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Rt Hon Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson

Independent Lagan Valley M
The Rt Hon Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson is no longer a Member, but was most recently the Independent MP for Lagan Valley, and left the Commons on 30 May 2024.

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

2010-05-062024-05-30
Lagan Valley
1997-05-012010-05-06
Lagan Valley

Party history

2024-03-302024-05-30
Independent
2004-01-092024-03-30
Democratic Unionist Party
2003-06-232004-01-09
Independent Unionist
1997-05-012003-06-23
Ulster Unionist Party

Government posts

None recorded.

Opposition posts

2021-06-302024-03-29
DUP Westminster Leader
2015-05-082019-12-17
DUP Chief Whip
2015-05-082017-05-03
Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Defence)
2015-05-082021-06-30
Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Business in the House of Commons)
2011-04-202002-06-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
2010-06-012015-03-30
Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Equality)
2010-06-012015-03-30
Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Energy and Climate Change)
2009-06-012010-06-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Transport)
2007-06-012015-03-30
Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Defence)
2007-06-012010-06-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Home Affairs)
2005-06-012007-06-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Transport)
2005-06-012007-06-01
Shadow Spokesperson (International Development)
2004-06-012005-06-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Education)
2004-06-012005-06-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Defence)
2002-06-012003-06-01
Shadow Minister (Defence)
2002-06-012003-06-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Trade and Industry)
2001-06-012002-06-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury)
2001-06-012002-06-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government)
2001-06-012003-06-01
Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)
1997-06-012000-06-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Trade and Industry)

Committee memberships

1997-07-282000-06-12
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
2000-06-122001-06-01
Environment, Transport & Regional Affairs
2001-06-072005-10-25
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
2001-07-162005-07-12
Regulatory Reform
2001-07-162005-10-24
Statutory Instruments (Select Committee)
2009-11-092010-05-06
Transport Committee
2004-05-042007-07-12
Transport Committee
2009-05-182010-05-06
Members' Allowances
2010-07-122015-03-30
Committees on Arms Export Controls
2010-07-122015-03-30
Defence Committee
2023-03-082023-03-15
Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees Bill
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.

Contact

No contact details recorded.

APPGs (2026) · 14 active officership(s) · 18 historic

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Colombia
Country Group
Chair & Registered Contact 9 2024-06-25
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Future of UK Freight and Logistics
Subject Group
Vice Chair 13 2023-09-24
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Motorsport
Subject Group
Co-Chair Keystone Consulting 4 2025-06-05
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Terminal Illness
Subject Group
Vice Chair/Secretary Marie Curie 11 2022-06-11
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Trade and Investment
Subject Group
Vice Chair 15 2024-01-21
All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Boys' Brigade
Subject Group
Vice Chair 7 2023-10-24
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cameroon
Country Group
Chair & Registered Contact 7 2023-08-15
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Formula One
Subject Group
Chair & Registered Contact 8 2024-06-11
All-Party Parliamentary Group on International Mediation and Conflict Resolution
Subject Group
Chair & Registered Contact 4 2025-04-13
All-Party Parliamentary Group on War Heritage
Subject Group
Chair & Registered Contact 13 2024-06-11
All-Party Parliamentary Philately Group
Subject Group
Vice Chair 5 2024-06-04
Excluded UK All-Party Parliamentary Group
Subject Group
Co-Chair 8 2021-11-21
Gaps in Support All-Party Parliamentary Group
Subject Group
Co-Chair 8 2022-11-21
Montserrat All-Party Parliamentary Group
Country Group
Vice Chair 16 2024-05-29
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
Victims and Survivors (Northern Ireland) Bill Sponsored 2nd reading 2013-07-16
Devolved Administrations (Armed Forces Covenant Reports) Bill Sponsored 2nd reading 2011-11-02
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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