Lord Strathclyde

Contact details

Westminster

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353
Fax: 020 7219 3051

Biography

Lords career

First entered House of Lords 1985; Government Spokesperson for Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Treasury and Scotland 1988-89; Government Whip 1988-89; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State: Department of Employment (Tourism) 1989-90, Department of Environment 1990, DTI 1993-94; Scottish Office (Agriculture and Fisheries) 1990-92; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State: Department of Environment 1992-93, Minister of State DTI 1994; Government Chief Whip 1994-97; Member, Shadow Cabinet 1997-2010; Opposition Chief Whip 1997-98; Deputy Speaker 1997-98; Deputy Chairman of Committees 1997-98; Leader of the Opposition 1998-2010; Opposition Spokesperson for Constitutional Affairs December 1998-2005; Elected hereditary peer 1999-; Leader of the House of Lords 2010-13; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 2010-13

Party groups

Chair, Commission on the Future Structure of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 1997-98

Register of Interests

2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.

Member, Lloyd's of London (non-life insurance)

4: Shareholdings (b)

Auchendrane Estates Ltd (property ownership and management of farmland, forestry, commercial and residential property in Scotland)

8: Gifts, benefits and hospitality

Invitation to attend with wife opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic games as guests of BP, 27 July 2012

Invitation to attend with wife closing ceremony of London 2012 Olympic games as guests of BT, 12 August 2012

10: Non-financial interests (b)

Governor, Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire