The Baroness Swinburne
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Swinburne's full title is The Baroness Swinburne. Her name is Jacqueline Kay Swinburne, 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.
Ministerial activity
Records on file
11
9 meetings ·
1 hospitality ·
0 gifts ·
1 overseas trip
· 2024-01-01 → 2024-06-30
Recent meetings
| Date | Met with | Purpose | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-22 | National Residents Landlord Association | To discuss the Renters Reform Bill | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-05-21 | Marie Walker | To discuss property digitalisation | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-05-16 | Renters Reform Coalition | To discuss the Renters Reform Bill | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-05-16 | Aldersgate Group / Rachel Solomon | To discuss Future Homes Standard | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-05-14 | Maria Harris | To discuss property digitalisation and the potential of opening banking in advancing the conveyancing process | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-05-01 | Edward Lockhart (futurehomes), Lorraine Fursland (berkeleygroup), Eugene Doherty (cgfry), Neil Jefferson (hbf), Steve Wood (nhbc), Brian Berry (fmb), David Adams (futurehomes), Danielle Michalska (Barratt), Mark Knight (mjgleeson) Mark White (bargatehomes), Adrian Watts (croudace) | Future Homes Standard Roundtable to discuss environmental concerns in new build house developments with a group of housebuilding developers | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-04-30 | LETI (Clara Bagenal George) UKGBC (Louise Hutchins) RIBA (Phoebe MacDonald) RICS (Sam Piplica) Solar Energy UK (Kara Davies) SEA (Girvin Gill) Passivhaus Trust (Jon Bootland) CIBSE (Julie Godefroy) Bioregional (Sue Riddlestone) Good Homes Alliance (Lynne Sullivan) Alliance for Sustainable Building Products (Simon Corbey) | Future Homes Standard Roundtable to discuss environmental concerns in new build house developments with a group of environmental campaigners | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-03-21 | Hugo Foreshaw and Nick Emmerson, Law society | To discuss Home Ownership & Homebuying | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-03-20 | Parliamentary Roundtable with BSA: Natalie Elphicke MP Event Host and Chair; Lord Best House of Lords ;Calum Best HM Treasury ;Paul Broadhead Head of Mortgages and Housing, Building Societies Association ;Kate Creagh Public Affairs Manager, Building Societies Association ;Neal Hudson Report Author ;Henry Jordan Commercial Director, Nationwide ;Daniel Monaghan Policy, Co-operative Party Jennifer Lloyd Head of Mortgage Products & Proposition, Skipton Building Society ;Helen Morgan MP House of Commons ;Kevin Purvey Director of Mortgage Distribution, Coventry Building Society Baroness Swinburne Housing Minister, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities ;Robin Webb Policy Manager, Building Societies Association | To discuss the challenges facing First Time Buyers and identify potential solutions | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
Recent hospitality
| Date | Host | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-01 | Nill Return | Nill Return | — |
Recent overseas travel
| Dates | Destination | Purpose | Total cost |
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| — |
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Lords votes · 2026
162 divisions
24 Content(14.8%)
1 Not-Content(0.6%)
137 didn't vote(84.6%)
2026-03-05
Content
214–142
Content
2026-01-12
Content
201–169
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
2026-02-09
National Cancer Plan
My Lords, I too recognise that this plan is a really good step forward in terms of the long-term plan for cancer sufferers. Many of our families have been touched by this awful disease, which is many and varied. However, I would like to focus on the inno
2025-01-23
Economic Growth
My Lords, financial and professional services contribute 12% of total UK economic output and employ more than 2.4 million people, two-thirds of whom are outside London. The sector pays more tax than any other sector and is the UK’s biggest net exporting
2024-11-13
Sharia-compliant Student Finance
My Lords, can I ask the Minister what the Government will be able to do to help prospective and existing students understand what their loan commitments mean for them? I have had recent experience with my own children and their friends, who had no idea w
2024-07-18
King’s Speech
My Lords, I too congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, and the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of Ullock, on their roles. Although I speak late in the day, it is no less heartfelt for that. Indeed, I congratulate all noble Lords taking on new
2024-05-20
Hate Crimes Against Muslim Women
I do not have a list with me, but it is an extensive list. I undertake to speak with the noble Baroness as to the extent of the engagement.
