The Lord Whitehead CBE
Labour
Life peer
M
Lord Whitehead's full title is The Lord Whitehead CBE. His name is Alan Whitehead, 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
2010-05-06 → 2024-05-30
Southampton, Test
1997-05-01 → 2010-05-06
Southampton, Test
Party history
1997-05-01 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
2025-11-11 → present
Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
2001-06-11 → 2002-05-28
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Transport, Local Government and Regions)
Opposition posts
2021-12-04 → 2024-05-30
Shadow Minister (Climate Change and Net Zero)
2016-10-10 → 2021-12-04
Shadow Minister (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)
2015-09-18 → 2016-06-28
Shadow Minister (Energy and Climate Change)
Committee memberships
1997-07-14 → 1999-12-06
Environment, Transport & Regional Affairs
2005-07-12 → 2013-01-07
Standards and Privileges
2007-03-18 → 2007-08-03
Draft Climate Change Bill (Joint Committee)
2007-11-06 → 2010-05-06
Justice Committee
2008-05-08 → 2008-07-22
Draft Marine Bill (Joint Committee)
2015-07-08 → 2015-11-30
Energy and Climate Change Committee
2009-01-19 → 2015-03-30
Energy and Climate Change Committee
2016-09-12 → 2016-11-28
Environmental Audit Committee
2010-07-26 → 2015-03-30
Environmental Audit Committee
2013-01-07 → 2015-03-30
Committee of Privileges
2013-01-07 → 2015-03-30
Committee on Standards
2021-11-09 → 2021-11-25
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill
2023-05-17 → 2023-06-29
Energy Bill [HL]
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
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)
9 bills
9 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houses in Multiple Occupation (Energy Performance Certificates and Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards) Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2014-07-21 | |
| Energy (Buildings and Reduction of Fuel Use) Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2014-07-21 | |
| Energy Efficiency (Houses in Multiple Occupation) Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2013-01-23 | |
| Energy Efficiency and Reduction in Energy Costs Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2012-12-11 | |
| Fuel Poverty (No.2) Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2009-06-10 | |
| Renewable Content Obligation Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2009-02-25 | |
| Microgeneration and Local Energy Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2008-07-21 | |
| Microgeneration and Local Energy Bill | — | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2007-10-10 |
| Houses in Multiple Occupation Bill | — | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2007-05-22 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.