Marquess of Salisbury

Contact details

Westminster

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3000

Biography

Electoral history

MP (Conservative) for Dorset South 1979-87

Lords career

Summoned to the Upper House in his father's barony of Cecil, of Essendon in the County of Rutland, by a Writ of Acceleration 1992; First entered House of Lords 1992; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence 1992-94; Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords 1994-97; Member, Shadow Cabinet 1997-98: Opposition Spokesperson for the Public Service 1997-98, Leader of the Opposition 1997-98; On leave of absence 2002-

Councils, public bodies

DL: Dorset 1987-2006, Hertfordshire 2006-

Political interests

Constitutional affairs, EU, foreign policy

Countries of interest

Central Asia, USA, France

Name, style and title

Created a life peer as Baron Gascoyne-Cecil, of Essendon in the County of Rutland 1999

Register of Interests

Nil

On leave of absence; exempt from registration