Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353
Biography
Lords career
Opposition Whip 2003-07;
Opposition Spokesperson for:
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister/Communities and Local Government 2003-07,
Education and Skills 2004-05,
Transport 2005-09,
Business, Innovation and Skills 2009-10;
Suspended from membership July 2011-May 2012
Party groups
Chair:
Conservative Party National Local Government Advisory Committee,
Board of Conservative Party 1997-2001;
Conservative Whip suspended February 2010
Councils, public bodies
Essex County Council:
Councillor 1970-2010,
Council Leader 1998-99, 2001-10,
Leader, Conservative Group 2001-10;
DL, Essex 1991-;
Deputy Chair and Conservative Group Leader, Local Government Association 1997-2001
International bodies
President, Assembly of European Regions Sub-Commission 1990-2005;
EU Committee of the Regions:
Leader, Conservative Group, UK Delegation -2005,
Chair:
Enlargement Group 1998-2005,
Bulgarian Joint Consultative Committee 2002-05;
Vice-President, Commission on Transport and the Information Society 1998-2000;
Board member, Commonwealth Local Government Forum 2007-
Political interests
Local government, education, transport and infrastructure, agriculture, constitutional affairs, foreign policy
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Hanningfield, of Chelmsford in the County of Essex 1998
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Member, Essex County Council
10: Non-financial interests (a)
Director, Local Government Association Property Ltd
10: Non-financial interests (b)
Vice President, Local Government Association
Member of Council, Essex University