The Baroness Walmsley
Liberal Democrat
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Walmsley's full title is The Baroness Walmsley. Her name is Joan Margaret Walmsley, and she is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£5,565
15 days attended across 1 published month
Overnight / accommodation
£1,409
Travel claims
£1,373
Attendance £1,373
Total claimed
£8,347
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Political donations made
Total donated (all years on record)
£3,550
2 donations across 1 distinct recipient
Matched donor names:
Baroness Joan Walmsley · Baroness na Walmsley
| Date | Recipient | Type | EC Ref | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-30 | Liberal Democrats · North Wales | Cash | C0252159 | £1,800 |
| 2010-06-30 | Liberal Democrats · closed 31/12/2023 - Wrexham and Clwyd South | Cash | C0026102 | £1,750 |
Showing the 2 most recent donations on record.
Source: Electoral Commission donations register
(search.electoralcommission.org.uk).
Match confidence: unique-surname.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
84 Content(44.4%)
23 Not-Content(12.2%)
82 didn't vote(43.4%)
2026-07-21
Not-Content
173–234
Not-Content
2026-07-13
Not-Content
158–239
Not-Content
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
2026-03-12
Not-Content
26–134
Not-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
My Lords, community and primary care services are at the heart of the Government’s objective in the 10-year plan to shift from sickness to prevention and from hospital to community. But the funding does not always support that.
Over the past nine year
2026-06-25
Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
My Lords, according to the association for FASD, every prevented case saves over £400,000 in lifetime costs, as well as the personal tragedy. Universal antenatal alcohol history taking is recommended by NICE guidelines, but implementation remains variabl
2026-06-18
Severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
Before the Minister sits down, I asked what support is being given to those services that are unable to fulfil the NICE guidelines, and about the Government’s attitude to including reasonable adjustments in the information on the single patient record.
2026-06-18
Severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lady Scott of Needham Market on her very moving speech. She comprehensively covered the major issues that are before patients with ME.
The prevention of future deaths report into the death of Maeve Boothby-O’Ne
2026-06-16
Children: Physical Punishment
My Lords, we already know that regular physical punishment encourages children to bully other children and damages their relationship with their parents. The UCL research has now shown us that it also damages their educational attainment and future prosp
2026-06-16
Children: Physical Punishment
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the University College London report Physical punishment and child outcomes in the UK, published on 10 June, particularly its findings about the effect that hitting children has on thei
2026-05-20
King’s Speech
My Lords, recently my work has focused on two aspects of prevention of ill health and health inequalities. In 2024, I chaired a one-year special inquiry into food, diet and obesity, and this year I am chairing one into childhood vaccination rates in Engl
2026-05-20
Supermarkets: Voluntary Price Caps
My Lords, does the Minister agree that any deal that the Government might do with the supermarkets to cut prices in exchange for delaying regulations on healthy food would be short-sighted, against public health and damaging to the NHS?
2026-05-20
Supermarkets: Voluntary Price Caps
My Lords—
2026-05-19
VAT Relief: Business Donations
My Lords, in relation to the question from my noble friend Lady Kramer, does the Minister agree that applying the new nutrient profiling model to surplus food diverted to various organisations could make it easy to carve out less healthy food from the VA
2026-05-19
VAT Relief: Business Donations
My Lords, while the intention of the policy is welcome, does the Minister recognise that it may create a perverse incentive for businesses to divert surplus food away from community organisations and enterprises such as Community Shop, which provide both
2026-05-19
VAT Relief: Business Donations
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the VAT relief on business donations on goods to charities on food redistribution networks, including social supermarkets.
2026-04-23
Women’s Health Strategy
My Lords, I thank the Minister and I, too, welcome the women’s health strategy, as it includes many important objectives. In communities up and down the country, we have seen the devastating toll of sustained failures to invest in and deliver better wome
2026-04-21
Midwives: Graduate Guarantee
I thank the Minister for her Answer. The graduate guarantee is very welcome but, already, 31% of newly qualified midwives do not have a job or are on fixed-term contracts. First, how will the Government ensure that workforce planning is aligned to the nu
2026-04-21
Midwives: Graduate Guarantee
To ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they have made towards achieving the graduate guarantee for newly qualified midwives.
