The Baroness Hamwee
Liberal Democrat
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Hamwee's full title is The Baroness Hamwee. Her name is Sally Rachel Hamwee, 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.
Political donations made
Total donated (all years on record)
£3,600
3 donations across 1 distinct recipient
Matched donor names:
Baroness na Hamwee · Baroness na Hamwee · Baroness na Hamwee
| Date | Recipient | Type | EC Ref | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-06-30 | Liberal Democrats · London | Cash | C0018003 | £1,400 |
| 2006-12-31 | Liberal Democrats · Twickenham and Richmond | Cash | C0013496 | £1,100 |
| 2002-12-30 | Liberal Democrats · Twickenham and Richmond | Cash | C0004276 | £1,100 |
Showing the 3 most recent donations on record.
Source: Electoral Commission donations register
(search.electoralcommission.org.uk).
Match confidence: unique-surname.
Lords votes · 2026
162 divisions
102 Content(63.0%)
21 Not-Content(13.0%)
39 didn't vote(24.1%)
2026-06-09
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13–66
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152–207
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2026-04-13
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178–231
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2026-03-26
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115–197
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2026-03-12
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26–134
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2026-03-05
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193–143
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194–140
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198–139
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208–142
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214–142
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2026-02-04
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62–295
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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
2026-06-04
Declining Birth Rates
My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Baroness, Lady Nargund, for her choice of subject—what a neatly symmetrical pairing it was. I wish I could have been here for the earlier debate.
I am one of the ageing—or, I admit, aged—generation, a very lucky gener
2026-06-02
Bosnia and Herzegovina
My Lords, the Minister has acknowledged rightly that we do not just close the door on history; it has a very long tail. Civilians affected by the wars in the Balkans still suffer and still need support, and that support often comes from very small aid or
2026-05-18
King’s Speech
My Lords, I wish we had extra time today in order to hear more from the noble Lord, Lord Hennessy. It is so fitting that it is he who speaks of civility, tolerance and duty of care. We will miss him.
Following the tradition of bemoaning what is not in
2026-04-27
Student Visas
My Lords, the Government are about to introduce a new independent appeals body for asylum cases. Would it not be better to focus on raising the quality of initial decisions, improving efficiency in the current tribunal system and funding legal aid adequa
My Lords, I apologise that there will be some repetition of what certain noble friends, in the best sense of the word, have said. These SIs have not surprised me but I am rather depressed, in that there is an echo in them of last week’s debate. These are
2026-04-14
Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules
My Lords, I do not expect that my first point will gain overwhelming sympathy, but the challenge of following the detail of changes in Immigration Rules—it is not particular to this Statement of Changes—about what is in effect, whether there is a discret
2026-03-10
Victims and Courts Bill
My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, and I were members of the Justice and Home Affairs Committee of this House, which was formed only in 2020. Our first inquiry and report were on the advent of new technologies in the justice system. During t
2026-03-10
Victims and Courts Bill
My Lords, I will focus on the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Hacking, and the noble Baroness, Lady Jones. We seem to have done a bit of mini-regrouping within the group, but I checked with my noble friend Lady Brinton and I think she will wind up th
2026-02-11
Victims and Courts Bill
My Lords, it is six years since the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, and I were among the members of a newly formed committee that looked at—I do not think I have got the title quite right—advanced technology in the justice system. We were concerned, am
2026-02-11
Victims and Courts Bill
My Lords, the noble and learned Lord has inevitably given us a very brief tour d’horizon of the problems of the costs and charges of the legal profession getting out of hand. Looking at the Bill over the weekend, I had to turn up the 1985 Act and write i
2026-02-11
Victims and Courts Bill
The noble and learned Lord has said what I wanted to say much more sensitively and tactfully, but I will say what I was going to say.
There is a danger that lawyers of my generation— I shall just apply it to my generation and not suggest which generat
2026-02-11
Victims and Courts Bill
The noble Lord seems to be suggesting that the Victims’ Commissioner does not now engage with individual cases. My understanding is that she very much does, but to feed towards her statutory role. That is quite different from getting involved in the minu
2026-02-09
Victims and Courts Bill
My Lords, I have signed all three of my noble friend Baroness Brinton’s amendments. I will not speak to them at any length. Amendment 38 prompts me to declare an interest, having been chair of the organisation Refuge for very many years. In connection wi
2026-02-09
Victims and Courts Bill
My Lords, my noble friend quoted from a briefing from the Victims’ Commissioner, I think from when she was the London victims’ commissioner, about the costs that have been charged and the costs of transcripts for a whole case—which have perhaps been requ
2026-02-09
Victims and Courts Bill
My Lords, I appreciate that the noble and learned Lord is probing at this stage and I am with him in wanting to see procedures from the point of view of victims, but I simply do not know whether magistrates have the same powers as Crown Court judges. Whe
2026-02-09
Victims and Courts Bill
My Lords, the noble Lord has just used the phrase “common sense”, and I think that that is what is expected by people who are affected, who know that they could look to consular services for help if they have lost a passport, but not in such a difficult
2026-01-27
Asylum and Immigration: Children
My Lords, the impact of these proposals is not only personal to individual children—although, indeed, it is hard to think of a situation more likely to provide adverse childhood experiences than being a refugee or asylum seeker. What assessment has been
2026-01-21
Sentencing Bill
My Lords, my noble friend Lord Marks will no doubt repeat some of the niceties, but I too am glad to see this step forward. I shall ask the Minister some questions on the government amendment.
