Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3525
fowlern@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
MP (Conservative) for Nottingham South 1970-74, for Sutton Coldfield February 1974-2001
Parliamentary career
PPS to Minister of State for Northern Ireland 1972-74;
Opposition Spokesperson for Home Affairs 1974-75;
Chief Opposition Spokesperson for:
Social Services 1975-76,
Transport 1976-79;
Minister of Transport 1979-81;
Secretary of State for:
Transport 1981,
Social Services 1981-87,
Employment 1987-90;
Shadow Secretary of State for:
Environment, Transport and the Regions 1997-98,
the Home Department 1998-99
Party groups
Chair, Cambridge University Conservative Association 1960;
Editorial board, Crossbow 1962-70;
Vice-chair, North Kensington Conservative Association 1967-68;
Chair:
East Midlands Conservative Political Centre 1970-73,
Conservative Party 1992-94;
Member, Executive Association of Conservative Peers 2001-04;
Vice-chairman, Association of Conservative Peers 2005-10
Political interests
Media, Home Office, pensions, health
Countries of interest
Middle East
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Fowler, of Sutton Coldfield in the County of West Midlands 2001
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
Chairman, Thomson Foundation (media services)
Non-executive Director, ABTA (travel association)
Non-executive Director, Aggregate Industries UK Ltd (supplier to construction industry)
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Journalism
Royalties from "A Political Suicide" (2008; Politico's)
4: Shareholdings (b)
Holcim Ltd (supplier of cement and aggregates; HQ Zurich)
7: Overseas visits
Visit to Kuwait, 2-5 December 2011, with Conservative Middle East Council; travel costs met by Conservative Middle East Council; accommodation costs met by Parliament of Kuwait
Visit to Ukraine, 10-14 April 2012, to study HIV position; travel and hotel paid for by International HIV Alliance
Visit to Macedonia, 19-21 April 2012, to discuss with parliamentarians policies for preventing HIV; travel and hotel paid for by European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Trustee, Journalism Foundation