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The Baroness Wilcox of Newport

Labour Member of the House of Lords F
Baroness Wilcox of Newport's full title is The Baroness Wilcox of Newport. Her name is Deborah Ann Wilcox, 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.

Lords votes · 2026

162 divisions 2 Content(1.2%) 121 Not-Content(74.7%) 39 didn't vote(24.1%)
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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

2026-06-04 EU-UK Cultural Exchange Arrangements
My Lords, I declare an interest as the chair of trustees of the Council for Dance, Drama and Musical Theatre. Following on from the noble Lord’s question, can my noble friend give a slightly wider view? What are we going to do to support Ukraine from a c
2026-06-04 Local Councillors: Recruitment, Retention and Well-being
My Lords, I declare that I am a vice-president of the LGA. In the LGA it was a pleasure to work closely with the noble Lord, Lord Forbes, as leader of the Labour group, and subsequently with the noble Lord, Lord Jamieson, as leader of the LGA. When I
2026-05-20 King’s Speech
My Lords, I am grateful for the gracious Speech and for the opportunity to reflect on its implications for transport across our United Kingdom. I also pay tribute to the House of Lords Library for its excellent preparatory work. Transport is not just
2026-02-24 Schools White Paper: Every Child Achieving and Thriving
My Lords, I am sure that my noble friend will agree that great teaching is vital to great schools and great childhoods. We both shared the pleasure of working at the chalkface for many years. What will the Government do in the months and years ahead to e
2026-01-22 Creative Industries: Freelance Champion
Please could my noble friend the Minister update us on the progress of implementing the creative industries sector plan? How is DCMS addressing problems of social mobility as part of the “arts for everyone, everywhere” vision?
2026-01-22 Creative Industries: Freelance Champion
My Lords—
2025-12-03 Arts and Creative Industries: Social Mobility
My Lords, does my noble friend the Minister agree that the millions of pounds of investment announced by Cardiff-based company Bad Wolf at the summit in Newport will create thousands of creative industry jobs and support local business and talent develop
2025-11-12 Barnett Formula: Wales
My Lords, the UK Government have given the Welsh Government the largest financial settlement in the history of devolution, nearly £5 billion extra to spend on public services in the next three years—not supported in the Senedd by Plaid Cymru. Does the Mi
2025-09-11 UK and EU Trade: Arts and Creative Industries
My Lords, the Welsh Government promote creative arts and education through the creative learning through the arts programme. Its aim is to integrate arts and creativity into the core of the education system, ensuring that all learners have access to crea
2025-06-03 Employment Rights Bill
My Lords, I can hardly follow my noble friend Lady O’Grady in being the TUC’s first woman general secretary, but I was the first woman leader of Newport City Council after decades and the first woman leader of the Welsh Local Government Association—and a
2025-05-12 Investigatory Powers (Codes of Practice, Review of Notices and Technical Advisory Board) Regulations 2025
My Lords, the Committee stands adjourned for a couple of minutes until we find the Opposition spokesperson.
2025-05-12 Forensic Science Regulator Draft Code of Practice 2025
My Lords, it is of note that the Minister, both opposition spokespeople and the chair are all Welsh, as we talk about forensic science. I wonder how often that happens.
2025-05-12 Arrangement of Business
My Lords, if there is a Division in the Chamber while we are sitting, this Committee will adjourn as soon as the Division Bells are rung and resume after 10 minutes.
2025-05-07 Prime Minister and First Minister of Wales Meetings
My Lords, yesterday the First Minister made an important speech in Cardiff noting the changed and positive relationship with the UK Government since last July. But just as the wonderful programme “Gavin and Stacey” often showed, what is right for Billeri
2025-05-01 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
I declare that I am a vice-president of the LGA. My 35 years as a teacher, working in such diverse areas as south London and south Wales, give me a little insight into this subject. Despite the differences in the demographics of London and Wales, ther
2025-03-06 International Women’s Day
Diolch i chi am yr araith ragorol honno—an excellent speech and a sign of things to come. Congratulations to all my noble friends. What a wonderful bunch we have now. I am so glad to be part of this group. And I am delighted to be able to add my own obse
2025-03-05 Erasmus Programme
I thank my noble friend the Minister for that reply, but has her department looked at what the Welsh Government are doing in this area? The scheme known as Taith, which means journey, has developed into a programme which, for many, works better than Eras
2025-03-05 Erasmus Programme
To ask His Majesty’s Government, following the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the Erasmus programme, what steps they are taking to ensure that youth work and adult education organisations can access international exchange opportunities.
2025-02-26 Higher Education: Creative Courses
My Lords—
2024-12-10 National Youth Strategy
My Lords, a range of youth services were cut by the last Government. Policies were axed directly in Whitehall or because of severe cuts to local authority budgets. It will not be possible to reverse the damage overnight, but does my noble friend have any
2024-12-04 Shared Prosperity Fund: Wales
I thank the Minister for that Answer, because the era of doing things to Wales, rather than with Wales, is surely at an end. When will proper devolved decision-making reflect both our distinct Welsh needs and UK-wide objectives? While I am on my feet, le
2024-12-04 Shared Prosperity Fund: Wales
To ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they have made towards giving decision-making over the allocation of the Shared Prosperity Fund to democratic representatives in Wales, as set out in the Labour Party Manifesto 2024.
2024-11-28 Civil Service: Politicisation
I thank the noble Lord, Lord Butler of Brockwell, for bringing this important debate to the House. At a time when the integrity and professionalism of our civil servants is under scrutiny, particularly from certain factions within our political landscape
2024-11-26 Wales
Does my noble friend agree that the record settlement for the Welsh Government at the Budget—£1.5 billion, the largest since the dawn of devolution—will provide a much-needed spending boost for public services after years of neglect from previous Governm
2024-11-11 Autumn Budget 2024
I welcome this Budget, which represents a fundamental transformation in our nation’s fiscal priorities. After 14 years of Conservative government that has impacted profoundly negatively on our public services, this UK Labour Government’s first Budget mar
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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.

  • Commissioner, South Wales Fire and Rescue Authority (one of four appointed by Welsh Government to oversee running of service)
    registered 2024-02-07 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Appointed by National Executive Committee of Labour Party to panel to investigate leak of confidential party document
    registered 2020-05-06 · 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

2019-10-14present
Labour current

Government posts

None recorded.

Opposition posts

2023-02-212024-07-05
Shadow Spokesperson (Devolved Issues)
2021-05-182023-02-20
Shadow Spokesperson (Wales)
2021-05-182024-07-05
Shadow Spokesperson (Education)
2021-05-182023-02-20
Shadow Spokesperson (Work and Pensions)
2020-09-302021-05-17
Shadow Spokesperson (Equalities and Women's Issues)
2020-03-022024-07-05
Opposition Whip (Lords)

Committee memberships

2025-01-30present
Services Committee

Contact

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

APPGs (2026) · 4 active officership(s) · 4 historic

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Hospitality, Events and Major Food and Drink Businesses in Wales
Subject Group
Vice Chair 4 2024-09-18
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Performing Arts Education and Training
Subject Group
Vice Chair 4 2027-01-11
All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Western Gateway
Subject Group
Vice Chair Grasshopper Communications · The Western Gateway 4 2026-05-07
All-Party Parliamentary Group on HIV and AIDS
Subject Group
Vice Chair Elton John AIDS Foundation · Gilead · IAVI · STOPAIDS 16 2024-05-14
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

Showing 1 of 1 tabled 1 answered(100.0%) 1 departments
2026-04-20
Cabinet Office
LGBT+ People
Answered
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026

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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)

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No bills sponsored or supported on record.
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