Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 4139
astorw@parliament.uk
Biography
Lords career
First entered House of Lords 1972;
Government Whip 1990-93;
Government Spokesperson for:
Department of Environment 1990-91,
Home Office 1991-92,
Department of National Heritage 1992-93;
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State:
Department of Social Security 1993-94,
Department of National Heritage 1994-95;
Opposition Spokesperson for:
Home Office 1997-2001;
Elected hereditary peer 1999-;
Opposition Spokesperson for:
Education and Employment 1999-2001,
Transport, Local Government and the Regions 2001-02,
Transport 2002-05,
Culture, Media and Sport 2005-06
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
Silvergate Media Limited (media rights)
Vampire Squid Productions Limited (entertainment)
Ancroft Tractors Ltd (farm machinery dealer)
Cliveden Securities Ltd (corporate financial advice)
Networkers International plc (recruitment services)
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Consultant, Canadian Overseas Petroleum (UK) Ltd (oil & gas)
Partner, Tarbert Estate Partnership (farm and sporting tenant)
4: Shareholdings (a)
Cliveden Securities Ltd (corporate financial advice)
Ancroft Tractors Ltd (farm machinery dealer)
5: Land and property
Residential holdings in Oxfordshire
10: Non-financial interests (a)
Old Berkshire Hunt Ltd (hunting and related activities)
10: Non-financial interests (c)
Stanley Spencer Gallery, Cookham, Berkshire