Baroness Warsi

Sayeeda Warsi

Sayeeda Warsi

Party

Conservative

Address as

Baroness Warsi

Contact details

Westminster

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 6097
warsis@parliament.uk

Biography

Electoral history

Contested (Conservative) Dewsbury 2005 general election

Lords career

Shadow Minister for: Community Cohesion 2007-10, Social Action 2007-10; Minister without Portfolio 2010-12; Government Spokesperson for Cabinet Office 2011-12; Senior Minister of State (Faith and Communities) and Government Spokesperson, Department for Communities and Local Government and Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2012-

Party groups

Vice-chairman, Conservative Party with responsibility for cities 2005-07; Chairman, Conservative Party 2010-12

Political interests

Foreign affairs, faith, integration, freedom of religion, social action

Countries of interest

Afghanistan, Central Asia, Bangladesh, Pakistan

Name, style and title

Raised to the peerage as Baroness Warsi, of Dewsbury in the County of West Yorkshire 2007

Register of Interests

2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.

In receipt of ministerial salary as Senior Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (jointly with the Department for Communities and Local Government)

4: Shareholdings (b)

Shire Bed Company (family business)

4: Shareholdings (a)

Rupert's Recipes Limited (manufacture of condiments and seasonings)

5: Land and property

Flat in London NW from which rental income is received

7: Overseas visits

Visit to Tampa, Florida, 26-31 August 2012, to observe Republican National Convention; travel and accommodation costs met by Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformers

8: Gifts, benefits and hospitality

Honorary membership of Carlton Club, given by Carlton Club (London) Limited, St James's Street, London SW1

Gift from the Conservative Party of one ticket for Conservative Party Black and White Dinner, 4 February 2013

10: Non-financial interests (e)

Trustee, Savayra Foundation UK (women's empowerment charity)