- Political, local and parliamentary, career, including MP for Wantage (1983–2005); Office of Public Service and Science (1992–3); Department of Employment (1990–2); Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, DES (1987–90); Special Adviser to Governor of Rhodesia (1979–80); Chef de Cabinet, President of EEC Economic and Social Committeee (1976–8); Member, Cabinet of Sir Christopher Soames, EEC Commission (1974–6); Political advisor to Secretary of State for Employment (1973–4) and Councillor, Oxford County Council (1969–71) (from 1969 to 2005)
- Quondam Fellow, All Souls College (from 1986)
- Fifty-Pound Fellow, All Souls College (from 1979 to 1986)
- Prize Fellow, All Souls College (from 1968 to 1975)
- Undergraduate, St Edmund Hall, Oxford (from 1965 to 1968)
- Political Ideas in Western Europe Today (1984)
- From Boom to Bust?: British farming and CAP reform (Conservative Political Centre, 1983)
- Tradition and Reality: Conservative Philosophy and European Integration (European Democratic Group, Conservative Central Office, 1982)
- Reforming the European Budget (Conservative Political Centre, 1981)
- The European Parliament: Penguin Guide to Direct Elections (Penguin, 1979)
- The Powers of the European Parliament (The Conservative Group for Europe, 1977)
- South Asian Crisis: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh (Praeger, 1972, 1975)
- Member, Advisory Committee on Works of Art, House of Commons
- Treasurer, Conservative Mainstream Parliamentary Group
- Co-Chairman, CAABU (2001–)
- Member, UK Delegation, Council of Europe and WEU (2000–1)
- Member, Select Committee on Science and Technology (1999–2001)
- Trustee, Hattori Foundation, Hattori Trust Co. Ltd.
- International Affairs (Chatham House) (1979–80)
- Editor, The Round Table, Commonwealth Journal of International Relations (1970–4)