Lord Spicer

Contact details

Westminster

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

Biography

Electoral history

Contested Easington 1966 and 1970 general elections. MP (Conservative) for South Worcestershire 1974-97, for West Worcestershire 1997-2010

Parliamentary career

PPS to Sally Oppenheim as Minister for Trade and Consumer Affairs 1979-81; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport 1984-87; Aviation Minister 1985-87; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Energy 1987-90; Minister of State, Housing and Planning, Department of Environment 1990

Lords career

Chairman, Parliamentary and Political Service Honours Committee 2012-

Party groups

Conservative Party: Vice-chair 1981-83, Deputy Chair 1983-84, Board member 2001-; Chair 1922 Committee 2001-10; Chairman Conservative Party Finance and Audit Committee 2007-10

Select committees

Chair: Parliamentary and Scientific Committee 1996-99; Member: Treasury 1997-2001; Chair: Treasury (Treasury Sub-Committee) 1999-2001

Councils, public bodies

President Association of Electricity Producers 1991-; Governor Wellington College 1992-2004

Political interests

Economic policy

Countries of interest

USA

Name, style and title

Raised to the peerage as Baron Spicer, of Cropthorne in the County of Worcestershire 2010

Register of Interests

2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.

Chairman, Energy UK

5: Land and property

House and Flat in Westminster, London SW1

8: Gifts, benefits and hospitality

Reception on House of Commons Terrace, 10 July 2012, hosted by Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies and sponsored by Association of Electricity Producers (now Energy UK)

Guest with wife of Abathnot Bank at Conservative Party Black and White Dinner, 4 February 2013