The Rt Hon. the Lord Wallace of Saltaire
Liberal Democrat
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Wallace of Saltaire's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Wallace of Saltaire. His name is William John Lawrence Wallace, 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.
Political donations made
Total donated (all years on record)
£16,715
9 donations across 1 distinct recipient
Matched donor names:
Lord William Wallace Of Saltaire · Lord na Wallace of Saltaire
| Date | Recipient | Type | EC Ref | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-30 | Liberal Democrats · Parliamentary Party In The Lords | Cash | C0337765 | £1,800 |
| 2016-12-31 | Liberal Democrats · Central Party | Cash | C0262585 | £2,215 |
| 2016-06-30 | Liberal Democrats · Parliamentary Party In The Lords | Cash | C0245055 | £1,800 |
| 2015-12-31 | Liberal Democrats · Central Party | Cash | C0239666 | £1,900 |
| 2015-09-30 | Liberal Democrats · Parliamentary Party In The Lords | Cash | C0210972 | £1,800 |
| 2014-09-30 | Liberal Democrats · Parliamentary Party In The Lords | Cash | C0107371 | £1,800 |
| 2013-09-30 | Liberal Democrats · Parliamentary Party In The Lords | Cash | C0093830 | £1,800 |
| 2012-09-30 | Liberal Democrats · Parliamentary Party In The Lords | Cash | C0083788 | £2,000 |
| 2011-09-30 | Liberal Democrats · Parliamentary Party In The Lords | Cash | C0052694 | £1,600 |
Showing the 9 most recent donations on record.
Source: Electoral Commission donations register
(search.electoralcommission.org.uk).
Match confidence: place-suffix.
Ministerial activity
Records on file
9
6 meetings ·
2 hospitality ·
0 gifts ·
1 overseas trip
· 2014-01-01 → 2026-05-01
Recent meetings
| Date | Met with | Purpose | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-12-11 | — | Discussion of protected maritime areas | cabinet-office |
| 2014-10-30 | — | Trustee meeting (member of) | cabinet-office |
| 2014-10-20 | — | Discussion of digital public services | cabinet-office |
| 2014-04-01 | — | Foreign Policy discussion | cabinet-office |
| 2014-01-01 | — | Discussion on Iran | cabinet-office |
| 2014-01-01 | — | Discussion of apprenticeships | cabinet-office |
Recent hospitality
| Date | Host | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-03-20 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2014-02-05 | — | Dinner | — |
Recent overseas travel
| Dates | Destination | Purpose | Total cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Brussels | Visit to European Parliament | — |
Source: gov.uk ministerial transparency returns. Coverage:
HM Treasury and DSIT. Published quarterly under the Ministerial
Code; refreshed monthly on the 7th.
Lords votes · 2026
162 divisions
85 Content(52.5%)
15 Not-Content(9.3%)
62 didn't vote(38.3%)
2026-04-23
Not-Content
152–207
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
178–231
Not-Content
2026-03-26
Not-Content
115–197
Not-Content
2026-03-05
Content
193–143
Content
2026-03-05
Content
194–140
Content
2026-03-05
Content
198–139
Content
2026-03-05
Content
208–142
Content
2026-03-05
Content
214–142
Content
2026-02-04
Content
62–295
Not-Content
2026-01-05
Content
131–127
Content
2026-01-05
Content
194–130
Content
2026-01-05
Not-Content
168–178
Not-Content
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
2026-06-22
HS2 Ltd: Consultants
My Lords, as someone who has spent most of my life living in the north of England, I strongly agree with the Minister that we need very considerably to improve the capacity of railway lines to the whole of the north of England, north-west Yorkshire and t
My Lords, the report that the noble Lord, Lord Pack, referred to was by a French government agency about the apparent operations of an Israeli company in exerting influence over campaigns in France, Britain and a number of African countries. The report m
2026-06-15
Immigration: Eurodac and SIS II
Will the Minister confirm that it has always been very strongly in the interests of the British police and other authorities to promote closer co-operation with our neighbours? I remember when I was a very junior Minister being told in Yorkshire that the
2026-06-08
UK Defence Capability
My Lords, the SDR made it clear that the Russian threat is now not simply a threat from abroad in eastern Europe and the North Sea but is also a homeland threat. It suggested a number of measures for mobilising our domestic population and improving homel
My Lords, I welcome this announcement and thank the Minister for alerting me to the Statement yesterday. The coalition Government produced the Cabinet Manual as a guide for future Governments to the conventions of our unwritten constitution. It was inten
To ask His Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to including in the Cabinet Manual guidelines for government formation in the event of the next election not providing a Commons majority for a single party.
