The Rt Hon. the Baroness Beckett GBE
Labour
Life peer
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Baroness Beckett's full title is The Rt Hon. the Baroness Beckett GBE. Her name is Margaret Mary Beckett, and she is a current member of the House of Lords.
Pay & earnings · 2026
MP base salary
£0
/ £93,904 annual
0 days served — year-to-date
· annual rate £93,904
Declared outside earnings
£0
0 registered interests published in 2026
Total (salary + chair + declared)
£0
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.
Constituencies represented
2010-05-06 → 2024-05-30
Derby South
1997-05-01 → 2010-05-06
Derby South
1983-06-09 → 1997-05-01
Derby South
1974-10-10 → 1979-05-03
Lincoln
Party history
1974-10-10 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
2008-10-03 → 2009-06-05
Minister of State (Department of Communities and Local Government) (Housing)
2006-05-05 → 2007-06-28
Foreign Secretary
2001-06-08 → 2006-05-05
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
1998-07-27 → 2001-06-08
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons (Privy Council Office)
1997-05-02 → 1998-07-27
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
1976-01-01 → 1979-01-01
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Education and Science)
1975-01-01 → 1976-01-01
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)
Opposition posts
1994-07-21 → 1995-01-01
Shadow Secretary of State for Health
1994-05-12 → 1994-07-21
Leader of HM Official Opposition
1992-04-09 → 1994-05-12
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
1989-07-01 → 1992-04-09
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
1984-06-01 → 1989-06-01
Shadow Minister (Social Security)
Committee memberships
2008-01-29 → 2008-10-31
Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament
2020-05-11 → 2024-05-30
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2017-11-20 → 2019-11-06
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Chair
+£15,235/yr
2017-10-30 → 2019-11-06
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2015-12-14 → 2017-05-03
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Chair
+£15,025/yr
2015-11-30 → 2017-05-03
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2010-02-09 → 2015-03-30
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Chair
+£14,582/yr
2010-01-13 → 2015-03-30
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.
Contact
No contact details recorded.
APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s)
No APPG officerships found for this MP. (Officer matching is by name —
if the parliamentary register lists them under a slightly different
form, the join may miss; check
/appgs directly.)
Commons votes · 2026
No Commons votes recorded for 2026.
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
MPs 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.