The Rt Hon. the Lord Anderson of Swansea
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Anderson of Swansea's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Anderson of Swansea. His name is Donald Anderson, 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
5 Content(3.1%)
141 Not-Content(87.0%)
16 didn't vote(9.9%)
2026-04-27
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58–138
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2026-04-23
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2026-04-13
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2026-03-26
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2026-03-25
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2026-03-24
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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
2026-06-10
Middle East
My Lords, does the Minister agree that no minority has contributed more positively to this country, in the past and now, than the Jewish community in our midst?
The Statement is one that I generally recognise and applaud, and it appears to have all-pa
2026-06-01
Devolved Public Services: Funding
My Lords, we may receive more per head of population, but do the Government recognise that Wales is at or near the bottom of all the indices of deprivation in the UK? So what direct benefit, if any, will we receive from HS2?
2026-05-21
King’s Speech
My Lords, “know thyself” was the message of the oracle at Delphi, and it was good that the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Houghton, enabled us to puncture some of our national delusions, and I follow him in that. It was unusual and significant that the gra
2026-04-16
Strategic Defence Review: Funding
My Lords, in the current debate about the appropriate balance between welfare and defence spending, allegations have been made about the lack of defence expertise in the Treasury. Is this justified?
My Lords, does my noble friend the Minister agree that it is often difficult to draw the appropriate line between legitimate criticism of Israel—for example, in relation to Gaza and Iran—and antisemitism? Will she agree to undertake robustly to challenge
2026-03-19
Middle East
My Lords, the key justification of President Trump in launching this war of choice was that it was a pre-emptive action on his part because Iran was poised to produce nuclear weapons. Has not that claim been blown out of the water by the evidence just gi
2026-03-19
UK Energy Sources and Cost of Energy
My Lords, does the current crisis and the vulnerabilities that have been exposed lead the Government to re-examine the case for tidal power in the UK?
2026-03-19
Refugee Movements: Lebanon
My Lords, the increasing turbulence in the Middle East—in Lebanon, yes, but also in Sudan, South Sudan and Iran—means many more humanitarian tragedies and many more people who technically qualify as refugees and asylum seekers. Are we prepared for this?
2026-03-19
Refugee Movements: Lebanon
My Lords—
2026-03-19
Refugee Movements: Lebanon
My Lords—
My Lords, page 8 of our report states baldly that
“governments since 2019 have not listened to Parliament”
in respect of treaty scrutiny at Westminster. So the question before us is, “Does there exist, as is stated in the report, an accountability
My Lords, it is good to follow the noble Lord, Lord Ahmad, who was a highly respected and highly successful Minister; I salute him for that. I congratulate my noble and learned friend Lord Goldsmith, the former chairman of the relevant committee. I also
2026-02-10
Ambassadors: Vetting Process
My Lords, is it not the case that the overwhelming majority of ambassadors are appointed from within the service and therefore, perhaps over several decades, their competence and loyalty has been tested? The Question therefore refers perhaps to the very
2026-01-29
Erasmus+ Eligibility: Asylum Seekers
My Lords—
2026-01-21
Great Western Railway: Infrastructure
My Lords, I am confident that the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Gower, will join with me in praising the care of the GWR staff. Nevertheless, both he and I suffer on our journeys, often together, from Swansea, because of the delays. Can my noble friend the
2026-01-21
Great Western Railway: Infrastructure
My Lords—
2026-01-15
Iran
My Lords, does my noble friend agree that history teaches that the regime of the mullahs will probably be toppled only when elements of the security forces and other elements of the regime join the protests? Is there any evidence that that is happening i
2026-01-06
Venezuela
My Lords, we well understand the difficulties of criticising our close ally, President Trump. However, is there not a real danger that many will now see this as an acquiescence to the rather crude reassertion of the Monroe doctrine of the United States?
2025-12-08
Royal Navy Submarine Force
My Lords, do we have any concerns about the commitment of the US Administration to the AUKUS concept?
2025-12-08
Royal Navy Submarine Force
My Lords—
2025-12-04
UK Citizens in Venezuela
My Lords, given the limited numbers in our embassy, are we confident that we have means of communicating with those British nationals? What contingency arrangements have been or are proposed to be made with neighbouring countries such as Trinidad and Tob
2025-11-25
Wales: Further Devolution
My Lords, if the Government accept that devolution is a process, what further steps do they envisage before the end of this Parliament?
2025-11-12
Barnett Formula: Wales
My Lords—
2025-11-04
Elon Musk
My Lords, would not a period of silence from Mr Musk be most welcome, particularly when he seeks to give an opinion on our domestic affairs? Why give him the dignity of a response?
2025-09-15
Plastic Pollution
My Lords, the failure of the negotiations was a great disappointment. Is it now the view of the Government that that is the end of the main story, that opposition is so entrenched that there is no serious prospect of progress on the main issue and that,
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Register of Interests · 1 entries on file
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No registrable interests
registered 2017-10-09
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Party history
1966-03-31 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
1994-01-01 → 1996-01-01
Shadow Solicitor General
1993-01-01 → 1994-01-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Defence, Disarmament and Arms Control)
1983-01-01 → 1992-01-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs)
Committee memberships
1981-11-20 → 1983-05-13
Welsh Affairs Committee
Chair
1979-12-14 → 1983-06-09
Welsh Affairs Committee
1997-07-14 → 2005-07-11
Liaison Committee (Commons)
1981-12-08 → 1983-06-09
Liaison Committee (Commons)
1992-10-26 → 1994-02-23
Home Affairs Committee
1997-07-16 → 2005-07-12
Foreign Affairs Committee
Chair
2009-05-11 → 2009-07-16
Draft Bribery Bill (Joint Committee)
2012-05-17 → 2015-03-30
EU Sub Committee E - Justice, Institutions and Consumer Protection
2017-06-27 → 2020-04-23
EU Justice Sub-Committee
2020-04-23 → 2021-03-31
EU Security and Justice Sub-Committee
2021-01-28 → 2024-01-31
International Relations and Defence Committee
2024-01-31 → present
International Agreements Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
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APPGs (2026) · 6 active officership(s) · 13 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Slovakia
Country Group
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Vice Chair | — | 12 | 2024-07-06 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Community Development in Europe
Subject Group
|
Senior Vice Chair | — | 9 | 2023-07-03 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Egypt
Country, Area or Region Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2026-07-04 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Iran
Country Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 7 | 2021-05-16 |
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Austria All-Party Parliamentary Group
Country Group
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Co-Chair | — | 4 | 2025-05-21 |
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Czech and Slovak All-Party Parliamentary Group
Country Group
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Co-Chairman | — | 5 | 2021-06-12 |
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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.
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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)
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0 as lead sponsor
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Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.