Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353
lothianm@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
Contested (Conservative) West Lothian 1970 general election. MP for Berwickshire and East Lothian February-October 1974. Contested Berwickshire and East Lothian October 1974 general election. MP for Edinburgh South 1979-87. Contested Edinburgh South 1987 general election. MP for Devizes 1992-2010
Parliamentary career
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office 1983-87;
Northern Ireland Office:
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State 1993-94,
Minister of State 1994-97;
Member Shadow Cabinet 1997-2005:
Frontbench Spokesperson for Constitutional Affairs, with overall responsibility for Scottish and Welsh issues 1997-98,
Deputy Leader of the Opposition 2001-05;
Shadow Secretary of State for:
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 2001-05,
International Affairs 2003-05,
Defence 2005;
Member, Intelligence and Security Committee 2006-10
Lords career
Member Intelligence and Security Committee 2010-
Party groups
Chair, Conservative Party in Scotland 1980-83;
Conservative Party:
Deputy Chair June-October 1998,
Chair 1998-2001,
Contested leadership 2001;
Member, Conservative Policy Board 2001-05
Select committees
Member: Energy 1980-83,
Public Accounts 1992-93
Councils, public bodies
DL, Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale 1990-
Political interests
Housing, defence, agriculture
Countries of interest
Middle East
Name, style and title
Created a life peer as Baron Kerr of Monteviot, of Monteviot in Roxburghshire 2010
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Member, Faculty of Advocates (non-practising)
Partner in a tenanted farm in Scottish Borders
5: Land and property
Owner of 6 tenanted farms (4 in Scottish Borders, 2 in Midlothian) from which rental income is received
7: Overseas visits
Visit to Hammamet, Tunisia, 14-18 November 2012, to Chair Conference on behalf of British Council; flights and hotel costs met by British Council
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Trustee, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust, Oxford Foundation