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The Baroness Teather

Liberal Democrat Member of the House of Lords F
Baroness Teather's full title is The Baroness Teather. Her name is Sarah Louise Teather, and she is a current member of the House of Lords.

Allowance claims · 2026

Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.

Lords votes · 2026

161 divisions 65 Content(40.4%) 10 Not-Content(6.2%) 86 didn't vote(53.4%)
2026-04-28
Content
91181 Not-Content
2026-04-27
Content
316165 Content
2026-04-23
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199146 Content
2026-04-23
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208138 Content
2026-04-23
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197144 Content
2026-04-23
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207141 Content
2026-04-23
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209145 Content
2026-04-23
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152207 Not-Content
2026-04-23
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220143 Content
2026-04-22
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281190 Content
2026-04-22
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282184 Content
2026-04-20
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219144 Content
2026-04-20
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276169 Content
2026-04-20
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259180 Content
2026-04-20
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284158 Content
2026-04-16
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115121 Not-Content
2026-04-16
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186144 Content
2026-04-16
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192142 Content
2026-04-16
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142192 Not-Content
2026-04-16
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225144 Content
2026-04-16
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216141 Content
2026-04-15
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270200 Content
2026-04-15
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209260 Not-Content
2026-04-13
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214156 Content
2026-04-13
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65173 Not-Content
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178231 Not-Content
2026-04-13
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69332 Not-Content
2026-04-13
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257180 Content
2026-04-13
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247187 Content
2026-03-26
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171146 Content
2026-03-26
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115197 Not-Content
2026-03-26
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64140 Not-Content
2026-03-24
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187157 Content
2026-03-24
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250158 Content
2026-03-24
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80166 Not-Content
2026-03-24
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285156 Content
2026-03-23
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188155 Content
2026-03-23
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198159 Content
2026-03-23
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241175 Content
2026-03-23
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202225 Not-Content
2026-03-23
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77161 Not-Content
2026-03-19
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135110 Content
2026-03-19
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184118 Content
2026-03-19
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191118 Content
2026-03-19
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217113 Content
2026-03-18
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203148 Content
2026-03-18
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220191 Content
2026-03-18
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231188 Content
2026-03-18
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225189 Content
2026-03-16
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276165 Content
2026-03-11
Not-Content
227221 Content
2026-03-10
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189157 Content
2026-03-10
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217170 Content
2026-03-10
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252171 Content
2026-03-10
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257174 Content
2026-03-10
Content
273180 Content
2026-03-09
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88172 Not-Content
2026-03-09
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75190 Not-Content
2026-03-04
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52146 Not-Content
2026-03-04
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213145 Content
2026-03-02
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61178 Not-Content
2026-03-02
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71177 Not-Content
2026-03-02
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121145 Not-Content
2026-02-25
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59152 Not-Content
2026-02-25
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205188 Content
2026-02-25
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86178 Not-Content
2026-02-10
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186251 Not-Content
2026-02-10
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188258 Not-Content
2026-02-03
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295180 Content
Source: lordsvotes-api.parliament.uk. "Result" shows the headline Content vs Not-Content tally (including tellers). The Lords doesn't publish a "didn't vote" attendance roll like the Commons, so the figure above conflates absence with abstention.

Recent Hansard contributions · latest 6

2026-04-23 Office for National Statistics Labour Market Data
My Lords, we know that AI will have a profound impact on work, particularly for young people. As it is already getting harder for graduates to get work, will the Minister urgently commission and publish research into the future impact of AI on the labour
2026-04-21 Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
My Lords, I see some of the same noble Lords in their places for this debate that were here for the debate last Tuesday. I trust that the Minister is feeling much better. As with last week, these SIs on asylum support leave much unclear and have been
2026-04-15 Masculinity and Misogyny in Schools
My Lords, last week, I attended the Cambridge Disinformation Summit run by the Judge Business School, where a key takeaway for me was that restricting young people’s access to social media is not on its own a sufficient response to the risks that we are
2026-04-14 Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules
It is always a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Lister of Burtersett. I am hugely grateful to the noble Lords, Lord German and Lord Dubs, for providing an opportunity for the House to discuss the Government’s changes to the asylum, refug
2026-04-14 Child Poverty and Homelessness: Asylum and Settlement Policies
My Lords, as a former director of the Jesuit Refugee Service, I am concerned that the changes to the duration of refugee protection may create a state of permanent vulnerability and instability for refugee households. What assessment has the Minister mad
2026-03-12 Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill
My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to make my maiden speech here during this Second Reading debate. Supporting children and tackling the impact of poverty and disadvantage have been core themes of my work, both in the other place and in my chari
Source: hansard.parliament.uk via hansard-api. Snippets shown verbatim from the search API; click any debate title for the full record.

Register of Interests · 2 entries on file

Declarations under the Lords Code of Conduct. Free text — no monetary values, no hours worked. A declaration that an interest exists, not a claim about its size.

Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.

  • Non-executive director, Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
    registered 2026-02-03
  • Associate non-executive director, Barts Health NHS Trust
    registered 2026-02-03
Source: UK Parliament Members API (Lords register). Refreshed weekly. Read the full Lords Code of Conduct for what each category covers and the disclosure thresholds.

Party history

2003-09-18present
Liberal Democrat current

Government posts

2010-05-132012-09-06
Minister of State (Department for Education) (Children and Families)

Opposition posts

2008-10-082010-05-06
Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government) (Housing and Planning)
2007-12-202008-10-08
Shadow Secretary of State (Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
2007-06-282007-12-20
Shadow Secretary of State
2006-03-102007-06-28
Shadow Secretary of State for Education
2005-05-102006-03-10
Shadow Minister (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister)
2005-02-282005-05-10
Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government)
2003-06-012004-06-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Health)

Committee memberships

2014-01-272015-03-30
Human Rights (Joint Committee)
2014-11-062015-02-03
Draft Protection of Charities Bill (Joint Committee)

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 peer. (Officer matching is by name — if the parliamentary register lists them under a slightly different form, the join may miss; check /appgs directly.)

Written parliamentary questions · 2026

Showing 2 of 2 tabled 2 answered(100.0%) 1 departments
2026-03-19
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Disinformation
Answered
2026-03-18
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Internet: Safety
Answered
Source: UK Parliament Members API. The amber "interest" tag is set by Parliament's own system when the asking member 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 members of either House 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
Tenancies (Reform) Bill Sponsored 2nd reading 2014-07-02
Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (Amendment) Bill Sponsored 2nd reading 2013-04-23
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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