The Lord Wharton of Yarm

Conservative Member of the House of Lords M

Lord Wharton of Yarm's full title is The Lord Wharton of Yarm. His name is James Wharton, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.

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Allowance claims · 2026

Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.

Party history

2010-05-06 → present

Conservative current

Government posts

2016-07-17 → 2017-06-12

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for International Development)

2015-05-08 → 2016-07-17

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Communities and Local Government) (Northern Powerhouse)

Opposition posts

None recorded.

Committee memberships

2010-07-12 → 2012-11-12

Public Accounts Committee

Contact

Parliamentary office

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

X (formerly Twitter)

https://twitter.com/jameswhartonuk?lang=en-gb

APPGs (2026) · 3 active officership(s)

Group	Role(s)	Funders	Officers in group	Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage Subject Group	Officer	—	4	2027-01-09
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Council Tax Reform Subject Group	Co-Chair	—	4	2027-02-28
North East All-Party Parliamentary Group Subject Group	Officer	—	4	2027-01-04

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.

Officer	Role	Party
Luke Myer	Chair & Registered Contact	Labour
Henry Tufnell	Co-Chair	Labour
Josh Newbury	Officer	Labour
Lord Wharton of Yarm	Officer	Conservative

Officer	Role	Party
Mr Jonathan Brash	Chair & Registered Contact	Labour
Lord Wharton of Yarm	Co-Chair	Conservative
Luke Myer	Vice Chair	Labour
Lord Fuller	Vice Chair	Conservative

Officer	Role	Party
Kate Osborne	Chair & Registered Contact	Labour
Lord Beith	Co-Chair	Liberal Democrat
Mary Glindon	Vice Chair	Labour
Lord Wharton of Yarm	Officer	Conservative

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)

1 bills 1 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter

Bill	Info	Role	Status	Introduced
European Union (Referendum) Bill		Sponsored	Committee stage	2013-06-19

Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at introduction. Sorted newest first.