The Lord Rowlands CBE
Labour
Life peer
M
Lord Rowlands's full title is The Lord Rowlands CBE. His name is Edward Rowlands, 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
1997-05-01 → 2001-06-07
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
1983-06-09 → 1997-05-01
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
1974-02-28 → 1983-06-09
Merthyr Tydfil
1972-04-13 → 1974-02-28
Merthyr Tydfil
1966-03-31 → 1970-06-18
Cardiff North
Party history
1966-03-31 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
1976-04-14 → 1979-06-04
Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
1975-06-12 → 1976-04-14
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
1974-03-07 → 1975-06-12
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Welsh Office)
1969-10-13 → 1970-06-19
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Welsh Office)
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
1987-06-17 → 2001-05-11
Foreign Affairs Committee
2005-06-08 → 2009-11-12
Constitution Committee
2012-05-17 → 2014-05-14
EU Sub Committee E - Justice, Institutions and Consumer Protection
2014-06-12 → 2015-02-25
Extradition Law
2017-07-19 → 2019-07-01
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
2015-06-17 → 2017-04-27
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
2022-01-19 → 2025-01-30
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
2016-05-25 → 2017-04-27
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
2025-01-30 → present
Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
2017-06-27 → 2022-01-19
Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
2019-07-02 → 2020-04-23
EU Justice Sub-Committee
2020-04-23 → 2021-03-31
EU Security and Justice Sub-Committee
2024-09-05 → present
Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee)
2022-05-12 → 2024-05-30
Consolidation, &c., Bills (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 3842 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 3842 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
External or private office
01554 890771
·
42 Station Road, Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, SA17 4UT
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
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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)
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported on record.
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.