Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 6364
freemanr@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Don Valley 1979 general election. MP (Conservative) for Kettering 1983-97
Parliamentary career
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State:
for the Armed Forces 1986-88,
Department of Health 1988-90;
Minister of State for:
Public Transport, Department of Transport 1990-94,
Defence Procurement, Ministry of Defence 1994-95;
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Cabinet Minister for Public Service 1995-97
Party groups
President, Oxford University Conservative Association 1964;
Chief financial officer, Conservative Central Office 1984-86;
Member, Executive, Association of Conservative Peers;
Special adviser on Candidates, Conservative Party 1997-2001
Political interests
International development, defence reservists, pensions, technology investment
Countries of interest
Africa (Sierra Leone, Uganda)
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Freeman, of Dingley in the County of Northamptonshire 1997
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
Director, ITM Power plc (renewable energy)
Chairman, Thales UK Pension Trustee Companies (defence electronics supplier)
Chairman, Big DNA Ltd (vaccines)
Deputy Chairman, Parity Group plc (IT services)
Director, Chemring Group plc (defence counter measures)
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Chairman, Advisory Board, Thales UK (defence electronics supplier)
Chairman, UK Advisory Board, PricewaterhouseCoopers, London
10: Non-financial interests (d)
Chairman, Carlton Club
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Chairman of Trustees, Skill Force Development Ltd (educational charity for training schoolchildren)