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The Lord Donoughue

Labour Member of the House of Lords M
Lord Donoughue's full title is The Lord Donoughue. His name is Bernard Donoughue, 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.

Lords votes · 2026

162 divisions 0 Content(0.0%) 8 Not-Content(4.9%) 154 didn't vote(95.1%)
2026-02-03
Not-Content
295180 Content
2026-01-28
Not-Content
231147 Content
2026-01-28
Not-Content
255183 Content
2026-01-28
Not-Content
67191 Not-Content
2026-01-21
Not-Content
207159 Content
2026-01-14
Not-Content
213211 Content
2026-01-14
Not-Content
278176 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 13

2019-06-26 Climate Change Act 2008 (2050 Target Amendment) Order 2019
My Lords, I declare my interests as in the register. This massive proposal, which is imaginative and exciting in many ways, is being rushed through Parliament, partly because the departing Prime Minister has a desire for a legacy and partly because of th
2019-06-26 Climate Change Act 2008 (2050 Target Amendment) Order 2019
My Lords, before the noble Lord sits down, he referred to the Global Warming Policy Foundation, of which I am chairman. The noble Lord—apparently wildly but, I am sure, sincerely—claimed that every figure printed by the foundation was wrong. I congratula
2018-06-13 Investment Banks: Client Protection
My Lords, I commend the noble Lord, Lord Lee, for his persistent, impressive work in defending investors’ interests. I declare a historic interest as a one-time partner in a City of London stockbroking firm. Further to the Minister’s reply, will he and t
2017-12-21 Climate Change: Health
I was aware of that study but we were discussing health today, and I was producing numbers on that. In the United Kingdom, the forecast warming to 2050—if it continues at the present rate; if it increased it would be more—is forecast to cause an extra
2017-12-21 Climate Change: Health
I accept that rebuke from the noble Lord. I trust that he will never in his life say 1% instead of one degree. It is 150 years since the cool cycle turned down, so it is not surprising if the climate turns up and gets a little warmer. In the 21st cent
2017-12-21 Climate Change: Health
As I read it, the temperature has risen by one degree. Did I say 1%? I should have said one degree.
2017-12-21 Climate Change: Health
My Lords, I apologise for having arrived unavoidably about two minutes late, so I missed the profound opening statement from the noble Baroness. We are discussing two very important subjects here: climate change and global health. But after listening
2017-03-29 Horserace Betting Levy Regulations 2017
My Lords, I should declare my interests as in the register, particularly as secretary of the racing and blood stock all-party group and of the Betting and Gaming All-Party Group. I am also chairman of the Starting Price Regulatory Commission. In 2005, I
2016-04-20 Horserace Betting Right
My Lords, at a canter, I wish to congratulate the noble Viscount, Lord Astor, on raising this important issue and to declare my interest, as in the register, as chairman of the Starting Price Regulatory Commission and of the report on the future funding o
2016-02-02 Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2015
I have read much of the evidence about who suffers in the world from this but I do not accept what the noble Baroness says. The Secretary of State should be encouraged to do more looking at who pays for so much of this burden. It is understandable if the
2016-02-02 Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2015
It is the old problem: I do not know what evidence the noble Lord bases that on. He does not know what I have supported in the past, so I will not accept that, but we will not delay the House for longer on this. It is about querying arguments in the true
2016-02-02 Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2015
The noble Lord spoke for a long while.
2016-02-02 Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2015
My Lords, I will be brief but I have to say that I regret—although I am not surprised—that the Liberal Democrats have brought forward this Motion. I think it is the first time in 31 years in this House that I have publicly supported a Conservative proposa
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 · 7 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 2: Shareholdings etc. (b)

  • Treatt (natural extracts and ingredients manufacturer)
    registered 2022-04-13 · amended 2025-04-05
  • British American Tobacco plc (tobacco)
    registered 2022-04-13 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Aviva plc (insurance)
    registered 2022-04-13 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Novartis AG (pharmaceuticals)
    registered 2017-04-07 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Nestle SA (foods)
    registered 2017-04-07 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Nichols plc (soft drinks)
    registered 2010-04-23 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Canadian Western Bank NPV
    registered 2010-04-23 · amended 2025-04-05
Source: UK Parliament Members API (Lords register). Refreshed weekly. Read the full Lords Code of Conduct for what each category covers and the disclosure thresholds.

Party history

1985-05-21present
Labour current

Government posts

None recorded.

Opposition posts

None recorded.

Committee memberships

1995-11-281998-11-19
Works of Art Committee (Lords)
2003-09-092004-07-22
Draft Gambling Bill (Joint Committee)

Contact

External or private office
bdonoughue@gmail.com
0207 730 7332 / 07786 136567 · 71 Ebury Mews East, London, SW1W 9QA

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

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Betting and Gaming
Subject Group
Vice Chair 10 2023-05-28
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)

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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