The Rt Hon. the Baroness Jay of Paddington
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Jay of Paddington's full title is The Rt Hon. the Baroness Jay of Paddington. Her name is Margaret Ann Jay, and she is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.
Party history
1992-07-29 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
1998-07-27 → 2001-06-06
Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal
1997-05-02 → 1998-07-26
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
1997-06-05 → 2001-05-11
House of Lords Offices Committee
1997-06-09 → 2001-05-11
Procedure and Privileges Committee
1998-10-06 → 2001-05-11
Liaison Committee (Lords)
1998-11-26 → 2001-02-11
Committee of Selection (Lords)
2016-05-25 → 2019-05-09
Committee for Privileges and Conduct (Lords)
1998-12-15 → 2002-11-07
Committee for Privileges and Conduct (Lords)
2004-11-30 → 2005-04-07
Committee on the Assisted Dying for the terminally ill Bill
2010-06-22 → 2014-05-14
Constitution Committee
Chair
+£14,582/yr
2009-11-25 → 2014-05-14
Constitution Committee
2014-06-12 → 2015-02-25
Extradition Law
2015-06-08 → 2016-05-12
Communications and Digital Committee
2017-06-29 → 2018-03-20
Political Polling and Digital Media Committee
2019-06-13 → 2019-09-09
Food, Poverty, Health and Environment Committee
2020-06-11 → 2022-04-28
COVID-19 Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s) · 1 historic
Not currently an officer of any active APPG. Was officer of 1 group(s) historically — those rotated off in later snapshots.
Written parliamentary questions · 2026
No written questions tabled in 2026.
Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. "Lead" sponsor is the
primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are
members of either House who
backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading
date.
Historic bills (all-time)
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported on record.
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.