Alastair Goodlad

The Right Honourable The Lord Goodlad KCMG PC
Official portrait, 2018
British High Commissioner to Australia
In office 1 January 2000 – 1 September 2005
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Alex Allan
Succeeded by	Helen Liddell
Chief Whip of the House of Commons Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
In office 20 July 1995 – 2 May 1997
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	Richard Ryder
Succeeded by	Nick Brown
Shadow Cabinet portfolios Shadow Secretary of State for International Development In office 30 June 1997 – 1 June 1998 Leader William Hague Preceded by Lynda Chalker Succeeded by Gary Streeter Shadow Leader of the House of Commons In office 2 May 1997 – 30 June 1997 Leader John Major Preceded by Ann Taylor Succeeded by Gillian Shephard Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Commons In office 2 May 1997 – 23 June 1997 Leader John Major Preceded by Donald Dewar Succeeded by James Arbuthnot
Junior ministerial offices Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs In office 15 April 1992 – 20 July 1995 Prime Minister John Major Preceded by The Earl of Caithness Succeeded by Jeremy Hanley Deputy Chief Government Whip Treasurer of the Household In office 14 July 1990 – 15 April 1992 Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher John Major Preceded by Tristan Garel-Jones Succeeded by David Heathcoat-Amory Comptroller of the Household In office 25 July 1989 – 14 July 1990 Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Preceded by Tristan Garel-Jones Succeeded by George Young Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy In office 11 September 1984 – 13 June 1987 Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Preceded by Giles Shaw Succeeded by Michael Spicer Lord Commissioner of the Treasury In office 16 February 1982 – 10 September 1984 Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Preceded by Tony Newton Succeeded by John Major Assistant Government Whip In office 9 January 1981 – 5 February 1982 Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
Parliamentary offices Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal In office 20 July 2005 – 29 February 2024 Life peerage Member of Parliament for Eddisbury Northwich (1974–1983) In office 28 February 1974 – 28 June 1999 Preceded by John Foster Succeeded by Stephen O'Brien
Personal details
Born	(1943-07-04) 4 July 1943 (age 81)
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Cecilia Hurst
Alma mater	King's College, Cambridge

Alastair Robertson Goodlad, Baron Goodlad, KCMG, PC (born 4 July 1943), is a British politician who served as Chief Whip of the parliamentary Conservative Party from 1995 to 1997, and British High Commissioner to Australia from 2000 to 2005. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Northwich and later for Eddisbury from 1974 to 1999. Goodlad sat in the House of Lords as a life peer from 2005 to 2024.