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The Rt Hon. the Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

Labour Member of the House of Lords F
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean's full title is The Rt Hon. the Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean. Her name is Elizabeth Conway Symons, and she 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

1996-10-07present
Labour current

Government posts

2003-06-132005-05-10
Minister of State (Middle East)
2001-06-082003-06-13
Minister for Trade and Investment and Deputy Leader of the House of Lords (also Department of Trade and Industry)
2001-06-082003-06-06
Minister of State (Trade and Investment) Deputy Leader of the House of Lords (also FCO)
2001-06-082005-05-30
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords

Opposition posts

2010-10-082011-09-05
Shadow Spokesperson (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs)

Committee memberships

2001-06-262002-11-07
House of Lords Offices Committee
2001-06-262005-05-07
Procedure and Privileges Committee
2006-05-222006-10-31
Conventions (Joint Committee)
2006-11-212010-04-08
European Union Committee
2010-02-012010-05-06
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2011-07-062012-03-26
Draft House of Lords Reform Bill (Joint Committee)
2014-12-112015-02-11
The Arctic
2014-06-122014-11-04
The Arctic
2016-05-262020-04-23
EU External Affairs Sub-Committee
2020-10-152021-11-24
Risk Assessment and Risk Planning Committee
2024-11-06present
Ecclesiastical Committee
2021-07-202024-05-30
Ecclesiastical Committee
2023-01-312023-03-16
AI in Weapon Systems Committee

Contact

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

APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s)

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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)

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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