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Official portrait of The Rt Hon. the Lord Reid of Cardowan

The Rt Hon. the Lord Reid of Cardowan

Labour Life peer M
Lord Reid of Cardowan's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Reid of Cardowan. His name is John Reid, 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

2005-05-052010-05-06
Airdrie and Shotts
1997-05-012005-05-05
Hamilton North and Bellshill
1987-06-111997-05-01
Motherwell North

Party history

1987-06-11present
Labour current

Government posts

2006-05-052007-06-28
Home Secretary
2005-05-062006-05-05
Secretary of State for Defence
2003-06-122005-05-06
Secretary of State for Health
2003-04-042003-06-12
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons (Privy Council Office)
2002-10-242003-04-04
Minister without Portfolio and Labour Party Chair
2001-01-252002-10-24
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
1999-05-172001-01-25
Secretary of State for Scotland
1998-07-271999-05-17
Minister of State (Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions)
1997-05-061998-07-27
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

Opposition posts

None recorded.

Committee memberships

1989-01-131989-12-15
Public Accounts Committee
2016-05-252021-01-28
International Relations and Defence Committee
2021-01-282024-01-31
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2026-01-27present
Economic Affairs 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

Showing 11 of 11 tabled 6 answered(54.5%) 2 departments
2026-06-08
Treasury
Bank Notes: Design
Pending
2026-06-08
Treasury
Bank Notes: Design
Pending
2026-06-08
Treasury
Bank Notes: Design
Pending
2026-06-08
Treasury
Bank Notes: Design
Pending
2026-06-08
Treasury
Bank Notes: Design
Pending
2026-03-09
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Natural Gas: Storage
Answered
2026-03-09
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Natural Gas: Storage
Answered
2026-03-09
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Natural Gas: Storage
Answered
2026-03-09
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Natural Gas: Reserves
Answered
2026-03-09
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Natural Gas: Storage
Answered
2026-03-09
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Natural Gas: Storage
Answered
Source: UK Parliament Members API. The amber "interest" tag is set by Parliament's own system when the asking MP has a register entry it deems related — typically a paid role or directorship in the sector being asked about. Click any "i" icon to see the full question and the department's answer.

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)

4 bills 4 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
Bill Info Role Status Introduced
UK Borders Act Sponsored Royal Assent 2007-01-25
Offender Management Act 2007 Sponsored Royal Assent 2006-11-22
Fraud (Trials Without a Jury) Bill Sponsored 2nd reading 2006-11-16
Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 Sponsored Royal Assent 2006-07-20
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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