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The Rt Hon. the Lord Wakeham DL

Conservative Member of the House of Lords M
Lord Wakeham's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Wakeham DL. His name is John Wakeham, and he 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.

Party history

1974-02-28present
Conservative current

Government posts

1992-04-101994-07-19
Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords
1989-07-241992-04-09
Secretary of State for Energy
1988-01-101989-07-23
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
1987-06-131988-01-09
Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons
1983-06-111987-06-12
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip)
1982-04-061983-06-13
Minister of State (HM Treasury)
1981-09-151982-04-06
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Industry)
1981-01-091981-09-15
Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip)
1979-05-161981-01-09
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)

Opposition posts

None recorded.

Committee memberships

1988-11-221989-11-14
Privileges Chair
2010-06-092015-03-30
Procedure and Privileges Committee
2003-12-022007-10-30
Procedure and Privileges Committee
1992-05-201994-11-03
Procedure and Privileges Committee
1992-05-201994-11-03
House of Lords Offices Committee
1992-06-011994-11-03
Committee for Privileges and Conduct (Lords)
2010-05-262015-03-30
Committee of Selection (Lords)
1993-11-231994-11-03
Committee of Selection (Lords)
2006-11-272010-04-08
Liaison Committee (Lords)
1993-12-011994-11-03
Liaison Committee (Lords)
2003-12-022008-11-26
Economic Affairs Committee
2015-06-082016-08-31
House Committee (Lords)
2007-11-132013-05-15
House Committee (Lords)
2008-11-262015-03-30
Joint Committee on Security
2016-12-062017-03-17
Finance Bill Sub-Committee
2014-01-082014-03-11
Finance Bill Sub-Committee
2012-12-042013-03-05
Finance Bill Sub-Committee
2016-09-012021-01-28
House of Lords Commission
2016-12-20present
Lord Speaker's committee on the size of the House

Contact

Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
020 7219 3162 · 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

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 members of either House who backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading date.

Historic bills (all-time)

0 bills 0 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported on record.
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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