The Baroness Kingsmill CBE
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Kingsmill's full title is The Baroness Kingsmill CBE. Her name is Denise Patricia Byrne Kingsmill, 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)
£4,000
2 donations across 1 distinct recipient
Matched donor name:
Baroness Denise Kingsmill
| Date | Recipient | Type | EC Ref | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-02 | Jess Phillips MP | Cash | C0556716 | £2,000 |
| 2020-01-20 | Jess Phillips MP | Cash | C0493425 | £2,000 |
Showing the 2 most recent donations on record.
Source: Electoral Commission donations register
(search.electoralcommission.org.uk).
Match confidence: unique-surname.
Lords votes · 2026
162 divisions
3 Content(1.9%)
50 Not-Content(30.9%)
109 didn't vote(67.3%)
2026-04-13
Not-Content
65–173
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
178–231
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
69–332
Not-Content
2026-02-04
Not-Content
62–295
Not-Content
2026-01-12
Not-Content
201–169
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 25
2026-05-21
King’s Speech
My Lords, I am pleased to contribute to this debate on a subject that I believe sits at the very heart of everything else that we discuss in this Chamber: the security and safety of the UK and all of us. I declare an interest as a member of the NATO Parl
2026-04-28
Rail Safety Recommendations: Backlog
My Lords, I draw attention to the role of the trade unions in improving safety on the railways. I have acted on behalf of ASLEF on a number of occasions, and I commend the trade unions for all their efforts to improve safety not only in the railways but
2026-02-04
NHS: Corridor Care
My Lords, as a former chair of an NHS community trust, I say that the situation often arises because of the shortage of social and community care. What are the Government doing to address those issues?
2026-01-28
UK Start-up Companies
My Lords, I too have been very much involved in start ups, including chairing a fintech. At the moment, the real issue for start-ups is scalability. I wonder what the Government can do to assist companies and the brilliant entrepreneurs that we produce i
My Lords, yesterday we celebrated VE Day with a fly-past, parades and parties. It was a happy time, a reflection of the relief and joy that was felt at the end of a long and terrible war, a war which reshaped the world and touched nearly every family ac
2024-10-31
Food Banks
Does the Minister agree that the very existence of food banks in the UK is shameful? Notwithstanding our admiration for the amazing efforts of the thousands of volunteers around the country in community groups, schools and churches and their efforts to t
2024-10-31
Food Banks
To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to eliminate the need for food banks.
2024-04-22
Medical Student Places
We need to keep the doctors we already have, not just the ones we are training for the future. Does the Minister know how many doctors are leaving the country and going to places such as Australia?
2024-01-22
Asylum: UK-Rwanda Agreement
My Lords, I am grateful for the indulgence of the House for allowing me a few minutes in the gap before the parties’ Front-Benchers speak. I was very lucky and grateful to be a member of the International Agreements Committee, and I was very pleased to b
2024-01-18
Global Heating
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Sheehan, for initiating this short debate. It is interesting that there was some overlap between these issues and those that were mentioned in the previous debate: I found it very useful to be able to sit throug
2023-09-05
Zimbabwe: Election
My Lords, I have just returned from Zimbabwe. I was a member of the Commonwealth observer group, and we did an extensive report, the interim statement of which Members can find in the Library. A lot of factors, many of which were also raised in 2018, led
2023-05-02
BBC: Appointment and Resignation of Chair
My Lords, would it preferable if Ministers and holders of public office were, in fact, suspended when being investigated for various situations, such as bullying or arranging loans and things like that for the Prime Minister? Should they not be suspended
2021-12-06
Child Safeguarding
My Lords, I would like to add to the comments made. When I was a practising lawyer, I represented social workers in two child abuse inquiries and the two little girls, Kimberley Carlile and Jasmine Beckford, still have a place in my heart. They were brav
2021-11-10
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
It is awfully important in these kinds of cases that we are very clear and precise in our language. There is a difference between minimum and mandatory. I think what the Minister is actually saying is that this is a mandatory sentence unless there is an
2021-11-10
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
Is the Minister saying therefore that it will be a mandatory sentence unless there are exceptions?
2021-01-28
Social Care Funding (EAC Report)
On that point, I will sum up simply by saying that I commend this report and hope that action comes as a result of it.
2021-01-28
Social Care Funding (EAC Report)
My Lords, I am delighted that we have at last got this debate, and I share the frustration of the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, at the time it has taken. He has been an indefatigable leader and chairman of the Economic Affairs Committee in the time that I ha
2020-01-16
European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill
My Lords, I started my career living in France in my early 20s, and for the last 10 years I have earned my living in Europe in several different countries. Living and working in Europe has been a very educative experience.
The Erasmus programme is ama
2019-10-22
Crime: Rape
My Lords, does the Minister agree that it might be helpful if children—and I repeat: children—were taught at an early age about the issues around sexual encounters and consent? Boys, in particular, need to understand a bit more clearly what consent actua
2019-10-16
Specific Food Hygiene (Regulation (EC) No. 853/2004) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
My Lords, I shall add a few comments to my noble friend’s remarks on subjects that concern me considerably. I lived through the BSE food crisis. It was the result of what was described at the time as a minor change in the regulations. That minor change c
2019-02-11
China: Uighur Muslims
My Lords, will the Government consider making representations to the Trump Administration in respect of the human rights of the hundreds, possibly thousands, of children currently caged, it would appear, many of whom have been lost in the system? There i
The Publishers Association also made it clear that this was not entirely satisfactory, but that it was an essential interim position that needs to be taken. As it said in the letter, this is not ideal, but something forced on publishers. My point really
My Lords, I merely want to tell the Minister that I too have been advised by the publishing industry. It is with some reluctance that it has agreed that this is necessary legislation, because of the uncertainty that it would otherwise suffer.
The Brit
My Lords—
My Lords, before the Minister responds, will he give me some assurances about how these regulations and this legislation, when it becomes legislation, are going to have any particular impact on online financial institutions? I think that they are the one
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Register of Interests · 1 entries on file
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Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
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Non-executive director and chair, Sustainability Board, Inditex S.A. (clothing)
registered 2016-07-20 · amended 2026-01-20
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Party history
2006-06-01 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2007-11-14 → 2008-11-26
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
2017-06-27 → 2022-01-19
Economic Affairs Committee
2008-12-15 → 2013-05-15
Economic Affairs Committee
2015-06-12 → 2016-05-12
EU Financial Affairs Sub-Committee
2016-12-06 → 2017-03-17
Finance Bill Sub-Committee
2022-01-19 → 2022-10-31
Fraud Act 2006 and Digital Fraud Committee
2023-01-31 → 2024-11-19
International Agreements Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
kingsmilldp@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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.
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.