2026-04-21
Cancer Outcomes in the UK
My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Patel, for giving us the opportunity to talk about cancer today, because I am a very lucky woman: like the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie, I am a cancer survivor. My cancer was picked up by routine scree
2026-03-04
Maternity Commissioner
My Lords, tackling staffing issues in maternity really must be a priority. I know that the workforce plan and 10-year plan are looking at staffing and leadership in maternity, but the matter is critical, because, last week, the Royal College of Midwives
2026-03-03
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
My Lords, I thank the Minister for her response and, in particular, the words—and I hope I quote them correctly—these are areas on which we are planning to act. I reassure the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, that I looked very carefully at Clause 89, as my earl
2026-03-03
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
2026-03-03
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
My Lords, despite the comments of the previous two speakers, I will speak to Amendment 199, the purpose of which is simple: to make every future and renewed pavement licence issued by local authorities smoke-free.
Your Lordships will recall that pavem
2026-03-03
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
My Lords, Amendment 123 is in my name and that of my noble friend Lady Northover. When in Committee my noble friend tabled an amendment to prevent companies advertising vapes in a way that attracted children, the Minister’s response was that this was not
2026-03-03
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Young, for tabling Amendment 202, to which I have added my name. It would require the Government to publish, every five years, a road map to a smoke-free country: in other words, a plan for the event rather than a r
2026-03-03
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 66 and 68 in my name. These provide that the money collected by trading standards in small fines imposed by fixed penalty notices for offences other than those related to the licensing regulations should go towards s
2026-03-03
Gibraltar Treaty
My Lords, I wonder whether the Minister could answer the question asked by my noble friend Lord Purvis about provisional implementation before 10 April.
2026-03-02
Crime and Policing Bill
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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.
Category 7: Miscellaneous financial interests
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Married to Lord Thomas of Gresford, a member of the House
registered 2011-06-16 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2000-05-15 → present
Liberal Democrat
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
2015-06-01 → 2017-10-12
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Health)
Committee memberships
2025-01-30 → 2026-01-27
Science and Technology Committee
2019-07-01 → 2023-01-31
Science and Technology Committee
2000-12-12 → 2004-11-18
Science and Technology Committee
2000-12-12 → 2005-05-07
Science and Technology: Sub-Committee I
2012-05-29 → 2013-02-26
Adoption Legislation Committee
2014-02-25 → 2015-03-30
House Committee (Lords)
2019-10-29 → 2024-10-22
Liaison Committee (Lords)
2014-02-25 → 2015-03-30
Liaison Committee (Lords)
2014-06-12 → 2015-02-11
Affordable Childcare
2023-01-31 → 2023-10-26
Horticultural Sector Committee
2024-01-24 → 2025-03-28
Food, Diet and Obesity Committee
Chair
+£17,806/yr
2026-01-27 → present
Childhood Vaccinations Committee
Chair
+£18,305/yr
Contact
Parliamentary office
walmsleyj@parliament.uk
020 7219 6047 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 6047 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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APPGs (2026) · 9 active officership(s) · 5 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Food and Health Forum
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | — | 8 | 2024-05-28 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Longevity
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | Collider Health | 7 | 2023-05-15 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Medical Cannabis Under Prescription
Subject Group
|
Officer | — | 4 | 2027-02-16 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Medical Cannabis on or under Prescription
Subject Group
|
Officer | The Medical Cannabis Clinicians Society · Volteface | 4 | 2026-02-16 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dietary Health
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | Obesity Health Alliance | 4 | 2027-07-17 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Human Microbiome
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 5 | 2023-05-28 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity
Subject Group
|
Officer | Healthcomms Consulting Ltd | 4 | 2027-02-09 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Young People's Health
Subject Group
|
Officer | Association for Young People's Health | 8 | 2022-06-04 |
|
Parliamentary and Scientific Committee (an All-Party Parliamentary Group)
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | Clay Mathematics Institute · I/Relx Finance Limited · Institute for Biomedical Science · Institute of Biomedical Science · London Mathematical Society · Nutrition Society · Parliamentary Scientific and Technical Information Foundation · Physiological Society · Royal Academy of Engineering · Royal Society of Chemistry · Society of Chemical Industries · UK Research and Innovation · University of Warwick | 4 | 2026-11-30 |
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the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.
Written parliamentary questions · 2026
Showing
15
of 15 tabled
15 answered(100.0%)
3
departments
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by Parliament's own system when the asking member has a register entry
it deems related — typically a paid role or directorship in the
sector being asked about. Click any "i" icon to see the full
question and the department's answer.
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
1 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Rights Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2009-11-19 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.