The Lord Austin of Dudley
Non-affiliated
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Austin of Dudley's full title is The Lord Austin of Dudley. His name is Ian Christopher Austin, 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
2020-09-02 → present
Non-affiliated
current
2019-02-22 → 2019-11-06
Independent
2005-05-05 → 2019-02-22
Labour
Government posts
2009-06-09 → 2010-05-06
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Communities and Local Government) (Planning)
2008-10-05 → 2010-05-06
Minister of State (Regional Affairs) (West Midlands)
2008-10-05 → 2009-06-09
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)
Opposition posts
2011-10-07 → 2013-10-07
Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)
2010-10-08 → 2011-10-07
Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport)
2010-05-12 → 2010-10-08
Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government)
Committee memberships
2013-11-04 → 2015-03-30
Home Affairs Committee
2015-07-06 → 2017-05-03
Education Committee
2015-11-25 → 2016-03-09
Education, Skills and the Economy Sub-Committee
2017-09-11 → 2019-11-06
Panel of Chairs
2017-09-11 → 2019-03-19
Foreign Affairs Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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APPGs (2026) · 10 active officership(s) · 7 historic
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
2 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanctions (Human Rights Abuse and Corruption) Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2017-12-06 | |
| Government Departments (Decentralisation Target) Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2015-11-10 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.