The Rt Hon. the Lord Deben
Conservative
Life peer
M
Lord Deben's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Deben. His name is John Selwyn Gummer, and he 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
1997-05-01 → 2010-05-06
Suffolk Coastal
1983-06-09 → 1997-05-01
Suffolk Coastal
1979-05-03 → 1983-06-09
Eye
1970-06-18 → 1974-02-28
Lewisham West
Party history
1970-06-18 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
1993-05-27 → 1997-05-01
Secretary of State for Environment
1989-07-24 → 1993-05-26
Secretary of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
1988-07-25 → 1989-07-24
Minister of State (Department of Environment) (Local Government)
1985-09-02 → 1988-07-26
Minister of State (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food)
1984-09-11 → 1985-09-01
Paymaster General (HM Treasury)
1983-10-18 → 1984-09-11
Minister of State (Department of Employment)
1983-01-06 → 1983-10-18
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Employment)
1981-10-01 → 1983-01-06
Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip)
1981-01-09 → 1981-09-30
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2002-01-31 → 2005-05-05
Ecclesiastical Committee
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.
Contact
Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
APPGs (2026) · 3 active officership(s)
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Dalits
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2024-07-10 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Dalits and Adivasis (Tribals)
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2026-07-19 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Energy Costs
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | Royal Public Affairs | 6 | 2024-05-21 |
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)
2 bills
2 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecumenical Marriage Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2017-06-29 | |
| Catholics (Prevention of Discrimination) Bill | — | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2007-02-20 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.