Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353
Fax: 020 7219 5979
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Portsmouth, Langstone 1955 and Yarmouth 1959 and 1964 general elections. MP (Labour) for Hackney Central 1970-83
Parliamentary career
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Trade 1974-79;
Opposition Spokesperson for:
Trade, Prices and Consumer Protection 1979-81,
Foreign Affairs 1981-83
Lords career
Opposition Spokesperson for Transport 1990-97;
Supporting Spokesperson for:
Trade and Industry 1990-96,
Foreign Affairs 1990-97;
Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry (Minister for Trade) 1997-98
Party groups
Member, executive council, National Association of Labour Student Organisations 1949-50;
Former Joint President, Society of Labour Lawyers
Councils, public bodies
London Borough of Hackney:
Councillor 1959-71,
Mayor 1968-69,
Former chair of social services
International bodies
Member, Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe and Assembly of Western European Union 2000-02
Political interests
Transport, environment, foreign affairs, law, civil liberties, international trade
Countries of interest
Commonwealth, Europe, Israel, South Africa, USA
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Clinton-Davis, of Hackney in the London Borough of Hackney 1990
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Solicitor (non-practising and unremunerated)