Wilf Stevenson, Baron Stevenson of Balmacara

Robert Wilfrid "Wilf" Stevenson, Baron Stevenson of Balmacara (born 19 April 1947) is a Labour life peer and former adviser to Gordon Brown.

The Right Honourable
The Lord Stevenson
of Balmacara
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
13 July 2010
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born19 April 1947 (1947-04-19) (age 74)
Political partyLabour
Alma materEdinburgh Academy
University College, Oxford

Early life

Stevenson is the son of James Alexander Stevenson and Elizabeth Anne Stevenson (née Macrae). He was born with hypospadias, which he talked about in a debate.[1]


Education

Stevenson was educated at Edinburgh Academy, at the time a boarding independent school for boys (now a co-educational day school), in the city of Edinburgh in Scotland, followed by University College at the University of Oxford, where he obtained an MA in Natural Sciences (Chemistry), and at Napier Polytechnic (ACCA).

Life and career

From 1970-74, he served as a Research Officer at the Edinburgh University Students' Association.

From 1974-87, he worked as a Secretary at Napier College, Edinburgh, he was Deputy Director from 1987–88.

He worked as Director of BFI from 1988–97, and was the Director at the Smith Institute from 1997–2008.

Since 2008, he has been the Governor of Prestwood Lodge School.

He gained a Hon. DArts Napier, 2008.

From 2008-10, he was a Senior Policy Adviser at the Prime Minister's Office.

Stevenson was created a Life Peer on 13 July 2010 taking the title Baron Stevenson of Balmacara, of Little Missenden in the County of Buckinghamshire.[2]

He has served as an Opposition Whip since 2011.[3]

Family

In 1972, he married Jennifer Grace Antonio, whom he later divorced in 1979. In 1991, he married Elizabeth Ann Minogue, they have had one son, Tobin, and two daughters, Iona and Flora.

Bibliography

(ed) Gordon Brown Speeches, 2006; (ed) Moving Britain Forward, 2006; (ed) The Change We Choose: speeches 2007–2009, 2010

References
  1. "LGBT Action Plan: House of Lords Debate". 2018.
  2. "No. 59491". The London Gazette. 19 July 2010. p. 13713.
  3. "Parliamentary career for Lord Stevenson of Balmacara - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
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