The Rt Hon. the Lord Reid of Cardowan
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Reid of Cardowan's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Reid of Cardowan. His name is John Reid, 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
3 Content(1.9%)
124 Not-Content(76.5%)
35 didn't vote(21.6%)
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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, the virtue of the Bill is the flexibility that it gives the Secretary of State, allowing him or her—depending who is there—to take action swiftly on the basis of security advice. I agree entirely with the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, and my noble f
2026-05-18
King’s Speech
My Lords, after a week of fixation on personalities and personal ambitions, we can now return—I almost said “to sanity”—to the process of policies and the political direction of the Government. I am sure that they will want to make sure that their polici
2026-04-28
UK Biobank Data
My Lords, I declare an interest in the area of cyber security. First, we should congratulate the Government, despite the seriousness of this, on their swift response. Admittedly, it was after the event, but the Government acted on this occasion swiftly a
2026-04-28
Pension Schemes
My Lords, I thank the Minister. She has pointed out some signal failures in this case; they are now pretty widely known. What puzzles people, including those who are very sympathetic to the Government, is why, when there is such a failure of one particul
2026-03-24
Youth Unemployment
My Lords, I first welcome this Statement. It is not only important but long overdue in the face of the facts the Minister gave, including the fact she confirmed that take-up of apprenticeships has fallen by 40% over the last decade. If we are going to ad
2026-03-09
Energy Markets
My Lords, in the context of media reports over the weekend, can the Minister tell us the most recent assessment that has been made of the adequacy of the UK’s current gas storage capacity to meet demand in the event of a prolonged supply disruption and t
2026-02-03
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, for precisely the reasons outlined by the noble Lord, Lord Elliott, I have great suspicions about this amendment. It underestimates the operational difficulties of what is proposed, not least because the catchment age of this Chamber does not r
2026-01-07
Middle East and North Africa
My Lords, the conflict in Yemen has now been going on for, I think, more than 12 years, with tragic consequences. Those of us who have observed this over the past decade or so have always regarded it as both a tragedy and a very complicated issue, all th
2025-12-18
UK-EU Common Understanding Negotiations
Of course we have to give scrutiny to any international agreement, but I am sure that, throughout this House, there is wide agreement that this is good news for the young people of this country—there is no question about that. In that context, will my no
2025-11-13
Prisoner Releases in Error
My Lords, I have a considerable sympathy for the Minister. I am certain that under previous Secretaries of State for Justice and Home Secretaries, including me, there have been frequent inadvertent releases of prisoners. My noble friend is right that the
2025-11-13
Covid-19 Pandemic: Commemoration
My Lords, in following the noble Baroness’s Question and the Minister’s Answer, I add my condolences to those that have been expressed by noble Lords. The Minister said that preparations are under way and that they do not necessarily need to wait on the
2025-09-15
IPP Sentences
My Lords, can I commend the Minister’s approach? There are two sides to this story. One of them is obviously the points made by the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, about the difficulties faced by people who are indefinitely detained, but the other, which the Mi
2025-07-08
ARIA: Scoping Our Planet Programme
My Lords, when the Minister is considering whether to apply freedom of information, will he consider the learned comments of the former Prime Minister who introduced it, Mr Blair, who described it as the worst mistake he ever made?
2025-07-01
UK Weapons Systems
My Lords, I declare an interest in that, along with my noble friend Lord Robertson, we got rid of gravity nuclear bombs back in 1997. That was in a particular context, and I fully accept that the world has changed, so I have no objection to now maintaini
2025-06-11
Holocaust Memorial Bill
I just want to make sure that the record is correct. I did not say that I faced a divorce if the Bill passed. I said that I would face the divorce if I did not vote for the amendment.
2025-06-11
Holocaust Memorial Bill
I said “move”.
