Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353
liddler@parliament.uk
Biography
Lords career
Opposition Whip 2011-;
Opposition Spokesperson for Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Europe) 2012-
Party groups
Member, National committee, Social Democratic Party 1981-86;
Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform;
Labour Movement for Europe
Councils, public bodies
Oxford City Council:
Councillor 1971-76,
Deputy Leader 1973-76;
Councillor, Lambeth Borough Council 1982-86, 1994-95;
Chair, Cumbria Vision 2007-10
Political interests
Future of European Union, European social democracy, industrial economic questions, regional policy, future of welfare state, universities
Countries of interest
France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, USA
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Liddle, of Carlisle in the County of Cumbria 2010
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
Chair, Policy Network and Communications Ltd (think tank)
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
I have co-authored a report which the City of London Corporation commissioned Policy Network to write on developments in thinking on the regulation of financial services in the European Union
6: Sponsorship
Personal assistant at Policy Network carries out secretarial work which includes work in relation to the Member's parliamentary duties
7: Overseas visits
Visit to USA, 11-20 April 2012, to attend three conferences on European issues in Harvard University, Cambridge MA; Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island and Washington DC; trip to Harvard and Brown events paid for by Federation for European Progressive Studies; cost of the Washington part of the trip met by Bertelsmann Foundation
10: Non-financial interests (a)
Director, Britain's Energy Coast (West Cumbria) (low carbon and renewable energy generation)
10: Non-financial interests (b)
Director, University of Cumbria