Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 6339
mckenziew@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Luton South 1987 and 1992 general elections
Lords career
Government Spokesperson for:
Trade and Industry 2005-07,
Treasury 2005-07;
Government Whip 2005-07;
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Government Spokesperson:
Department for Work and Pensions 2007-10,
Department for Communities and Local Government 2009-10;
Opposition Spokesperson for:
Communities and Local Government 2010-,
Work and Pensions 2010-
Party groups
Various constituency posts
Councils, public bodies
Luton Borough Council:
Councillor 1976-92, 1999-2005,
Leader 1999-2003
Political interests
Local government, local government finance, taxation systems, education, airports
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron McKenzie of Luton, of Luton in the County of Bedfordshire 2004
Register of Interests
5: Land and property
Apartment in Westminster from which rental income is received
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Trustee, NOAH Enterprise (homeless charity)
Trustee, NOAH, Luton, Beds (social enterprise charity assisting disadvantaged people in Luton and surrounding areas)
Trustee, Moorlands Free School Trust, Harpenden, Herts (company limited by guarantee and an Academy Trust)