Lord Howe of Aberavon

Geoffrey Howe

Geoffrey Howe

Party

Conservative

Address as

Lord Howe

Contact details

Westminster

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 6986
Fax: 020 7219 0587
howeg@parliament.uk

Biography

Electoral history

Contested Aberavon 1955 and 1959 general elections. MP (Conservative) for Bebington 1964-66, for Reigate 1970-74, for Surrey East 1974-92

Parliamentary career

Solicitor-General 1970-72; Minister for Trade and Consumer Affairs, Department of Trade and Industry 1972-74; Chancellor of the Exchequer 1979-83; Foreign Secretary 1983-89; Lord President of the Council, Leader of the House of Commons and Deputy Prime Minister 1989-90

Party groups

Chair, Cambridge University Conservative Association 1951; President, National Union of Conservative Associations 1983-84; Hon. Life member, Tory Reform Group; Senior Vice-President, United and Cecil Club 2009

International bodies

Chairman, Interim Committee International Monetary Fund 1982-83; Vice-President, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch)

Political interests

Economic, foreign and constitutional policies

Countries of interest

China, Commonwealth, EU, Japan, Russia, USA

Name, style and title

Raised to the peerage as Baron Howe of Aberavon, of Tandridge in the County of Surrey 1992

Register of Interests

4: Shareholdings (b)

Olim UK Equity Trust Income (unit trust) owned jointly with wife

Treasury 2.5% IDX-LKD STK 16/4/2020 GBP100 owned jointly with wife

Tesco plc (retail) owned jointly with wife

United Utilities Group plc (water and waste water) owned jointly with wife

10: Non-financial interests (b)

Bencher, Middle Temple

10: Non-financial interests (d)

Vice President, Trading Standards Institute

10: Non-financial interests (e)

Trustee, Rajiv Ghandi Foundation

President, Great Britain-China Centre

President, Russian European Trust