Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3599
thomass@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
Contested (Liberal Alliance) Mole Valley 1983 and 1987 general elections
Lords career
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for:
Transport 1994-2001,
Women's Issues 2001-06;
Deputy Chair of Committees 2002-07;
Deputy Speaker 2002-07;
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Women and Equality 2007-09
Party groups
Former President, Women Liberal Democrats;
Member, Liberal International 1999-
Councils, public bodies
Surrey County Council:
Councillor 1985-97,
Vice-Chair 1993-96,
Chair 1996-97;
Member, East Surrey Community Health Council 1989-92;
Non-executive director, East Surrey Hospital and Community Healthcare Trust 1992-96;
Chair, Highways and Transport Committee 1993-96;
Surrey County Representative, Association of County Councils 1993-97;
DL, Surrey 1996;
Member:
Surrey Probation Committee 1997-2001,
Surrey Probation Board 2001-04
International bodies
Member, Inter-Parliamentary Union
Political interests
Equality issues, women and health in developing countries, liberty of the individual
Countries of interest
Latin America, especially Peru, Cuba, former Soviet bloc EU members
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baroness Thomas of Walliswood, of Dorking in the County of Surrey 1994
Register of Interests
10: Non-financial interests (d)
Board Member, Campaign to Protect Rural England, Surrey Branch