Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5098
Fax: 020 7976 4999
Biography
Electoral history
MP (Conservative) for Wallasey February 1974-92. Contested Wallasey 1992 general election
Parliamentary career
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Department of Health and Social Security 1979-82,
Department of Transport: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State 1982-83,
Minister of State 1983-86;
Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1986-97,
Deputy to Foreign Secretary 1987-97,
Minister for Overseas Development 1989-92
Lords career
Minister of Overseas Development and Minister for Africa and Commonwealth,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1992-97
Party groups
National vice-chair, Young Conservatives 1970-71;
Hon. Life member, Tory Reform Group
Councils, public bodies
Member, BBC Advisory Committee 1974-76
International bodies
Adviser, World Bank 1997-;
Co-ordinator, First Presidential Advisory Council on Investment for Nigeria/International Investor Council 2001-;
Member:
Kenyan National Economic and Social Council 2004-,
Ugandan Presidential Investment Round Table 2004-,
Tanzania National Business Council 2004-
Political interests
Voluntary sector, European co-operation, Africa, overseas development, trade, transport, construction
Countries of interest
Sub-Saharan Africa, Egypt, Jordan
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baroness Chalker of Wallasey, of Leigh-on-Sea in the County of Essex 1992
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
Chairman, Pasco Risk Management Limited
Group Five (Construction) (Pty) Ltd, South Africa
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Adviser, Forbes Coal and Forbes Manhattan Capital Markets
Lafarge et Cie, France (cement and building products)
Investment Climate Facility for Africa, Tanzania
Global Leadership Foundation, Switzerland
4: Shareholdings (a)
100% ownership of Africa Matters Ltd (see category 10(a))
10: Non-financial interests (a)
Chairman, Africa Matters Ltd
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Council Member, African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF)
Vice President, RedR
Vice President, WaterAid
Trustee, Hives Save Lives Africa