Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353
Biography
Electoral history
Contested North Kensington 1966 and 1970 general elections. MP (Conservative) for Cleveland and Whitby February 1974-83, for Richmond, North Yorkshire 1983-88
Parliamentary career
Minister of State, Home Office 1979-81;
Chief Secretary to the Treasury 1981-83;
Home Secretary 1983-85;
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 1985-86
Lords career
Government trade adviser 2010-11
Party groups
Chair:
Cambridge University Conservative Association 1960,
Society of Conservative Lawyers 1986-88,
Conservative Group for Europe 2000-03;
President:
Conservative Group for Europe 2004-07,
Richmond Conservative Association 2011-
Councils, public bodies
DL
Political interests
European affairs, economic affairs, home affairs, legal and constitutional issues
Countries of interest
Far East (especially China), Israel, USA
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Brittan of Spennithorne, of Spennithorne in the County of North Yorkshire 2000
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Vice Chairman, UBS Investment Bank
Member, International Advisory Committee, Total (fuel products)
Adviser, Teijin Advisory Board (conglomerate)
4: Shareholdings (b)
C F Ruffer Absolute Return Fund
UBS AG