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The Baroness Janke

Liberal Democrat Member of the House of Lords F
Baroness Janke's full title is The Baroness Janke. Her name is Barbara Lilian Janke, 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) £10,748
6 donations across 1 distinct recipient
Matched donor name: Baroness Barbara Janke
Date Recipient Type EC Ref Amount
2017-12-31 Liberal Democrats · Bristol Cash C0394101 £1,600
2017-09-30 Liberal Democrats · Parliamentary Party In The Lords Cash C0337731 £1,800
2016-09-30 Liberal Democrats · Parliamentary Party In The Lords Cash C0252108 £1,800
2015-09-30 Liberal Democrats · Parliamentary Party In The Lords Cash C0211004 £1,600
2011-12-31 Liberal Democrats · North Bristol Cash C0076938 £987
2011-09-30 Liberal Democrats · North Bristol Cash C0052604 £2,961
Showing the 6 most recent donations on record. Source: Electoral Commission donations register (search.electoralcommission.org.uk). Match confidence: unique-surname.

Party history

2014-09-24present
Liberal Democrat current

Government posts

None recorded.

Opposition posts

2019-08-292023-04-26
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Work and Pensions)

Committee memberships

2015-06-122019-07-02
EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee
2017-06-292018-03-20
Political Polling and Digital Media Committee
2019-06-132020-06-23
Food, Poverty, Health and Environment Committee
2024-01-31present
Built Environment Committee

Contact

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

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

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group on France
Country, Area or Region Group
Co-Chair 4 2027-02-15
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.

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)

2 bills 2 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
Bill Info Role Status Introduced
Devolution in England Bill [HL] Sponsored 2nd reading 2020-01-30
Referendum (Local Authority Governance) Bill [HL] Sponsored 2nd reading 2015-06-08
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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