Lord Wrigglesworth

Ian Wrigglesworth is a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords. He joined the House of Lords in September 2013 and currently a member of the Finance Bill Sub-Committee.

Political Career

He was MP for Teesside Thornaby and Stockton South between 1974 and 1987 and was one of the founder members of the SDP. Between 1978 and 1983 as a minister in the House of Commons, he sat on the European Legislation Committee.

Notable Work

He worked for National Giro Bank and at the Midland Bank before being elected to parliament. He was Deputy Chairman of the Advisory Panel of the Government’s Regional Growth Fund; Chairman of the Port of Tyne; founding Chairman of UK Land Estates; a Director of Tyne Tees Television; Chairman of the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. He was also Chairman of the Northern CBI.