Lord Dixon-Smith

Contact details

Westminster

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5351

Biography

Lords career

Opposition Spokesperson for: Environment, Transport and the Regions (Local Government) December 1998-2001, Home Affairs 2001-02, Environment 2003-07, Communities and Local Government 2007-09

Councils, public bodies

Essex County Council: Councillor 1965-93, Chair 1986-89; DL, Essex 1986; Chair, Association of County Councils 1992-93

Political interests

Agriculture, environment, transport

Name, style and title

Raised to the peerage as Baron Dixon-Smith, of Bocking in the County of Essex 1993

Register of Interests

1: Directorships

Director, RW Dixon Smith (Houchins) Ltd (farming company)

4: Shareholdings (b)

Vodafone Group plc

4: Shareholdings (a)

The Member has an 18 per cent holding as Non-executive Chairman of Gateway 120 Limited (see category 5)

5: Land and property

The Member owns land in Essex east of Coggeshall and east of Braintree; some 180 acres of this land is placed in Gateway 120 Limited for the purposes of development, giving the Member a holding of 18 per cent in that company; the development is a major undertaking but the Member is not himself concerned with the day-to-day work of development and has no personal clients

10: Non-financial interests (a)

Non-executive Chairman, Gateway 120 Limited (see category 5)