Wilf Stevenson, Baron Stevenson of Balmacara


Robert Wilfrid "Wilf" Stevenson, Baron Stevenson of Balmacara is a Labour life peer and former adviser to Gordon Brown.

Early life

Stevenson is the son of James Alexander Stevenson and Elizabeth Anne Stevenson.

Education

Stevenson was educated at Edinburgh Academy, at the time a boarding independent school for boys, in the city of Edinburgh in Scotland, followed by University College at the University of Oxford, where he obtained an MA in Natural Sciences, and at Napier Polytechnic.

Life and career

Research Officer, Edinburgh University Students' Association, 1970–74; Secretary, Napier College, Edinburgh, 1974–87; Deputy Director, 1987–88, Director, 1988–97, BFI; Director, Smith Institute, 1997–2008. Governor, Prestwood Lodge School, 2008–. Hon. DArts Napier, 2008. Senior Policy Adviser, Prime Minister's Office, 2008–10.
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.
He has served as an Opposition Whip since 2011.

Family

Married firstly, in 1972, Jennifer Grace Antonio, and secondly, in 1991, Elizabeth Ann Minogue, with issue: one son, Tobin, and two daughters, Iona and Flora.