Lord Rennard

Lord Rennard

Full title

The Lord Rennard MBE

Name

Christopher Rennard

Party/group

Liberal Democrat Independent

Joined the Lords

21 July 1999

Contact details

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 6717
Fax: 020 7219 2458
rennardc@parliament.uk

Web & Social media

Biography

UK Parliament

Committee House Date
Constitution Committee (L) Lords 2011-12
Information Committee (L) Lords 2009-

Political life – other

Job title Organisation Date
Chief Executive Liberal Democrats 2003-09
Director of Campaigns and Elections Liberal Democrats 1989-03

Professional life

Job title Organisation Date
Director of Communications British Health Trades Association 2011-

Public life

Post Organisation Date
Vice President Local Government Association 2011-
Co-Chair Primary Care Diabetes Society Report on 'Keeping Patients with Diabetes out of hospital' 2011-11
Director and Board Member Action on Smoking and Health 2011-
Chair Commission of the Big Society (Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations) 2010-11
Advisory Board Member Magna Carta Institute, Brunel University 2010-

Member's focus

Policy
Health services and medicine
Housing and planning
International affairs
Parliament, government and politics.

Register of Interests

  • 1: Directorships

    • Rennard & McTegart Ltd (company set up with wife providing management, campaign, communications and fund-raising consultancy with occasional fees also from speech making, broadcasting, writing and articles; all income from work done personally by the Member (including that for BHTA - see category 3) goes to Rennard & McTegart Ltd (see category 4(a))

  • 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.

    • Fee paid to Rennard & McTegart Ltd (see category 1) by Raynard Research, London SW9, for work undertaken by the Member 17-20 February 2013 in monitoring Armenian presidential election; costs of travel, accommodation and meals also met by Raynard Research

  • 3: Clients

    • The Member provides some public affairs advice to the British Healthcare Trade Association via the above company

  • 4: Shareholdings (a)

    • 100 per cent holding with wife in Rennard & McTegart Ltd

  • 7: Overseas visits

    • Visit to Israel, 6-11 June 2012; costs of visit (except cost of flights) met by Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel; cost of flights met by Government of Israel
    • Visit to Armenia, 17-20 February 2013, to work on monitoring Armenian presidential election; costs of travel, accommodation and meals met by Raynard Research (see category 2)

  • 10: Non-financial interests (a)

    • Chair, Commission on the Big Society (on behalf of the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations)
    • Director, British Healthcare Trades Association

  • 10: Non-financial interests (b)

    • Member, Advisory Board of Magna Carta Institute (Brunel University)
    • Vice President, Local Government Association

  • 10: Non-financial interests (d)

    • Director, Make Votes Count
    • Trustee and Director, Action on Smoking and Health