First, there is the phrase
“sentencing remarks … releva
2025-12-16
Victims and Courts Bill
My Lords, I thank the Minister for her persuasive introduction to the Bill and hope that the noble Baroness, Lady Griffin, is soon dancing around the Chamber again.
I start before the beginning of the Bill. The Long Title tells us that, among other th
2025-12-03
Sentencing Bill
Just briefly, on the point of my amendment, one problem is that people simply do not know what their rights are and find it very hard to find out. However, I wanted to ask the Minister about prisoner transfer agreements—I was wondering whether to raise t
2025-12-03
Sentencing Bill
I have Amendment 141A in this group, probing the position with regard to people who have been victims or survivors of modern slavery, human trafficking or domestic abuse.
The large majority of black and minoritised migrant women in contact with the cr
2025-12-03
Sentencing Bill
My Lords, I was very glad to sign this amendment, and I am very grateful to the noble Baroness both for having spotted it and for introducing it so clearly.
A few minutes ago, the noble Lord, Lord Lemos, used a phrase about justice not keeping pace wi
2025-12-03
Sentencing Bill
My Lords, indeed, the results are what matters. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.
2025-12-03
Sentencing Bill
My Lords, this is the last amendment this evening. I am sorry to have to detain noble Lords, but I regard women’s justice as important. I know that the Minister does too, as he chairs the Women’s Justice Board, which is the subject of this amendment. It
2025-12-03
Sentencing 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.
Nil
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No registrable interests
registered 2025-04-07
Source: UK Parliament Members API (Lords register). Refreshed weekly.
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Party history
1991-06-06 → present
Liberal Democrat
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
2017-06-17 → 2021-04-14
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Immigration)
Committee memberships
1991-11-11 → 1994-11-03
Refreshment Sub Committee
1994-11-22 → 1997-05-07
House of Lords Offices Committee
2009-11-25 → 2014-05-14
Procedure and Privileges Committee
1997-06-09 → 2001-05-11
Procedure and Privileges Committee
2008-12-15 → 2010-04-08
Economic Affairs Committee
2010-06-09 → 2015-03-30
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
2010-07-27 → 2011-04-26
Leader's Group on Working Practices
2012-05-29 → 2013-02-26
Adoption Legislation Committee
2013-05-16 → 2014-02-26
Inquiries Act 2005 Committee
2013-10-28 → 2013-12-16
Inheritance and Trustees’ Powers Bill [HL]
2014-06-12 → 2015-02-25
Extradition Law
2026-03-03 → present
Human Rights (Joint Committee)
2017-07-19 → 2019-07-01
Human Rights (Joint Committee)
2015-07-16 → 2017-04-27
Human Rights (Joint Committee)
2019-07-01 → 2021-03-31
European Union Committee
2019-07-02 → 2020-04-23
EU Justice Sub-Committee
2020-04-23 → 2021-03-31
EU Security and Justice Sub-Committee
2021-04-14 → 2024-01-31
Justice and Home Affairs Committee
Chair
+£15,928/yr
2024-01-24 → 2025-03-28
Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee
2025-01-30 → present
Constitution Committee
2026-01-27 → present
Numeracy for Life Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
hamwees@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s) · 7 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Immigration Detention
Subject Group
|
Officer | Medical Justice | 4 | 2027-04-02 |
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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departments
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
1 bills
1 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conduct of Undercover Policing and Surveillance Operatives Bill [HL] | Lead | 2nd reading | 2026-06-02 |
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
5 as lead sponsor
1 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conduct of Undercover Policing and Surveillance Operatives Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2026-06-02 | |
| Refugees (Family Reunion) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | Committee stage | 2024-09-02 | |
| Refugees (Family Reunion) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2020-01-09 | |
| Refugees (Family Reunion) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2017-06-27 | |
| Guardianship (Missing Persons) Act 2017 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2017-01-11 | |
| Missing Persons Guardianship Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2016-06-14 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.