The Baroness Thornhill MBE
Liberal Democrat
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Thornhill's full title is The Baroness Thornhill MBE. Her name is Dorothy Thornhill, and she is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£5,936
16 days attended across 1 published month
Total claimed
£5,936
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Political donations made
Total donated (all years on record)
£5,450
3 donations across 1 distinct recipient
Matched donor name:
Baroness Dorothy Thornhill
| Date | Recipient | Type | EC Ref | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-30 | Liberal Democrats · closed 31/12/2023 - Watford | Cash | C0337804 | £1,850 |
| 2016-12-31 | Liberal Democrats · closed 31/12/2023 - Watford | Cash | C0262470 | £1,800 |
| 2015-12-31 | Liberal Democrats · closed 31/12/2023 - Watford | Cash | C0239662 | £1,800 |
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Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
66 Content(34.9%)
17 Not-Content(9.0%)
106 didn't vote(56.1%)
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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
2026-09-17
National Empty Homes Strategy
My Lords, I am not particularly comfortable talking about my own experiences of homelessness, and I am not going to, but the comments we have heard today prove that it can happen to anybody. I am patron of a brilliant charity in Watford, New Hope, where
2026-09-14
Representation of the People Bill
My Lords, my five minutes segue neatly and very nicely from what the noble Baroness, Lady Prashar, has just said.
If the Bill is about renewing our democracy, it should be not simply about widening participation, which it is appearing to do very well,
My Lords, I, too, take this opportunity to welcome the Minister to her post. I support this Bill and, in doing so, I must first pay tribute to my noble friend Lady Pinnock. As our local government spokesperson, she has lived and breathed building safety
2026-09-10
Home Owners and Home Ownership
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Evans, for speaking in the gap, because it saved me from pouncing immediately on the noble Lord, Lord Fuller, whose comments were so provocative—I should know by now. I also thank the noble Baroness, Lady Eaton, for
2026-09-07
Local Government Reorganisation
My Lords, if the legal concerns were serious enough to halt the programme today, suddenly, with rapid action, can the Minister tell the House whether any similar concerns had been raised previously by officials, local authorities or external counsel? Wil
2026-09-07
Local Government Reorganisation
My Lords—
2026-09-01
Social Housing Bill [HL]
We on these Benches positively welcomed the Bill. Anything that preserves social housing is particularly welcome, so the right-to-buy proposals were indeed very valuable, as was the work to protect vulnerable tenants—those who were victims of domestic vi
2026-07-20
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, this is a group of interesting and different amendments. Nobody could fail to be moved by the way that the noble Lord, Lord Bird, speaks to us, or to understand and feel his passion. He should not doubt for a minute that we share that; I think
2026-07-20
Social Housing Bill [HL]
I thought the noble Lord, Lord Jamieson, might like to speak first to tell us about his amendments so that we could respond, but I will go first.
While they are all on the same theme, these amendments are all different so I will take each of them in t
2026-07-20
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, in speaking to this group of amendments I echo the comments from the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, regarding the loss of the noble Lord, Lord Timpson, from the Front Bench.
Amendment 82 is a sound and compassionate amendment. Speaking from experi
2026-07-20
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, the joys of following the noble Lords, Lord Young of Cookham and Lord Fuller; I will be less hyperbolic but sincere and completely agree with what has been said.
The Minister will not be surprised that we on these Benches strongly support th
2026-07-20
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, in winding for these Benches on these amendments, I start by saying that I do not intend to give long speeches opposing amendments we do not agree with; I believe that is the Minister’s job. I intend to be concise when setting out where we stan
2026-07-20
Social Housing Bill [HL]
I am not sure that it is quite as big, difficult and dramatic as that—we just did it.
