The Baroness Brinton
Liberal Democrat
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Brinton's full title is The Baroness Brinton. Her name is Sarah Virginia Brinton, 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.
Political donations made
Total donated (all years on record)
£30,511
14 donations across 1 distinct recipient
Matched donor name:
Baroness Sarah V Brinton
| Date | Recipient | Type | EC Ref | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-14 | Liberal Democrats · Young Liberals | Cash | C0571502 | £1,000 |
| 2023-05-12 | Liberal Democrats · Young Liberals | Cash | C0571501 | £1,000 |
| 2017-09-30 | Liberal Democrats · Central Party | Cash | C0337833 | £5,050 |
| 2017-06-30 | Liberal Democrats · closed 31/12/2023 - Watford | Cash | C0322936 | £1,600 |
| 2016-12-31 | Liberal Democrats · Central Party | Cash | C0262558 | £4,150 |
| 2016-09-30 | Liberal Democrats · Parliamentary Party In The Lords | Cash | C0252215 | £1,800 |
| 2015-12-31 | Liberal Democrats · Central Party | Cash | C0239640 | £2,200 |
| 2015-09-30 | Liberal Democrats · Parliamentary Party In The Lords | Cash | C0210904 | £1,600 |
| 2015-09-30 | Liberal Democrats · closed 31/12/2023 - Watford | Cash | C0210905 | £2,400 |
| 2014-11-12 | Liberal Democrats · closed 31/12/2025 - East Dunbartonshire | Cash | C0146157 | £2,111 |
| 2014-09-30 | Liberal Democrats · Parliamentary Party In The Lords | Cash | C0107375 | £1,800 |
| 2013-09-30 | Liberal Democrats · Parliamentary Party In The Lords | Cash | C0093840 | £1,800 |
| 2012-09-30 | Liberal Democrats · Parliamentary Party In The Lords | Cash | C0083750 | £1,800 |
| 2011-12-31 | Liberal Democrats · Parliamentary Party In The Lords | Cash | C0076874 | £2,200 |
Showing the 14 most recent donations on record.
Source: Electoral Commission donations register
(search.electoralcommission.org.uk).
Match confidence: unique-surname.
Lords votes · 2026
176 divisions
117 Content(66.5%)
36 Not-Content(20.5%)
23 didn't vote(13.1%)
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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 25
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Davies of Devonport, for her very moving contribution about her mother’s own experience, reminding us of the consequences of stigma, hidden infections and diseases such as hepatitis not being identified, which m
I thank the Minister for her introduction to the SI and for the recent meeting. I will ask her many questions. If she cannot answer them all, I will look forward to hearing from her in due course. I have tabled this amendment because of very serious disq
At end insert “but that this House regrets that the draft Regulations do not address the concerns expressed by many victims about the changes made from the original proposals in Sir Brian Langstaff’s Inquiry Report and Additional Report on Compensatio
My Lords, this group addresses the most profound structural shift in this Bill: the delegation of aviation rule-making to the Civil Aviation Authority. We are pleased to see that Amendment 62 now carries the Minister’s name, alongside that of the noble
My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister and his officials, who have met with us to discuss issues relating to standards to provide assistance to disabled people throughout their journey and why this desperately needs to be remedied formally. I signed Ame
My Lords, I am grateful to the Deputy Speaker for pointing out that Amendment 25 appears in both this group and the next. I plan to speak to it in the next group. I had hoped that the Minister, the noble Lord, Lord Hendy, might have spoken to his Amendme
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, for Amendment 1, but I express concern that it and Amendment 3 are in conflict in their proposed new subsections (1)(c) and (1B)(c). The reason for that was amply explained by the noble Lord, Lord Redwood. H
2026-07-07
Railways Bill
My Lords, it is good to follow the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, even if I think that processes have been somewhat neglected in the privatisation of recent years, often to the detriment of passengers. I want to echo the thanks that have been made to the nobl
2026-07-06
Armed Forces Bill
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Lane-Fox of Soho, who spoke eloquently about the need for improved housing for service men and women and their families. I am grateful, too, to my noble friend Lord Wallace of Saltaire for his
My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Janke for calling for this important debate, and it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lady Leaman, who spoke movingly of services for children with ADHD. I support everything that the noble Baroness, Lady Lane
2026-06-24
Clergy Conduct Measure
My Lords, I declare my interest that one of my sons is a priest in the Church of England.
