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Official portrait of The Lord Watson of Invergowrie

The Lord Watson of Invergowrie

Labour Life peer M
Lord Watson of Invergowrie's full title is The Lord Watson of Invergowrie. His name is Michael Goodall Watson, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.

Pay & earnings · 2026

MP base salary £0 / £93,904 annual
0 days served — year-to-date · annual rate £93,904
Committee chair additional salary £7,422
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee · 148 days £7,422
Declared outside earnings £0
0 registered interests published in 2026
Total (salary + chair + declared) £7,422
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.

Constituencies represented

1989-06-151997-05-01
Glasgow Central

Party history

2012-10-31present
Labour current
2005-09-232012-10-30
Non-affiliated
1989-06-152005-09-22
Labour

Government posts

None recorded.

Opposition posts

2015-09-182022-04-28
Shadow Spokesperson (Education)

Committee memberships

1995-01-201997-03-21
Public Accounts Committee
2014-11-102015-02-03
Draft Protection of Charities Bill (Joint Committee)
2023-01-312023-11-23
Education for 11–16 Year Olds Committee
2024-01-242025-03-28
Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee
2025-01-30present
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee Chair +£18,305/yr
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.

Contact

Parliamentary office
watsonm@parliament.uk
020 7219 8731 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

APPGs (2026) · 5 active officership(s) · 2 historic

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Adult Education
Subject Group
Vice Chair WEA 7 2024-06-04
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Looked After Children and Care Leavers
Subject Group
Officer Become 8 2023-05-28
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Childcare and Early Education
Subject Group
Vice Chair Connect 15 2024-03-17
British Council All-Party Parliamentary Group
Subject Group
Vice Chair (Australia & New Zealand) The British Council 18 2024-06-12
Oracy All-Party Parliamentary Group
Subject Group
Vice Chair 6 2024-05-14
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.

Commons votes · 2026

No Commons votes recorded for 2026.

Written parliamentary questions · 2026

Showing 6 of 6 tabled 6 answered(100.0%) 3 departments
2026-03-27
Department for Education
Academies: Inspections
Answered
2026-03-27
Department for Education
Schools: Standards
Answered
2026-03-26
Department for Education
Special Educational Needs
Answered
2026-03-25
Department for Education
Multi-academy Trusts: Pay
Answered
2026-02-25
Cabinet Office
Senior Salaries Review Body
Answered
2026-01-07
Treasury
Child Benefit
Answered
Source: UK Parliament Members API. The amber "interest" tag is set by Parliament's own system when the asking MP has a register entry it deems related — typically a paid role or directorship in the sector being asked about. Click any "i" icon to see the full question and the department's answer.

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 MPs 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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