2024-05-20
Hate Crimes Against Muslim Women
My noble friend raises a valid point. It is really important that, in all walks of life, nobody feels they are being discriminated against. It is therefore important to make sure that everybody has the necessary skills to raise their concerns and that th
2024-05-20
Hate Crimes Against Muslim Women
I will check for the noble Lord what specific engagement there has been. I am aware that there is cross-faith group engagement—particularly by my noble friend, the Minister sitting alongside me—for all religions and all groups, including women from those
2024-05-20
Hate Crimes Against Muslim Women
I totally agree with the noble Baroness. The Department for Education, the Home Office and all sorts of other departments are involved in this programme. It is really important that we make sure that everyone has the necessary skills to deal with this ap
2024-05-20
Hate Crimes Against Muslim Women
His Majesty’s Government have publicly confirmed, in response to Parliamentary Questions laid previously, that they do not intend to publish a new hate crime strategy. However, we remain committed to protecting all communities from crime and we have a nu
2024-05-20
Hate Crimes Against Muslim Women
I would like to reassure the House that we have conducted extensive engagement over the last year in particular. The DLUHC Secretary of State hosted a round table with Muslim experts in late 2023 to hear of their experiences and feedback. Ministers have
2024-05-20
Hate Crimes Against Muslim Women
I can assure the noble Baroness, and all the speakers so far, that I have taken up this matter since I came into this position. The department is being asked to investigate and look at all the matters raised by the noble Baroness, Lady Gohir, and others.
2024-05-20
Hate Crimes Against Muslim Women
I assure the noble Baroness that there is extensive engagement to understand the issues affecting British Muslims, including Muslim women. Only last week the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, met a small group of community stakeholders, including Muslim women,
2024-05-20
Hate Crimes Against Muslim Women
We have funded Tell MAMA since 2012 to monitor and support victims of anti-Muslim hatred. Tell MAMA is subject to internal grant funding review processes and due diligence checks. This is the case for all funded partners’ processes before any funding agr
2024-05-20
Hate Crimes Against Muslim Women
My Lords, anti-Muslim hatred is abhorrent and has no place in our society. From ensuring the safety of worshippers and working with the police to supporting victims, we will continue to take swift action to address anti-Muslim hatred, and this includes s
I will revert to the noble Baroness with a response to that when my department gives me the numbers.
I agree that it is important that we consider the effect of all these things on the high streets, which is why we can include this in the guidance to
My Lords, I start by thanking my noble friend Lord Whitby for his sponsorship of the Bill through the House, as well as the words of support from others in the Chamber—albeit some of them fairly caveated. I also take this opportunity to thank the honoura
2024-05-15
Renters (Reform) Bill
That the bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and that it be an instruction to the Committee of the Whole House that they consider the bill in the following order:
Clauses 1 to 4, Schedule 1, Clauses 5 to 26, Schedule 2, Clauses 27
2024-05-15
Renters (Reform) Bill
I undertake to do that. I invite all Peers who would like to do so to come to discuss these things in detail over the course of the passage of the Bill. I will put further dates forward ahead of Committee, so please make use of them. I am available to ha
2024-05-15
Renters (Reform) Bill
As I said, there will be an annual report, which will monitor in detail the impact of the Bill, and going forward we will have the data in granular detail as a result of the private rented property portal, once it is established.
2024-05-15
Renters (Reform) Bill
As a quick answer, I cannot give the noble Lord that clarification. The intention here is to improve the quality of private rental sector stock, improve tenants’ rights and make sure that landlords have the ability to get back their property when they re
2024-05-15
Renters (Reform) Bill
I will take that into account, but I also extend an invitation to the noble Baroness to meet my team to discuss this in more detail.
2024-05-15
Renters (Reform) Bill
I thank noble Lords.
Some noble Lords were concerned that the Bill restricts landlords’ ability to charge a market rent. I will be very clear: this Government do not believe in rent controls, unlike the noble Baroness, Lady Jones. Nothing in this Bill
2024-05-15
Renters (Reform) Bill
I assure the noble Baroness that those discussions are already ongoing. The department is in intense discussions with that sector, and has been since the introduction of the Bill in the other place.
Regarding MoD accommodation, as a result of discussi
2024-05-15
Renters (Reform) Bill
The difference, as I have just alluded to, is between one person having to get external maintenance people in, and so be at the mercy of their agenda, and maintenance crews that can be sent to those areas that need prioritising. I have a huge number of q
2024-05-15
Renters (Reform) Bill
I will check that but my notes tell me that it is six months before they can serve their notice.
I reassure the House that we are exploring potential exemptions to this six-month period in extreme circumstances, such as where there are serious health
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Register of Interests · 4 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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Independent adviser on financial market infrastructure, 7RIDGE Limited (private equity firm)
registered 2025-09-02
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Director, Swinburne Limited (personal service company providing financial regulation advice) (client is Nationwide Building Society)
registered 2025-04-29 · amended 2025-10-23
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Chair and non-executive director, Association of British Insurers
registered 2025-04-29
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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Director, Swinburne Limited (personal service company providing financial regulation advice)
registered 2025-04-29
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Party history
2023-06-20 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
2024-03-01 → 2024-07-05
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
2023-06-02 → 2024-02-29
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
None recorded.
Contact
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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)
1 bills
0 as lead sponsor
1 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renters (Reform) Bill | Supported | 2nd reading | 2023-05-17 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.