Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3525
fowlern@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
MP (Conservative) for Nottingham South 1970-74, for Sutton Coldfield February 1974-2001
Parliamentary career
PPS to Minister of State for Northern Ireland 1972-74;
Opposition Spokesperson for Home Affairs 1974-75;
Chief Opposition Spokesperson for:
Social Services 1975-76,
Transport 1976-79;
Minister of Transport 1979-81;
Secretary of State for:
Transport 1981,
Social Services 1981-87,
Employment 1987-90;
Shadow Secretary of State for:
Environment, Transport and the Regions 1997-98,
the Home Department 1998-99
Party groups
Chair, Cambridge University Conservative Association 1960;
Editorial board, Crossbow 1962-70;
Vice-chair, North Kensington Conservative Association 1967-68;
Chair:
East Midlands Conservative Political Centre 1970-73,
Conservative Party 1992-94;
Member, Executive Association of Conservative Peers 2001-04;
Vice-chairman, Association of Conservative Peers 2005-10
Political interests
HIV/AIDS, media
Countries of interest
Middle East
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Fowler, of Sutton Coldfield in the County of West Midlands 2001
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
Chairman, Thomson Foundation (media services)
Non-executive Director, ABTA (travel association)
Non-executive Director, Aggregate Industries UK Ltd (supplier to construction industry)
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Journalism
Royalties from "A Political Suicide" (2008; Politico's)
4: Shareholdings (b)
Holcim Ltd (supplier of cement and aggregates; HQ Zurich)
7: Overseas visits
Visit to Kuwait, 2-5 December 2011, with Conservative Middle East Council; travel costs met by Conservative Middle East Council; accommodation costs met by Parliament of Kuwait
Visit to Ukraine, 10-14 April 2012, to study HIV position; travel and hotel paid for by International HIV Alliance
Visit to Macedonia, 19-21 April 2012, to discuss with parliamentarians policies for preventing HIV; travel and hotel paid for by European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development
Visit to Washington DC, 19-26 July 2012, to take part in International Conference on HIV; travel and some accommodation costs were met by Open Society Foundation and IPU met some accommodation costs
8: Gifts, benefits and hospitality
Opening of the Paralympic Games in London, 29 August 2012, as a guest of Channel 4 Television
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Trustee, Journalism Foundation