The Right Honourable Alastair Robertson Goodlad, Baron Goodlad, PC, was a British Conservative politician and has also been the British High Commissioner to the Commonwealth of Australia. The Right Honourable (abbreviated The Rt Hon. ... Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... A High Commissioner is a person serving in a special executive capacity. ...

MP for Eddisbury, Goodlad served as Prime Minister John Major's Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Chief Whip, and was given the temporary shadow cabinet positions of Leader of the House of Commons and Chief Whip. Eddisbury is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... In the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister is the head of government, exercising many of the executive functions nominally vested in the Sovereign, who is head of state. ... The Right Honourable Sir John Major, KG, CH (born 29 March 1943) is a British politician who served in the Cabinets of Margaret Thatcher as Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer before succeeding Thatcher as Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister of the United... This article is about various offices in the government of the United Kingdom. ... The Chief Whip is a political office in some legislatures assigned to an elected member whose task is to administer the whipping system that ensures that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires. ... The Shadow Cabinet (also called the Opposition Front Bench) is a senior group of opposition spokespeople in the Westminster System of government who together under the leadership of the Leader of the Opposition (or the leader of other smaller opposition parties) form an alternative cabinet to the governments, whose... The Leader of the House of Commons is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the House of Commons. ... The Chief Whip is a political office in some legislatures assigned to an elected member whose task is to administer the whipping system that ensures that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires. ...

Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair then appointed Goodlad as High Commissioner to Australia. Goodlad accepted the office of Steward and Bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds on 28 June 1999 to formally vacate his seat, triggering the Eddisbury by-election. The Labour Party is a centrist/centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The Right Honourable Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. ... The Chiltern Hundreds date back to the 13th century. ... (Some entries on this page have been duplicated on August 1. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... On May 25, 1999 the Foreign and Commonwealth Office announced the appointment of the Member of Parliament for Eddisbury in Cheshire, the Rt. ...

Goodlad was replaced as High Commissioner by former Secretary of State for Scotland, Helen Liddell. Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the UK Languages with Official Status1 English Scottish Gaelic Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... The Right Honourable Helen Lawrie Liddell (born December 6, 1950, Coatbridge, Scotland, nee Reilly) is a British politician, and was member of Parliament for Monklands East, then Airdrie and Shotts from 1994 to 2005. ...

On 13 May 2005 it was announced that he would be created a life peer, and on 19 July he was created Baron Goodlad, of Lincoln in the County of Lincolnshire. May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). ... a bust ... In the United Kingdom, Life Peers are appointed members of the Peerage whose titles may not be inherited (those whose titles are inheritable are known as hereditary peers). ... July 19 is the 200th day (201st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 165 days remaining. ...

External links

• "The Shadow Cabinet" - BBC Election '97
• "Another Tory wooed by Blair" - BBC News

Richard Andrew Ryder, Baron Ryder of Wensum, PC (born 4 February 1949), is a Conservative member of the House of Lords. ... This article is about various offices in the government of the United Kingdom. ... This article is about Nick Brown the British politician. ... The Chief Whip is a political office in some legislatures assigned to an elected member whose task is to administer the whipping system that ensures that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires. ...