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The Baroness Merron

Labour Life peer F
Baroness Merron's full title is The Baroness Merron. Her name is Gillian Joanna Merron, 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.

Ministerial activity

Records on file 195
195 meetings · 0 hospitality · 0 gifts · 0 overseas trips · 2024-07-01 → 2026-03-31

Recent meetings · latest 20 of 195

Date Met with Purpose Source
2026-03-25 British Medical Association to discuss mental health services for children and young people department-of-health-and-social-care
2026-03-24 Endometriosis UK, Cysters to discuss inequalities and endometriosis care department-of-health-and-social-care
2026-03-24 National Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce meeting of the National Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce to discuss maternity and neonatal care department-of-health-and-social-care
2026-03-24 Simon Opher MP, Manchester Metropolitan University, Policy Connect, Wellcome Trust, Chilren and Young People's Mental Health Coalition, Centre for Mental Health, Autism Action, Mental Health Innovations, Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, 42nd Street, Queen Mary University to discuss primary prevention for children and young people's mental health department-of-health-and-social-care
2026-03-18 Calum Miller MP, Survivor Space to discuss support for victims of sexual violence department-of-health-and-social-care
2026-03-17 BEAT, First Steps ED, Support and Empathy for people with Eating Disorders (SEED), King's College London, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Somerset and Wessex Eating Disorder Association (SWEDA) to discuss eating disorders department-of-health-and-social-care
2026-03-16 College for Sexual and Reproductive Health to discuss women's health department-of-health-and-social-care
2026-03-16 Wellbeing of Women to discuss women's health department-of-health-and-social-care
2026-03-16 Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists to discuss women's health department-of-health-and-social-care
2026-03-16 Chris Hinchcliff MP, It's Never You to discuss mental health support for families of children with a serious illness department-of-health-and-social-care
2026-03-10 APPG for Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention, Samaritans to discuss the Government's work on suicide prevention department-of-health-and-social-care
2026-03-04 Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, GreensquareAccord to discuss women's health department-of-health-and-social-care
2026-02-10 Modality to discuss women's health department-of-health-and-social-care
2026-02-09 Sarah Olney MP and Philip Pirie to discuss suicide prevention and suicide stigma department-of-health-and-social-care
2026-02-04 Money and Mental Health, Nationwide, Lloyds Bank, HSBC, Santander, Barclays, Monzo, Natwest, Starling, TSB, Yorkshire Building Society, Building Societies' Association to discuss suicide prevention and the role of financial services department-of-health-and-social-care
2026-02-04 Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists Introductary meeting with the incoming President of RCOG department-of-health-and-social-care
2026-01-27 Professor Louis Appleby to discuss suicide prevention department-of-health-and-social-care
2026-01-22 National Children's Bureau to discuss children's mental health department-of-health-and-social-care
2026-01-22 Women's Trust to discuss domestic abuse and therapeutic support department-of-health-and-social-care
2026-01-21 Jessica Toale MP, Autism Action, bereaved families and people with lived experience to discuss autism in women and girls and mental health department-of-health-and-social-care
Source: gov.uk ministerial transparency returns. Coverage: HM Treasury and DSIT. Published quarterly under the Ministerial Code; refreshed monthly on the 7th.

Constituencies represented

1997-05-012010-05-06
Lincoln

Party history

1997-05-01present
Labour current

Government posts

2024-07-09present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
2009-06-092010-05-06
Minister of State (Department of Health) (Public Health)
2008-10-052009-06-09
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
2008-01-242008-10-05
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for International Development)
2007-06-282008-01-25
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Regional Affairs) (East Midlands)
2007-06-282008-01-25
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Cabinet Office)
2006-05-052007-06-28
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
2004-10-282006-05-05
Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip)
2002-01-012004-10-28
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)

Opposition posts

2023-02-212023-10-26
Shadow Spokesperson (Culture, Media and Sport)
2021-05-182024-07-05
Opposition Whip (Lords)
2021-05-182024-07-05
Shadow Spokesperson (Health and Social Care)
2021-05-182023-02-20
Shadow Spokesperson (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)

Committee memberships

1997-07-091998-11-09
Trade & Industry
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.

Contact

Parliamentary office
merrong@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s) · 1 historic

Not currently an officer of any active APPG. Was officer of 1 group(s) historically — those rotated off in later snapshots.

Commons votes · 2026

No Commons votes recorded for 2026.

Written parliamentary questions · 2026

No written questions tabled in 2026.

Bills sponsored & supported · 2026

1 bills 0 as lead sponsor 1 as supporter
Bill Info Role Status Introduced
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Act 2026 Supporter Royal Assent 2026-01-13
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)

3 bills 1 as lead sponsor 2 as supporter
Bill Info Role Status Introduced
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Act 2026 Supported Royal Assent 2026-01-13
Mental Health Act 2025 Sponsored Royal Assent 2024-11-06
Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 Supported Royal Assent 2024-11-05
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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