The Rt Hon. the Baroness Beckett GBE
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Beckett's full title is The Rt Hon. the Baroness Beckett GBE. Her name is Margaret Mary Beckett, and she is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£0
8 days attended across 1 published month
Total claimed
£0
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
2 Content(1.1%)
62 Not-Content(32.8%)
125 didn't vote(66.1%)
2026-07-13
Not-Content
41–118
Not-Content
2026-07-13
Not-Content
142–138
Content
2026-07-13
Not-Content
158–239
Not-Content
2026-04-27
Not-Content
58–138
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
27–89
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
30–130
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
46–117
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
135–154
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
65–173
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
178–231
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
69–332
Not-Content
2026-03-12
Not-Content
26–134
Not-Content
2026-01-12
Not-Content
201–169
Content
Source: lordsvotes-api.parliament.uk. "Result" shows the headline
Content vs Not-Content tally (including tellers). The Lords doesn't
publish a "didn't vote" attendance roll like the Commons, so the
figure above conflates absence with abstention.
Recent Hansard contributions · latest 1
2024-11-18
Great British Energy Bill
My Lords, I hope noble Lords will understand, perhaps even sympathise, when I say that it is with considerable trepidation that I rise to address your Lordships’ House for the first time. For one thing, as the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, pointed out in
Source: hansard.parliament.uk via hansard-api. Snippets shown
verbatim from the search API; click any debate title for the full record.
Register of Interests · 1 entries on file
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Nil
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No registrable interests
registered 2024-09-04
Source: UK Parliament Members API (Lords register). Refreshed weekly.
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Lords Code of Conduct
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Party history
1974-10-10 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
2008-10-03 → 2009-06-05
Minister of State (Department of Communities and Local Government) (Housing)
2006-05-05 → 2007-06-28
Foreign Secretary
2001-06-08 → 2006-05-05
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
1998-07-27 → 2001-06-08
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons (Privy Council Office)
1997-05-02 → 1998-07-27
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
1976-01-01 → 1979-01-01
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Education and Science)
1975-01-01 → 1976-01-01
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)
Opposition posts
1994-07-21 → 1995-01-01
Shadow Secretary of State for Health
1994-05-12 → 1994-07-21
Leader of HM Official Opposition
1992-04-09 → 1994-05-12
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
1989-07-01 → 1992-04-09
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
1984-06-01 → 1989-06-01
Shadow Minister (Social Security)
Committee memberships
2008-01-29 → 2008-10-31
Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament
2020-05-11 → 2024-05-30
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2017-11-20 → 2019-11-06
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Chair
+£15,235/yr
2017-10-30 → 2019-11-06
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2015-12-14 → 2017-05-03
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Chair
+£15,025/yr
2015-11-30 → 2017-05-03
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2010-02-09 → 2015-03-30
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Chair
+£14,582/yr
2010-01-13 → 2015-03-30
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Contact
No contact details recorded.
APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s)
No APPG officerships found for this peer. (Officer matching is by name —
if the parliamentary register lists them under a slightly different
form, the join may miss; check
/appgs directly.)
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.