Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3241
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Torbay (Labour) 1992 general election
Lords career
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy and Government Spokesperson, Department of Trade and Industry 2006-07;
Ministry of Defence Liaison Peer 2005-06;
Suspended from membership May-November 2009
Party groups
Member, NEC Domestic and International Policy Sub-committee 1997-99;
National Labour Party Membership Champion 1997-;
Formerly member, Co-operative Party
Councils, public bodies
Councillor, Colchester Borough Council 1988-92
International bodies
Election expert, Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe 1995, 1996, 1999, 2003
Political interests
Foreign affairs, defence, energy, international trade
Countries of interest
Russia and former Soviet Union, EU
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Truscott, of St James's in the City of Westminster 2004
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
Director, Energy Enterprises Ltd (strategic advice consultancy)
4: Shareholdings (b)
Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd
African Minerals Ltd
Nighthawk Energy plc (hydrocarbon projects in USA)
5: Land and property
Residential property in London from which rental income is received
Residential property in Bath, Somerset
10: Non-financial interests (a)
Director, 25 Jermyn Street St James's RTM Company Ltd (property management company)
10: Non-financial interests (d)
Parliamentary Ambassador for the Russian Federation and Former Soviet Union, British Council
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI); member RUSI International Advisory Board