Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5858
Fax: 020 7219 2709
Biography
Electoral history
Contested (Conservative) Camberwell-Dulwich 1970 general election. MP (Conservative) for Tunbridge Wells 1974-97
Parliamentary career
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Employment 1979-81;
Minister of State, Home Office 1981-83;
Solicitor-General 1983-87;
Attorney General 1987-92;
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 1992-97
Party groups
Executive member, Association Conservative Peers 1998-2006
Councils, public bodies
President:
West Kent College of Further Education 1997-2012,
National Fruit Show 1999-2007;
Chair:
Prime Minister's Advisory Committee on Business Appointments 1999-2008,
Rochester Cathedral Council 2000-07;
DL, Kent 2001
Political interests
Northern Ireland, criminal justice, constitutional matters, defence
Countries of interest
All Arab countries, Iran
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Mayhew of Twysden, of Kilndown in the County of Kent 1997
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Member, General Council of Bar of England and Wales (retired; non-practising)
5: Land and property
Cottage in Kent from which rental income is received
10: Non-financial interests (a)
Director, Support Kent Schools Ltd (a company founded in 1998 to support and promote education standards in Kent schools and in particular to work for the preservation of a selective education system in the county)
10: Non-financial interests (b)
Bencher, Middle Temple
Kent Ambassador (to promote interests of County of Kent)
President, West Kent College of Further Education
10: Non-financial interests (e)
President, St Paul's Trust Centre, Liverpool (maritime youth training)
President, Hospice in the Weald, Kent
President, Weald District Scouts Council (Kent)
Vice President, Marden Fruit Show