Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 8526
Fax: 020 7219 1903
hodgsonr@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Walsall North February and October 1974 general elections. MP (Conservative) for Walsall North November 1976-79
Lords career
Opposition Spokesperson for:
Home Office 2002-06,
Trade and Industry 2002-06
Party groups
Chairman:
National Union of Conservative Associations 1996-98,
National Conservative Convention 1998-2000;
Deputy Chairman, Conservative Party 1998-2000
Councils, public bodies
Member:
Council for Securities Industry 1980-85,
Securities and Investment Board 1985-89,
West Midlands Industrial Development Board 1989-97,
Securities and Futures Authority 1993-2001;
President, National Council for Voluntary Organisation (NCVO) 2007-12;
Chair, Armed Forces Charities Advisory Committee 2008-;
Official Reviewer of the Charities Act 2011-12
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Hodgson of Astley Abbotts, of Nash in the County of Shropshire 2000
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
Senior Independent Director, Marston's plc (pubs and taverns)
Chairman, RFIB Group Ltd (insurance and reinsurance brokerage)
Chairman, Johnson Bros and Co Ltd (investment company; the Member's remuneration from Marston's plc and Nova Capital Management is paid to Johnson Bros and Co Ltd (see category 4(a))
Chairman, Nova Capital Management
4: Shareholdings (b)
Nova Capital Management (private equity)
Bank of Ireland
Royal Dutch Shell plc
Whitbread plc (hotels and restaurants)
4: Shareholdings (a)
Johnson Bros and Co Ltd (investment company)
10: Non-financial interests (a)
Official Reviewer of the Charities Act 2006, appointed by the Minister for the Cabinet Office
10: Non-financial interests (c)
Trustee, St Peter's College, Oxford
10: Non-financial interests (d)
Trustee, Leamington Fund
Trustee, Fair Trials International
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Chairman, Advisory Committee, Armed Forces Charity