We believe that the priority must be more social housing. We believe in better protections for existing stock and a housing system that works for those who need it m
2026-07-20
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, I am very disappointed to say that we oppose Amendments 77 and 78, but those who heard my comments in Committee will not be surprised. I totally agree with the noble Lord’s concerns and analysis, but I disagree with his solution. We believe tha
2026-06-24
PATHWAYS Study: Puberty Suppression
My Lords, in my pre-political life I was a senior teacher at a very large comprehensive school, and responsible for child protection and what used to be called pastoral care. I dealt with lots of children who were confused about their sexuality, their pl
2026-06-22
Home Ownership: First-time Buyers
My Lords, shared ownership promised a real lifeline for first-time buyers to get them on to the property ladder, yet soaring service charges, crushing maintenance bills and toxic lease clauses are trapping families in unsaleable, unmortgageable nightmare
2026-06-17
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My noble friends have outlined their cases themselves, so I will just clutch my pearls and resist having a ding-dong with the noble Lord, Lord Jackson—which I could, for reasons that will become apparent in my speech.
I will speak carefully on this gr
2026-06-17
Social Housing Bill [HL]
I thank the Minister for her response, which was very much as I would have predicted. My main point to make to her was that it was not easy to find that data—on GOV.UK you have to look for a bit here and a bit there. Where is all this information on what
2026-06-17
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, I open this group—which is a considerably better position than we were in on Monday, when I thought I would be closing it—by proposing Amendment 53. This group goes to the heart of the Bill’s central test: whether we are serious about ensuring
2026-06-17
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, because the noble Lords, Lord Jamieson and Lord Young of Cookham, have done such a brilliant job of talking about shared ownership, I will scrap most of my speech. We on these Benches have brought up the vexed subject of shared ownership many t
2026-06-17
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, I acknowledge the cogent contribution from the noble Lord, Lord Evans. It was his first contribution, but I hope it will be the first of many, and I mean that sincerely.
In principle, we welcome the intent behind this group of amendments bec
2026-06-17
Social Housing Bill [HL]
2026-06-17
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, I was busy trying to think of counterarguments; the noble Lord, Lord Young, has caught me there. We feel that what unites these amendments is an attempt to drag social housing policy backwards, and to revive a model of insecurity that simply di
2026-06-15
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, I will speak a little bit more briefly than I had intended on this group of amendments and will speak specifically to my Amendment 92. I am shamelessly using the Bill to raise an issue and to correct a problem that we in this House have discuss
2026-06-15
Social Housing Bill [HL]
There are a lot of amendments in this group and I do not intend to comment on them all. To me, this group is less about the principle of right to buy and more about what happens to the money raised from it and, more importantly, who controls it. The amen
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Register of Interests · 1 entries on file
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Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
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Vice President, Local Government Association
registered 2015-12-03 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2015-10-21 → present
Liberal Democrat
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
2021-09-06 → present
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Housing)
2015-12-03 → 2016-05-17
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government)
Committee memberships
2018-05-17 → 2019-03-26
Intergenerational Fairness and Provision Committee
2019-06-13 → 2020-06-16
Gambling Industry Committee
2021-04-14 → 2024-01-31
Built Environment Committee
2023-06-08 → 2023-07-07
Bishop's Stortford Cemetery Bill [HL]
2024-01-24 → 2024-05-20
Preterm Birth Committee
Contact
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APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s) · 2 historic
Not currently an officer of any active APPG. Was officer of 2 group(s) historically — those rotated off in later snapshots.
Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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16
of 16 tabled
16 answered(100.0%)
2
departments
2026-07-06
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Letting Agents
Answered
2026-03-04
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Landlords: Fines
Answered
2026-03-04
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Landlords: Unpaid Fines
Answered
2026-03-04
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Renters' Rights Act 2025
Answered
2026-03-04
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Landlords and Letting Agents: Databases
Answered
2026-02-25
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Leasehold: Fees and Charges
Answered
2026-02-25
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Leasehold: Service Charges
Answered
2026-02-25
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Building Safety Act 2022
Answered
2026-02-24
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Leasehold: Valuation
Answered
2026-02-24
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024
Answered
2026-02-24
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Leasehold: Valuation
Answered
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
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