The Baroness Pinnock
Liberal Democrat
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Pinnock's full title is The Baroness Pinnock. Her name is Kathryn Mary Pinnock, and she is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£4,823
13 days attended across 1 published month
Travel claims
£717
Attendance £717
Total claimed
£5,540
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
72 Content(38.1%)
24 Not-Content(12.7%)
93 didn't vote(49.2%)
2026-07-22
Not-Content
64–95
Not-Content
2026-07-21
Not-Content
173–234
Not-Content
2026-07-13
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158–239
Not-Content
2026-06-09
Not-Content
13–66
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2026-04-23
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152–207
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2026-04-13
Not-Content
30–130
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
162–55
Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
178–231
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Content
69–332
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Content
247–187
Content
2026-03-26
Not-Content
115–197
Not-Content
2026-03-26
Content
64–140
Not-Content
2026-03-24
Content
80–166
Not-Content
2026-03-05
Content
193–143
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2026-03-05
Content
194–140
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2026-03-05
Content
198–139
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2026-03-05
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208–142
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2026-03-05
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214–142
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2026-02-04
Content
62–295
Not-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
2026-09-14
Representation of the People Bill
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness. As I was re-elected as a councillor in May, I have a direct interest in the formation of electoral law. As such, it will perhaps be no surprise that I will focus my remarks on some really practical
My Lords, I thank everybody who has spoken in this debate and for the wide—in fact, unanimous—support, certainly in principle if not in practice, from all those who have contributed. In what I have said and in the Bill I have deliberately not pointed the
My Lords, the terrible Grenfell tragedy exposed serious, deliberate and dangerous building practices that put, and still put, lives at risk. The estimate from the Commons’ Public Accounts Committee is that 3 million people may be affected. There are betw
That the Bill be now read a second time.
2026-09-09
National Infrastructure Projects: Devolution
My Lords, when the Minister responded to the noble Lord, Lord Fuller, she referred to local leaders. Can she confirm that the reference to “local leaders” is to city and county mayors? If so, where do local councils and local people fit into the decision
2026-09-07
Local Government Reorganisation
My Lords, I too thank the Minister for repeating the Statement. Across England, there will be thousands of councillors and council officers who have worked for months, sometimes years, to deliver an effective solution to the Government’s top-down reorgan
Yes, probably.
My Lords, first, I wish to welcome the noble Baroness, Lady Blake of Leeds, to her new role. I look forward to working with her; I am sure that we will agree on some occasions, maybe more than most. Let me say right from the beginning that we Liberal Dem
My Lords, development corporations have been widely welcomed—with one exception—because they have an important function in enabling development decisions that cover a wide area. So, the question for us is not the about principle of development corporatio
2026-07-21
Local Government Reorganisation
My Lords, there are some deeply worrying elements in the Statement. First, it was issued on the final day before the Commons Recess. A momentous decision of that purport should be the subject of detailed scrutiny but that has been deliberately avoided. S
2026-07-09
Tributes: Lord Mackay of Clashfern
My Lords, my noble friend Lord Purvis of Tweed really regrets that he cannot be here for these tributes, as he has been unavoidably detained in Scotland.
Much has been said already about Lord Mackay of Clashfern’s professional endeavours and immense a
I am sorry to interrupt again, but does the Minister accept that, often, delays in planning applications are caused by the developer when they do not provide all the evidence they are required to provide, say on highways? I will give her an example. Ther
I am really sorry to interrupt. It was not clear when I read the regulations, but is the Minister suggesting that any allocated site within the local plan will, per se, be an officer’s decision, not in principle but in detail as well?
My Lords, I refer to my registered interest as a councillor on Kirklees Council. In my view, this is a developers’ charter. The Government have been hoodwinked into believing that around 5% of all planning applications that currently go to a planning com
My Lords, I repeat my interest, though it is not so specific, of being a councillor, but not on one of the authorities affected. This is an entirely sensible change to make. I have a couple of questions about councils’ retention policies for details. Cle
My Lords, I declare my relevant interest as a councillor on a met council that will clearly be affected by these changes.
On the changes to the development of strategic plans, during the course of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill I raised concerns
My Lords, methinks the previous speakers on the Conservative Benches do protest too much. First, I remind the noble Lord, Lord Jackson, that it was the Conservative Government, I believe, who introduced the supplementary vote in the first place. So that
I am sorry to interrupt the Minister, but that is not the question I asked. The order does not say “the top two”; it just says “the candidates remaining” without defining what that should mean. I assumed, as has the Minister, that that means the top two,
2026-06-15
Social Housing Bill [HL]
The Minister has provoked me now. All those are positive moves, but how much do they add up to? That is the question. The enormous sum of money that the Government have made available for affordable—I hate that word—and social housing adds up to 180,000
2026-06-15
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, on Clause 6, I have a contrary view to that of the noble Lord, Lord Jamieson. I start by reminding the Committee that I have a registered interest as a councillor on Kirklees Council, which directly manages council housing in the borough.
Th
2026-06-11
Sustainable Drainage Systems
My Lords, to continue from the previous question, large underground attenuation tanks are often used in residential developments as their answer to sustainable drainage. Can the Minister tell us what consideration has been given for the water that is sto
2026-06-01
Social Housing Bill [HL]
Well, my Lords, that has started the debate on this important Bill in a rather polarised way. I have to say that I was a bit disappointed in the response from the noble Baroness, Lady Scott of Bybrook, who used some of the rhetoric of pointing fingers of
2026-04-14
Grenfell Tower Memorial (Expenditure) Bill
My Lords, this has been an incredibly moving debate; in particular, the contribution of the noble Lord, Lord Roe of West Wickham, who shared his practical experience at some personal cost, I think. The noble Lord has helped us all to understand the conte
Well, it depends whether noble Lords regard land held in public trust for public benefit as important. If noble Lords do not, then they are probably lucky in having land to enjoy—whereas many people living in the communities represented by those in the o
They are likely not to have the power to agree to have a debate on the amendment as an entity. Considering that the Government are supporting this amendment, it is likely to be included within the Bill as a whole. The amendment as an entity will not be d
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Register of Interests · 2 entries on file
Declarations under the Lords Code of Conduct. Free text — no monetary values, no hours worked. A declaration that an interest exists, not a claim about its size.
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
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Elected Councillor, Kirklees Council
registered 2014-10-29 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 3: Land and property
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House in Huddersfield, from which rental income is received
registered 2014-10-29 · amended 2025-04-05
Source: UK Parliament Members API (Lords register). Refreshed weekly.
Read the full
Lords Code of Conduct
for what each category covers and the disclosure thresholds.
Party history
2014-09-23 → present
Liberal Democrat
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
2024-07-05 → present
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
2021-09-19 → 2024-07-04
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Levelling Up, Communities and Local Government)
2016-10-28 → 2021-09-18
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government)
Committee memberships
2015-06-12 → 2019-07-02
EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee
2020-02-13 → 2023-01-31
Public Services Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
pinnockk@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s) · 4 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Heritage and Regeneration
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | Institute of Historic Bulilding Conservation | 4 | 2025-01-10 |
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
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of 3 tabled
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departments
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
1 bills
1 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leaseholder Remediation (Building Safety) Bill [HL] | Lead | Committee stage | 2026-06-09 |
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)
3 bills
3 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leaseholder Remediation (Building Safety) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | Committee stage | 2026-06-09 | |
| Traffic Management (Amendment) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2020-01-27 | |
| Traffic Management (Amendment) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2019-10-17 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.