Geoffrey Filkin, Baron Filkin

Who is Geoffrey Filkin, Baron Filkin?

David Geoffrey Nigel Filkin, Baron Filkin CBE is a British Labour politician.

Filkin, having been appointed a Commander of the British Empire in the 1997 New Year's Honours, was created a life peer as Baron Filkin, of Pimlico in the City of Westminster, on 29 July 1999.

He has held a number of Government offices, first as Lord in Waiting from June 2001 to May 2002, then as Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department from May 2002 until June 2003, and then as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Departments for Constitutional Affairs and Education and Skills.