William Wallace, Lord Wallace of Saltaire, is an academic, writer and Liberal Democrat peer. He has been active in Liberal politics since 1960, fought Huddersfield in 1970 and Shipley in 1983 and 1987, and drafted the manifesto in 1979 and 1997. He was a Lords minister during the coalition, now Cabinet Office spokesperson. He has two adult children and two grandchildren, and enjoys swimming, singing, walking in the Yorkshire Dales, and gardening.