The Rt Hon. the Viscount Thurso
Liberal Democrat
Excepted Hereditary
M
Viscount Thurso's full title is The Rt Hon. the Viscount Thurso. His name is John Archibald Thurso, and he was excluded from the House of Lords on 29 April 2026.
Pay & earnings · 2026
MP base salary
£0
/ £93,904 annual
0 days served — year-to-date
· annual rate £93,904
Declared outside earnings
£0
0 registered interests published in 2026
Total (salary + chair + declared)
£0
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.
Constituencies represented
2005-05-05 → 2015-03-30
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
2001-06-07 → 2005-05-05
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Party history
1995-10-31 → 2026-04-29
Liberal Democrat
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
2008-10-08 → 2010-05-06
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business, Innovation and Skills)
2003-05-10 → 2005-05-10
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Transport)
2001-07-01 → 2006-03-10
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Scotland)
2001-06-01 → 2005-06-01
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Culture, Media and Sport)
2001-06-01 → 2002-06-01
Liberal Democrat Whip
Committee memberships
2005-07-12 → 2010-05-06
Administration Committee
2006-04-24 → 2015-03-30
Treasury Committee
2010-07-27 → 2015-03-30
Finance and Services Committee
Chair
+£14,582/yr
2010-07-26 → 2015-03-30
Finance and Services Committee
2010-07-27 → 2015-03-30
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2011-06-23 → 2012-03-26
Draft House of Lords Reform Bill (Joint Committee)
2012-07-16 → 2013-06-12
Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards (Joint Committee)
2020-10-15 → 2021-11-24
Risk Assessment and Risk Planning Committee
2023-07-13 → 2026-04-29
Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (Lords)
2024-01-31 → 2026-04-29
Industry and Regulators Committee
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.
Contact
No contact details recorded.
APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s)
No APPG officerships found for this MP. (Officer matching is by name —
if the parliamentary register lists them under a slightly different
form, the join may miss; check
/appgs directly.)
Commons votes · 2026
No Commons votes recorded for 2026.
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
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.