Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone

Virginia Bottomley

Virginia Bottomley

Party

Conservative

Address as

Baroness Bottomley

Contact details

Westminster

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5060
Fax: 020 7219 1212
bottomleyv@parliament.uk

Biography

Electoral history

Contested Isle of Wight 1983 general election. MP (Conservative) for South West Surrey 1984 by-election to 2005

Parliamentary career

PPS: to Chris Patten as Minister of State: Department of Education and Science 1985-86, Overseas Development Administration 1986-87, to Sir Geoffrey Howe as Foreign Secretary 1987-88; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Environment 1988-89; Minister of State, Department of Health 1989-92; Secretary of State for: Health 1992-95, National Heritage 1995-97

Party groups

Hon. Life member, Tory Reform Group

Councils, public bodies

Magistrate, Inner London Juvenile Courts 1975-84; Chairman, Lambeth Juvenile Court 1980-84; Governor, London School of Economics 1985-; Chair, Millennium Commission 1995-97; Government Co-chair, Women's National Commission 1991-92; Vice-chair, British Council Board 1997-2001; Governor, University of the Arts, London 1999-2004; DL, Surrey 2006

Political interests

Health, universities, prison reform, diversity, business enterprise, regulatory reform, children and family policy

Countries of interest

China, India, Japan, Netherlands

Name, style and title

Raised to the peerage as Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone, of St Helens in the County of Isle of Wight 2005

Register of Interests

1: Directorships

Non-executive Director, Smith & Nephew (medical devices)

Non-executive Director, BUPA

Director, International Resources Group Ltd (t/a Odgers Berndtson) (executive recruitment)

2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.

Member of the International Advisory Board, Chugai Pharmaceutical Company Ltd

4: Shareholdings (b)

Broomco (2009) Ltd (holding company of IRG Ltd)

10: Non-financial interests (a)

Trustee, The Economist Newspaper

10: Non-financial interests (b)

Chancellor, University of Hull

Pro Chancellor, University of Surrey

Governor, London School of Economics

10: Non-financial interests (c)

President, Farnham Castle International Briefing Centre

10: Non-financial interests (e)

Council Member, Ditchley Foundation

UK Advisory Committee, International Chamber of Commerce