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Official portrait of The Rt Hon. the Lord Howell of Guildford

The Rt Hon. the Lord Howell of Guildford

Conservative Life peer M
Lord Howell of Guildford's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Howell of Guildford. His name is David Arthur Russell Howell, 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

1983-06-091997-05-01
Guildford
1974-02-281983-06-09
Guildford
1966-03-311974-02-28
Guildford

Party history

1966-03-31present
Conservative current

Government posts

2010-05-122012-09-06
Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (International Energy Policy)
1981-09-141983-06-11
Secretary of State for Transport
1979-05-051981-09-13
Secretary of State for Energy
1974-01-081974-03-04
Minister of State (Department of Energy)
1972-11-051974-01-08
Minister of State (Northern Ireland Office)
1972-03-261972-11-05
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office)
1971-01-051972-03-26
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Employment)
1970-06-201971-01-05
Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip)
1970-06-201972-03-26
Parliamentary Secretary (Civil Service Department)

Opposition posts

2005-06-082010-05-06
Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
2000-07-012010-05-06
Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs)
1977-07-011979-05-03
Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills)

Committee memberships

1987-01-011997-03-21
Foreign Affairs Committee Chair
1986-02-261997-03-21
Foreign Affairs Committee
1987-06-171997-03-21
Liaison Committee (Commons)
1998-12-032000-11-30
European Union Committee
2005-06-152006-11-18
Procedure and Privileges Committee
2013-05-162014-03-11
Soft Power Committee Chair +£14,876/yr
2016-05-252019-07-01
International Relations and Defence Committee Chair +£15,025/yr
2019-10-292023-01-31
Constitution Committee
2023-01-312026-01-27
International Agreements Committee
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.

Contact

Parliamentary office
howelld@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s) · 1 historic

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022
Subject Group
Vice Chair 21 2023-05-12
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 1 as lead sponsor 1 as supporter
Bill Info Role Status Introduced
European Union (Approval of Treaty Amendment Decision) Act 2012 Sponsored Royal Assent 2012-05-10
European Union Act 2011 Supported Royal Assent 2010-11-11
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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