The Lord O'Donnell KG GCB
Crossbench
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord O'Donnell's full title is The Lord O'Donnell KG GCB. His name is Augustine Thomas O'Donnell, and he 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.
Lords votes · 2026
162 divisions
1 Content(0.6%)
8 Not-Content(4.9%)
153 didn't vote(94.4%)
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
2026-03-24
Not-Content
80–166
Not-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 17
My Lords, I will be brief. First, I am a member of the All England Lawn Tennis Club; I am on the committee.
I will correct something that was said about the existing situation. To be absolutely clear, the courts made it clear that there is no statutor
2025-11-03
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, I added my name to Amendment 250 because I believe that it is a necessary and proportionate measure to remove a legal blockage to sustainable growth—a blockage that is holding back both our national well-being and our economic prosperity. I dec
2025-09-16
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
I will just say one thing. The noble Baroness mentioned all the things on which she has been able to talk about the evidence because there was data. I just remind noble Lords that this amendment is talking about one annual survey. It is not asking people
2025-09-16
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I will speak on behalf of Amendment 472, which is in my name and that of the noble Baroness, Lady Tyler, who has spoken very well, and the noble Lords, Lord Layard and Lord Moynihan. This is a modest proposal, but it is probably the most impor
2025-09-09
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, I follow the noble Lord, my former colleague, as someone who has championed the idea that well-being should be the goal of government, and also as a former Permanent Secretary to the Treasury—I think I will take a slightly different slant on a
2025-05-01
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, this is a really important occasion for the House of Lords, and for the world to see that the House cares about children’s well-being. We have such great speakers in this debate. We have had some brilliant introductions but, in my experience, p
2025-03-17
Football Governance Bill [HL]
My Lords, I support this amendment. I should declare my interest: I am passionate about football. Wembley has been mentioned, and I remember my first trip there was in 1968 to see my team, Manchester United, win the European Cup—alas, that may not happen
2024-03-25
Cabinet Manual
My Lords, I thank the noble Viscount for this important Question. I wrote a lot of this, and one of the things I say in the preface is that it needs updating periodically, for things such as Brexit, war powers—I could name a huge number. I urge Ministers
I start by joining the noble Viscount, Lord Stansgate, in paying tribute to my noble friend Lord Hennessey of Nympsfield, who, I should stress, was a collaborator on the first edition of the Cabinet Manual. He was one of the academic experts whom we con
2022-10-20
Cost of Living: Public Well-being
My Lords, I am delighted to contribute to this very timely debate. Noble Lords will be surprised to hear that it marks a big step forward in the policy approach taken by the Government. I had been very dubious about the idea of maximising growth, wonderi
2021-10-22
Assisted Dying Bill [HL]
My Lords, I have been moved to speak in this debate by the huge number of letters and emails that I have received from the public, the importance of the topic and knowing that this House has a particularly important role in issues such as this. The debat
2019-09-05
European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill
My Lords, I would like to build on what many of the previous speakers have said, particularly my former boss, the noble Lord, Lord Kerr, who covered many of the areas that I want to speak on, and the noble Baroness, Lady Bull. I completely support what s
2018-04-25
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
My Lords, briefly, I would like to thank the Minister and his officials for their work on this and for their constructive approach. I am very happy to drop my amendment.
2018-02-05
Civil Service Impartiality
My Lords, I had the pleasure of working with the Minister in his many guises and, if ever there was a Minister who lived by the code he has just talked about, it is the noble Lord. Does he believe that those making allegations without supporting evidence
2018-01-31
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
My Lords, this Bill started life as an oxymoron—let us be honest. The great repeal Bill repeals some EU law but transposes it back into UK legislation, and what we have heard today has made it clear that it is not that great either. As many have already
2017-03-13
Higher Education and Research Bill
My Lords, I will be very brief. I declare an interest as a visiting professor at LSE and UCL, and my first job was as a lecturer in economics at the University of Glasgow, where I saw at first hand the joys of teaching a diverse group of students. I take
My Lords, I should like to refer, first, to my interests in the register, particularly as president of the council of the Institute for Fiscal Studies and as chairman of Frontier Economics. In such a lengthy debate, I want to concentrate on those issues
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Register of Interests · 7 entries on file
Declarations under the Lords Code of Conduct. Free text — no monetary values, no hours worked. A declaration that an interest exists, not a claim about its size.
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
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Non-executive Director and Strategic Adviser, Brookfield Asset Management
registered 2013-05-09 · amended 2025-04-05
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Senior Fellow, Civil Service College, Singapore (the member's earnings for this work in 2023/24 were $9,000)
registered 2012-10-09 · amended 2025-04-05
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Ambassador (formerly Chairman), Frontier Economics
registered 2012-10-09 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (b)
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Rolls Royce
registered 2024-05-14 · amended 2025-04-05
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Brookfield Corporation (alternative investment management company)
registered 2023-03-31 · amended 2025-04-05
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Brookfield Asset Management
registered 2014-12-01 · amended 2025-04-05
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The member holds a number of ISAs, some of which are sector-specific investments (Euros, property), which collectively exceed the registration threshold
registered 2012-01-25 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2012-01-10 → present
Crossbench
current
Government posts
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Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
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Contact
Parliamentary office
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APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s)
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Wellbeing Economics
Subject Group
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Co-Chair | The World Wellbeing Movement | 4 | 2026-11-15 |
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the
/appgs Top secretariat funders panel — click any funder
there to open its full relationship graph. Officer matching is name-based against
the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.
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.