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The Rt Hon. the Lord Bruce of Bennachie

Liberal Democrat Life peer M
Lord Bruce of Bennachie's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Bruce of Bennachie. His name is Malcolm Gray Bruce, 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

2005-05-052015-03-30
Gordon
1997-05-012005-05-05
Gordon
1983-06-091997-05-01
Gordon

Party history

1988-03-02present
Liberal Democrat current
1983-06-091988-03-02
Liberal

Government posts

None recorded.

Opposition posts

2019-08-292020-08-31
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Northern Ireland)
2016-10-28present
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Scotland)
2003-06-012005-06-01
Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
2001-01-012002-01-01
Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
1994-01-011999-01-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury)
1992-01-011994-01-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Trade and Industry)
1990-01-011992-01-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Scotland)
1988-01-011989-01-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
1988-01-011989-01-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Energy and Climate Change)
1987-01-011988-01-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Trade and Industry)
1987-01-011987-01-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Work and Pensions)
1985-01-011987-01-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Energy and Climate Change)

Committee memberships

1983-06-091987-05-15
Scottish Affairs Committee
1992-10-261994-11-28
Trade & Industry
1987-06-171990-02-15
Trade & Industry
1992-04-271992-11-09
Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
1995-11-151998-07-31
Treasury Committee
1999-11-032001-05-11
Standards and Privileges
2005-07-112015-03-30
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2005-07-142015-03-30
International Development Committee Chair +£12,500/yr
2005-07-122015-03-30
International Development Committee
2008-03-102015-03-30
Committees on Arms Export Controls
2010-01-132015-03-30
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2017-06-272020-04-23
EU Financial Affairs Sub-Committee
2020-04-232021-03-31
EU Services Sub-Committee
2020-09-172023-12-31
Common Frameworks Scrutiny Committee
2023-01-312024-01-31
Environment and Climate Change Committee
2024-01-31present
International Relations and Defence 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
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APPGs (2026) · 3 active officership(s)

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group Deafness
Subject Group
Vice Chair 4 2026-04-10
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Aid Match
Subject Group
Co-Chair 4 2026-06-04
British Offshore Oil and Gas Industry All-Party Parliamentary Group
Subject Group
Vice Chair 6 2024-06-11
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.

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)

2 bills 2 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
Bill Info Role Status Introduced
Communication Support (Deafness) Bill Sponsored 2nd reading 2013-06-19
School Bus (Safety) Bill Sponsored 2nd reading 2009-05-13
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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