Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 4133
maclennanr@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
MP (Labour 1966-81, SDP 1981-88, Liberal Democrat 1988-2001) for Caithness and Sutherland 1966-97, Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross 1997-2001
Parliamentary career
PPS to George Thomson:
as Minister without Portfolio 1967-69,
as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1969-70;
Additional Opposition Spokesperson for:
Scottish Affairs 1970-71,
Defence 1971-72;
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Prices and Consumer Protection 1974-79;
Opposition Frontbench Spokesperson for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 1980-81;
SDP Spokesperson for:
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1981-87,
Home and Legal Affairs 1983-87,
Northern Ireland 1983-87,
Scotland (jointly) 1982-87;
Alliance Spokesperson for Agriculture and Fisheries and Food 1987;
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for:
Home Affairs and National Heritage 1988-94,
Constitutional Affairs and Culture 1994-2001
Lords career
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for:
Europe 2001-04,
European Constitution 2004-05,
Scotland 2004-09,
Cabinet Office 2005-10,
Constitutional Affairs 2007-10
Party groups
Leader, SDP 1987-88;
President, Liberal Democrat Party 1994-98
International bodies
Alternate National Parliamentary Representative, European Convention 2002-04
Political interests
Constitutional reform, European Union, rural affairs, arts
Countries of interest
All European countries, India, Pakistan, USA
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Maclennan of Rogart, of Rogart in Sutherland 2001
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Consultant, Beaconhouse Education (educational establishments)
5: Land and property
Working farm in Caithness jointly owned with wife
10: Non-financial interests (a)
Chairman, Firth Tidal Energy Limited
Director, Northlands Creative Glass, Lybster, Caithness
Chairman, North Highland Connections