2026-06-01
Donations to Political Parties
My Lords, how are the Government going to get at the increasingly shadowy area of what the Minister has just called political life, where donations are not specifically to political parties but are being used to support particular causes? It is widely re
2026-05-21
Higher Earners: Emigration
My Lords, does the Minister remember the argument, at the time of the Brexit referendum, that the divide in Britain was between the intellectual elite, who were people from anywhere, and the real people of Britain, who were people from somewhere? Are we
2026-05-20
Disadvantaged Pupils: Music Attainment Gap
The Minister mentioned music hubs. The key thing in getting an opportunity for disadvantaged students from schools that do not have good musical education is to put them in touch with music hubs. I declare an interest as I used to be chair of the VOCES8
2026-05-18
King’s Speech
My Lords, like others, I note that the King’s Speech did not mention constitutional or political reform. The Representation of the People Bill addresses many of the external threats to our constitutional democracy but does nothing to address the domestic
2026-05-18
Local Government Pension Fund
My Lords, this is about local government pension funds and we are discussing guidance; the Minister has just talked about an instruction. Does she recognise that the autonomy of local government ought to be an important principle that we all hold to and
My Lords, I will raise a couple of broader points about where we are. A strong leadership system operates well when you have only two parties represented on a council. We are about to have local elections in which the number of councils elected with only
My Lords, I declare an interest as a recipient of very considerable welfare payments in the form of my old-age pension and my wife’s old-age pension. The whole discussion about cutting welfare seems to leave out the very substantial chunk of welfare that
My Lords, a quick look at international comparisons for introducing digital voting suggests that experiments in other advanced democratic countries have shown that it is okay at the local level, where the likelihood of cyber attack is low, but at the nat
2026-04-20
Civil Preparedness for War
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Robertson, gave me a copy of his Salisbury speech last week. I want to quote the final sentence because, in some ways, that speech was a cry of despair that nobody has yet taken seriously the strategic defence review. He sa
2026-04-16
Strategic Defence Review: Funding
My Lords, I say simply from the Liberal Democrat Benches that I cannot think how many times I have spoken to the noble Lord, Lord Robertson, in the last few months. We are fully engaged with this debate, as the Minister knows well. We are anxious that th
2026-04-14
Ministerial Salaries (Amendment) Bill
My Lords, we on these Benches support this modest improvement. In the late 19th century, the Liberal Party spent a great deal of time campaigning for MPs to be paid, against strong Conservative opposition, on the grounds that we wanted anyone to be able
My Lords, the Minister says that this is a vital base for Britain as well as for the United States. Just how vital is it for Britain? Nearly 20 years ago, I did some work and published a paper on the special relationship and US and UK bases. I recall th
My Lords, I looked last night at Labour’s 2024 manifesto and would like to quote, extremely briefly, a few phrases from it. It said:
“Labour is committed to strengthening our democracy”.
It attacked the Conservatives for failing to encourage
“
This time on a Thursday afternoon, just before the Recess, is not the ideal time to call a Division, much as many of us on these Benches would have liked to do so. We do not resile from the view that this Bill is constitutionally deficient and democratic
Before the noble Baroness sits down, can she clarify one point? We are heading towards a model of English governance in which there will be roughly 35 elected mayors. Do the Government envisage that the Council of the Nations and Regions will then have t
My Lords, I rise to talk to Amendment 181, which is grouped with this. Britain has an unwritten constitution, which gives us flexibility but also lacks constraint on changing Prime Ministers or Governments beyond trust in their behaving like good chaps.
My Lords, democracy starts with local engagement. As the saying goes, all politics is local, and people start by worrying about their own local community.
We talk about pride of place in government policy, but place is not usually the whole of Yorkshi
Can the Minister explain what a “devolution island” is?
Source: hansard.parliament.uk via hansard-api. Snippets shown
verbatim from the search API; click any debate title for the full record.
Register of Interests · 1 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.
Nil
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No registrable interests
registered 2025-04-07
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Party history
1995-12-19 → present
Liberal Democrat
current
Government posts
2011-09-05 → 2015-05-07
Lords Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)
2010-10-13 → 2015-05-07
Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
Opposition posts
2017-07-23 → 2026-05-12
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)
2015-06-01 → 2016-10-28
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs)
Committee memberships
1997-06-03 → 2002-11-07
European Union Committee
1998-03-25 → 2010-04-08
Ecclesiastical Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
wallacew@parliament.uk
020 7219 3125 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 3125 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s) · 3 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2026-10-10 |
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)
6 bills
0 as lead sponsor
6 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| House of Commons Commission Act 2015 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2015-02-04 | |
| Recall of MPs Act 2015 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2014-09-11 | |
| Deregulation Act 2015 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2014-01-23 | |
| Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2012-05-10 | |
| Superannuation Act 2010 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2010-07-15 | |
| Academies Act 2010 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2010-05-26 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.