Baroness Maddock - Member of the House of Lords - Day 2 Conference Chair

Keynote Address

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Diana Maddock has been a member of the House of Lords since 1997. She was Housing Spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats 1997-2005, and is a member of the European Union Select Committee.

Diana’s early career was in teaching. She taught in secondary schools in Southampton and at the Extra-mural department of Stockholm University.

Diana became involved in politics in the 1970s. She was a Southampton City Councillor 1984-93. On the Council, she led the Liberal group and had particular interest in housing and energy conservation. She was the Member of Parliament for Christchurch 1993-97. During that time, she was spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats on housing, the family and women’s issues. She also successfully piloted a Private Members’ Bill through Parliament which became the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995.

From 1998-2002 Diana Maddock was Federal President of the Liberal Democrat Party.

Diana is President of the National Housing Forum, President of the Micropower Council and President of the Anglo-Swedish Society. She is a Vice-President of the National Housing Federation, the National Home Improvement Council and National Energy Action. She is also a Trustee of the National Energy Foundation, the Wessex Medical Trust and the Richard Newitt Trust.

Diana Maddock is a Non Executive Director of Utilicom Ltd.