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The Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville MBE

Liberal Democrat Member of the House of Lords F
Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville's full title is The Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville MBE. Her name is Catherine Mary Bakewell, 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

2013-09-09present
Liberal Democrat current

Government posts

None recorded.

Opposition posts

2017-10-122025-03-09
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
2016-10-282017-10-12
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Work and Pensions)
2016-05-172016-10-28
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government)

Committee memberships

2013-11-122014-03-31
Personal Service Companies
2014-06-122017-04-27
Procedure and Privileges Committee
2015-06-122015-12-11
EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee
2018-06-042018-07-12
Middle Level Bill Committee
2026-01-27present
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
2019-07-012023-01-31
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
2022-01-192022-11-28
Land Use in England Committee
2023-01-312026-01-27
Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
2025-10-152026-04-22
Malvern Hills Bill [HL] Committee

Contact

Parliamentary office
bakewellc@parliament.uk
020 7219 8310 · House of Lords , London, SW1A 0PW

APPGs (2026) · 7 active officership(s) · 3 historic

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All Party Parliamentary Group for Packaging in the Circular Economy
Subject Group
Vice Chair 4 2027-04-11
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Bosnia and Herzegovina
Country, Area or Region Group
Vice Chair Charity Bosnia-UK Network 4 2027-01-04
All-Party Parliamentary Group for District Councils
Subject Group
Officer Cratus Group · District Councils’ Network 3 2025-05-29
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Zoos and Aquariums
Subject Group
Officer 4 2027-02-15
All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Packaging Manufacturing Industry.
Subject Group
Vice Chair 4 2025-05-14
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Microplastics
Subject Group
Officer National Federation of Women's Institutes 4 2027-03-19
County All-Party Parliamentary Group
Subject Group
Vice Chair County Councils Network 10 2024-07-04
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.
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