Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 6799
best@parliament.uk
Biography
Councils, public bodies
Commissioner, Rural Development Commission 1989-98;
Chair, Hull Partnership Liaison Board 2003-05;
Member, Audit Commission's Advisory Board on Housing, Communities and Environment 2003-10;
President, Local Government Association 2005-;
Chair:
Westminster Housing Commission 2005-06,
Hanover Housing Association 2006-,
Office of Public Management's Public Interest Council 2007-;
Vice-president, Town and Country Planning Association 2007-;
Deputy chair, Standards Committee, Westminster City Council 2008-12;
Chair:
Commission on Housing in Northern Ireland 2009-10,
The Property Ombudsman 2009-,
Housing for an Ageing Population 2009,
CLG/LGA Housing Commission 2010;
President, Local Government Association 2010-;
DL, North Yorkshire 2012-
Political interests
Housing, regeneration, social policy
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Best, of Godmanstone in the County of Dorset 2001
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Chairman, The Property Ombudsman Council
Chairman, Hanover Housing Association (remunerated; but all remuneration donated to charity)
Chair, The Glazing Ombudsman Council
5: Land and property
Property in Dorset from which rental income is received (owned principally by wife)
10: Non-financial interests (d)
President, Local Government Association
Member, Equity Release Council Advisory Board
Vice President, Town and Country Planning Association
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Trustee, The Tree Council
Trustee, Phoenix Fund for Zimbabwe
Chairman, Advisory Board, South East Europe Research Centre (share of expenses for one annual meeting paid by City University, Thessaloniki to cover most of the travel costs and some of the hotel costs)
Member of Advisory Board, National Council of Voluntary Organisations