Education and Science 1986-89;
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1989-90;
Home Secretary 1990-92
Party groups
Chairman, Conservative Party 1989-90;
Hon. Life member, Tory Reform Group
Councils, public bodies
Councillor, Twickenham Borough Council 1960-62
Political interests
Education, history, information technology
Countries of interest
UK
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Baker of Dorking, of Iford in the County of East Sussex 1997
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
Non-executive Chairman, Graphite Resources (DEP) Limited (waste treatment)
Deputy Chairman, Genting UK plc (leisure & gaming) and its subsidiary Genting Ibico
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Chairman, Trilantic Capital Partners' European Merchant Banking Advisory Council (EMBAC)
10: Non-financial interests (a)
Director & Trustee, Booker Prize Foundation
Chairman & Trustee (unpaid), Baker-Dearing Educational Trust
10: Non-financial interests (c)
Trustee, Cartoon Art Trust
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Chairman (unpaid), Edge Foundation (vocational education charity)