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The Rt Hon. the Lord Hunt of Wirral MBE

Conservative Member of the House of Lords M
Lord Hunt of Wirral's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Hunt of Wirral MBE. His name is David James Fletcher Hunt, 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.

Party history

1976-03-11present
Conservative current

Government posts

1994-07-201995-07-04
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister (Public Service & Science)
1993-05-271994-07-19
Secretary of State for Employment
1990-05-041993-05-27
Secretary of State for Wales
1989-07-251990-05-03
Minister of State (Department of Environment) (Local Government)
1987-06-151989-07-24
Treasurer of Her Majesty's Household (HM Household)
1984-09-111987-06-13
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Energy)
1983-02-231984-09-10
Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip)
1981-09-301983-02-22
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)

Opposition posts

2025-01-01present
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
2008-10-072010-05-06
Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills)

Committee memberships

1979-05-031982-02-24
Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee)
1998-12-062001-05-11
House of Lords Offices Committee
2002-11-192007-10-30
House Committee (Lords)
2005-05-242007-10-30
Joint Committee on Security
2006-05-252006-07-25
Draft Legal Services Bill (Joint Committee) Chair +£12,500/yr
2006-05-232006-07-25
Draft Legal Services Bill (Joint Committee)
2007-11-192012-05-01
Procedure and Privileges Committee
2010-07-012011-01-13
Leader's Group on Members Leaving the House (L)
2015-06-082019-07-01
Constitution Committee
2021-04-142023-01-31
Justice and Home Affairs Committee
2023-01-312025-01-30
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee Chair +£16,900/yr

Contact

Parliamentary office
huntd@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

APPGs (2026) · 7 active officership(s) · 1 historic

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Steel and Metals-Related Industries
Subject Group
Officer 4 2027-01-11
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Credit Unions
Subject Group
Vice Chair Association of British Credit Unions Limited (ABCUL) 1 2027-01-16
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance and Financial Services
Subject Group
Co-Chair Chartered Insurance Institute Group 4 2026-06-12
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Subject Group
Co-Chair Bar Council · The Law Society 4 2027-01-16
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Post Offices
Subject Group
Vice Chair 4 2025-05-27
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Thalidomide
Subject Group
Officer 4 2027-06-04
Liverpool City Region All-Party Parliamentary Group
Subject Group
Vice Chair Devo Agency 4 2027-02-09
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)

2 bills 0 as lead sponsor 2 as supporter
Bill Info Role Status Introduced
Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019 Supported Royal Assent 2017-07-19
Estates of Deceased Persons (Forfeiture Rule and Law of Succession) Act 2011 Supported Royal Assent 2010-06-30
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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