I thank the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Manchester for introducing the Measure to your Lordships’ House today, and the Ecclesiastical Committee for its
My Lords, I signed the two amendments from the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, in this group. As she said, they are pertinent to the next group, when we get into the detail. I just wanted to say, as the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, said, that going from
My Lords, I apologise for not apologising, when I intervened on the last group, for missing Second Reading. I am very grateful for the Minister’s comments on my return after some ill health.
There are 36 amendments in this group. The vast majority rel
2026-04-23
Victims and Courts Bill
My Lords, I am going to intervene very briefly to say that it is good that an agreement has been reached on the difficult issue of the processes and arrangements relating to private prosecutions. As with many of the other issues we have discussed during
2026-04-21
Infected Blood Compensation Scheme
My Lords, I thank the Government for this Statement, and the technical expert group—TEG—at IBCA for its detailed report, which sits behind the proposed changes to the scheme outlined in the Statement. There are many victims who will be reassured by most,
2026-04-16
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Young of Acton, has set out his reasons for insisting on his Motion Q1, which would delete records that the police hold non-crime hate incidents in certain circumstances which he outlined, even when the police had a concern
2026-04-16
Southport Inquiry: Prevent Programme
My Lords, our thoughts are with the victims and their families, especially this week with the publication of the inquiry report, which will have brought back many sad memories. The inquiry report is very clear that, unlike with the safeguarding of childr
2026-04-15
Victims and Courts Bill
My Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend Lord Marks for his comments on private prosecutions, and for the discussions we have had with the Minister, and separately with the noble and learned Lord, Lord Keen, over the course of the Bill.
I echo
2026-04-15
Victims and Courts Bill
My Lords, I start by thanking the Minister, her ministerial colleagues in the justice department, officials and staff, who have been available for conversations both during the passage of the Bill, especially since Report, and the helpful discussions ref
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, for bringing this amendment back and for her speech, and to the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, and the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, for their detailed exposition. I may be
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I signed this amendment, which was originally laid by my late noble and learned friend Lord Wallace of Tankerness. I think that he would have been very pleased to hear the speech made by the noble Lord, Lord Carter, this evening and would have
2026-03-17
Victims and Courts Bill
My Lords, on behalf of the Liberal Democrat Benches, I am very grateful that the Conservatives have already expressed their thanks for the Bill. We echo that thanks. I welcome the very constructive engagement from all sides of the House. I particularly t
2026-03-12
NHS: Heart Valve Disease
My Lords, the Resuscitation Council UK, the British Cardiovascular Society and the National Council for Palliative Care have excellent and sensitive joint guidance on the use of cardiovascular implants towards the end of life. My family’s experience in d
2026-03-11
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Cameron of Lochiel, introduced Amendment 402, which proposes that the police should be exempt from the public sector equality duty under the Equality Act 2010, to ensure that they are
“solely committed to effectively car
2026-03-11
Crime and Policing Bill
I am struggling to hear the question in the noble Baroness’s intervention. I repeat the point that the Office for National Statistics and the police data that is currently collected both say the numbers are so low they are insignificant and therefore unu
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Register of Interests · 1 entries on file
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Self-employed consultant in training and skills
registered 2011-02-13 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2011-02-04 → present
Liberal Democrat
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
2023-10-10 → present
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Home Affairs) (Victims and Abuse)
2020-02-01 → 2022-12-31
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Health)
Committee memberships
2015-06-11 → 2016-03-15
Equality Act 2010 and Disability Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
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APPGs (2026) · 7 active officership(s) · 4 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Blood Cancer
Subject Group
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Officer | — | 4 | 2024-05-27 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Bullying
Subject Group
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Co-Chair | Anti-Bullying Alliance | 4 | 2022-07-25 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Children of Alcoholics
Subject Group
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Officer | — | 4 | 2026-07-12 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Coronavirus
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | Best for Britain | 10 | 2023-11-08 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Coronavirus and Future Pandemics
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | — | 10 | 2024-11-08 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fire Safety and Rescue
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | Fire Sector Federation | 3 | 2026-11-29 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Supported Internships and Disability Employment
Subject Group
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Officer | DFN Project SEARCH | 7 | 2024-11-18 |
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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)
3 bills
3 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victims of Crime (Rights, Entitlements, and Notification of Child Sexual Abuse) Bill [HL] | — | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2020-01-22 |
| Victims of Crime (Rights, Entitlements, and Notification of Child Sexual Abuse) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2019-10-28 | |
| Victims of Crime (Rights, Entitlements, and Notification of Child Sexual Abuse) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2017-07-06 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.