The Baroness Gale

Labour Member of the House of Lords F

Baroness Gale's full title is The Baroness Gale. Her name is Anita Gale, and she is a current member of the House of Lords.

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Allowance claims · 2026

Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.

Party history

1999-08-04 → present

Labour current

Government posts

None recorded.

Opposition posts

2017-01-09 → 2020-04-15

Shadow Spokesperson (Equalities and Women's Issues)

2010-10-08 → 2013-10-01

Opposition Whip (Lords)

Committee memberships

2002-11-25 → 2004-11-18

Information Committee (Lords)

2020-09-17 → 2023-01-31

Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)

2003-12-08 → 2007-10-30

Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)

2013-05-16 → 2016-08-31

Works of Art Committee (Lords)

2009-11-25 → 2012-05-15

Works of Art Committee (Lords)

2012-06-20 → 2013-06-12

Refreshment Committee (Lords)

2016-05-25 → 2017-03-26

Select Committee on Charities

2017-01-25 → 2019-10-23

Lord Speaker's Advisory Panel on Works of Art

Contact

Parliamentary office

galea@parliament.uk
020 7219 8511 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

APPGs (2026) · 2 active officership(s) · 1 historic

Group	Role(s)	Funders	Officers in group	Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Vegetarianism and Veganism Subject Group	Vice Chair	The Vegan Society	5	2024-06-17
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Banning Trophy Hunting Subject Group	Officer	—	12	2024-11-01

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.

Officer	Role	Party
Christina Rees	Chair & Registered Contact	Labour (Co-op)
Henry Smith	Vice Chair	Conservative
Kerry McCarthy	Vice Chair	Labour
Seema Malhotra	Vice Chair	Labour (Co-op)
Baroness Gale	Vice Chair	Labour

Officer	Role	Party
Sir Roger Gale	Chair & Registered Contact	Conservative
Baroness Hayman of Ullock	Co-Chair	Labour
Lord Rennard	Vice Chair	Non-affiliated
Christina Rees	Vice Chair	Labour (Co-op)
Hywel Williams	Vice Chair	Plaid Cymru
Kevin Brennan	Officer	Labour
Amy Callaghan	Officer	Scottish National Party
Dave Doogan	Officer	Scottish National Party
Baroness Gale	Officer	Labour
Andrew Gwynne	Officer	Independent
Mrs Pauline Latham	Officer	Conservative
Henry Smith	Officer	Conservative

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)

1 bills 0 as lead sponsor 1 as supporter

Bill	Info	Role	Status	Introduced
Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Act 2017		Supported	Royal Assent	2016-06-29

Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at introduction. Sorted newest first.