The Lord Willis of Knaresborough | |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 7 July 2010 Life Peerage | |
Member of Parliament for Harrogate and Knaresborough | |
In office 1 May 1997 – 12 April 2010 | |
Preceded by | Constituency Created |
Succeeded by | Andrew Jones |
Personal details | |
Born | Burnley | 30 November 1941
Nationality | British |
Political party | Liberal Democrat |
George Philip Willis, Baron Willis of Knaresborough (born 30 November 1941, Burnley) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords, and was Member of Parliament (MP) for Harrogate and Knaresborough from 1997 until retiring at the 2010 general election. Up to that date he was the chair of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee.