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Official portrait of The Rt Hon. the Lord Hutton of Furness

The Rt Hon. the Lord Hutton of Furness

Labour Life peer M
Lord Hutton of Furness's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Hutton of Furness. His name is John Matthew Patrick Hutton, 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

1997-05-012010-05-06
Barrow and Furness
1992-04-091997-05-01
Barrow and Furness

Party history

1992-04-09present
Labour current

Government posts

2008-10-032009-06-05
Secretary of State for Defence
2007-06-282008-10-03
Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
2005-11-022007-06-28
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
2005-05-062005-11-02
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Cabinet Office)
1999-10-112005-05-06
Minister of State (Department of Health) (Health)
1998-10-291999-10-11
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health)

Opposition posts

None recorded.

Committee memberships

1994-12-121997-03-21
Home Affairs Committee
2012-11-082013-03-05
Public Service and Demographic Change Committee
2018-05-172019-03-04
Bribery Act 2010 Committee
2018-09-042018-10-09
Finance Bill Sub-Committee
2021-07-222024-01-31
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
2025-01-30present
National Security Strategy (Joint 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

APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s)

No APPG officerships found for this MP. (Officer matching is by name — if the parliamentary register lists them under a slightly different form, the join may miss; check /appgs directly.)

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)

3 bills 3 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
Bill Info Role Status Introduced
Energy Act 2008 Sponsored Royal Assent 2008-01-10
Pensions Act 2007 Sponsored Royal Assent 2006-11-28
Welfare Reform Act 2007 Sponsored Royal Assent 2006-07-04
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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