The Lord Cotter
Liberal Democrat
Life peer
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Lord Cotter is deceased. His full title was The Lord Cotter. His name was Brian Joseph Michael Cotter.
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
1997-05-01 → 2005-05-05
Weston-Super-Mare
Party history
1997-05-01 → 2023-11-14
Liberal Democrat
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
1999-01-01 → 2010-05-06
Shadow Spokesperson
1997-05-01 → 1999-01-01
Shadow Spokesperson
Committee memberships
2001-07-16 → 2005-04-11
Regulatory Reform
2006-12-15 → 2010-04-08
Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (Lords)
2015-06-23 → 2015-07-22
EU Internal Market Sub-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) · 1 active officership(s) · 2 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Family Business
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | Institute for Family Business (IFB) | 8 | 2023-06-11 |
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.
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)
1 bills
1 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail Development Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 3rd reading | 2008-01-22 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.