Alastair Goodlad

The Right Honourable
The Lord Goodlad
KCMG PC
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
Leader
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
Prime Minister
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
Preceded by
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	4 July 1943
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.

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