My second point is on the comments that were made about the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, who I have known for many years. I do not speak with the authority that others have—I have only been Home Secretary, Defence Secretary, Northern Irela
2025-06-11
Holocaust Memorial Bill
My Lords, I had not intended to contribute to this debate until the noble Lord, Lord Harper, spoke. First, I should make my credentials known, since everyone else seems to have done it. For 40 years I have been a member of Labour Friends of Israel. I am
2025-06-11
Disorder in Ballymena
My Lords, first, I apologise for my inadvertent failure to declare an interest when asking a question a week ago of the Minister, the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, on the SDR.
As regards this particular Question, my sympathies lie entirely with the noble B
2025-06-03
Strategic Defence Review
I thank the noble Lord, Lord Robertson, for his second very fine strategic defence review. He has done a service to all of us on that. I want to ask about a very specific point. In response to the changing nature of conflict, the review includes plans fo
I thank the noble Lord, Lord Elliott, for his helpful Question, which allows me to reply. Would the Minister confirm to the House—if it needs confirmation—that the conduct of investigations and prosecutions in Northern Ireland, as in the rest of the Unit
2025-05-13
Police, Prison and Probation Officers
My Lords, I thank the Government and congratulate them on the re-establishment and re-emphasis of neighbourhood policing. The running down of neighbourhood policing was a terrible mistake by the last Government. Will my noble friend the Minister accept t
2025-04-12
Steel Industry
My Lords, I will make five simple points.
First, the Government are absolutely correct to intervene. Like the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, I have personal experience of the devastation that is wrought on communities by the closure of steel industries
2025-03-31
Mental Health Bill [HL]
My Lords, just before my noble friend sits down and before the noble Lord, Lord Kamall, has to reach his crucial decision on this amendment, perhaps I may clarify something. As I understood it, my noble friend the Minister said she was more than happy to
2025-03-13
Syria
My Lords, as the Minister said, the situation in Syria is very fragile and therefore it is proper and sensible that His Majesty’s Government engage with the interim Administration. However, I think it would also be useful to maximise engagement with civi
2025-03-13
North Sea Vessel Collision
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his Statement. He said, correctly, that we have been very lucky on this occasion, in the midst of what is a tragic misfortune, in the sense that the fuel dispersed was aviation fuel, which has a propensity to evaporate
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Register of Interests · 6 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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Member, Advisory Board, Sirius Insight (maritime surveillance and security)
registered 2025-01-06 · amended 2025-04-05
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Non-executive director (formerly senior adviser), Aeralis Ltd (aviation)
registered 2024-09-09 · amended 2026-03-06
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Chair, Advisory Board, Shearwater Group plc (digital resilience/cyber security)
registered 2017-03-30 · amended 2025-04-05
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Director, John Reid Advisory Ltd (risk management; homeland security strategy); any income from the member's speaking engagements, articles etc listed in this category is paid to John Reid Advisory Ltd
registered 2010-08-16 · amended 2025-04-08
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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John Reid Advisory Ltd (see category 1)
registered 2013-11-25 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 3: Land and property
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Flat in London from which rental income is received
registered 2010-08-16 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
1987-06-11 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
2006-05-05 → 2007-06-28
Home Secretary
2005-05-06 → 2006-05-05
Secretary of State for Defence
2003-06-12 → 2005-05-06
Secretary of State for Health
2003-04-04 → 2003-06-12
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons (Privy Council Office)
2002-10-24 → 2003-04-04
Minister without Portfolio and Labour Party Chair
2001-01-25 → 2002-10-24
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
1999-05-17 → 2001-01-25
Secretary of State for Scotland
1998-07-27 → 1999-05-17
Minister of State (Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions)
1997-05-06 → 1998-07-27
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
1989-01-13 → 1989-12-15
Public Accounts Committee
2016-05-25 → 2021-01-28
International Relations and Defence Committee
2021-01-28 → 2024-01-31
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2026-01-27 → present
Economic Affairs Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
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APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s)
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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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)
4 bills
4 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK Borders Act | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2007-01-25 | |
| Offender Management Act 2007 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2006-11-22 | |
| Fraud (Trials Without a Jury) Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2006-11-16 | |
| Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2006-07-20 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.