← Back to all Lords
Official portrait of The Rt Hon. the Baroness Hodge of Barking DBE

The Rt Hon. the Baroness Hodge of Barking DBE

Labour Member of the House of Lords F
Baroness Hodge of Barking's full title is The Rt Hon. the Baroness Hodge of Barking DBE. Her name is Margaret Hodge, 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

162 divisions 2 Content(1.2%) 87 Not-Content(53.7%) 73 didn't vote(45.1%)
2026-04-28
Not-Content
91181 Not-Content
2026-04-23
Not-Content
208138 Content
2026-04-23
Not-Content
207141 Content
2026-04-23
Not-Content
209145 Content
2026-04-23
Not-Content
152207 Not-Content
2026-04-23
Not-Content
220143 Content
2026-04-22
Not-Content
234152 Content
2026-04-22
Not-Content
281190 Content
2026-04-22
Not-Content
282184 Content
2026-04-20
Not-Content
162151 Content
2026-04-20
Not-Content
211150 Content
2026-04-20
Not-Content
216148 Content
2026-04-20
Not-Content
219144 Content
2026-04-20
Not-Content
276169 Content
2026-04-20
Not-Content
259180 Content
2026-04-20
Not-Content
284158 Content
2026-04-16
Not-Content
186144 Content
2026-04-16
Not-Content
192142 Content
2026-04-16
Not-Content
135154 Not-Content
2026-04-16
Not-Content
142192 Not-Content
2026-04-16
Not-Content
225144 Content
2026-04-16
Not-Content
216141 Content
2026-04-15
Not-Content
270200 Content
2026-04-15
Not-Content
209260 Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
257180 Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
247187 Content
2026-03-26
Not-Content
152128 Content
2026-03-26
Not-Content
115197 Not-Content
2026-03-26
Not-Content
64140 Not-Content
2026-03-25
Not-Content
306145 Content
2026-03-24
Not-Content
250158 Content
2026-03-24
Not-Content
80166 Not-Content
2026-03-24
Not-Content
285156 Content
2026-03-23
Not-Content
241175 Content
2026-03-23
Content
202225 Not-Content
2026-03-23
Not-Content
77161 Not-Content
2026-03-19
Not-Content
135110 Content
2026-03-19
Not-Content
184118 Content
2026-03-19
Not-Content
191118 Content
2026-03-18
Not-Content
68163 Not-Content
2026-03-18
Not-Content
70166 Not-Content
2026-03-18
Content
18058 Content
2026-03-18
Not-Content
119191 Not-Content
2026-03-18
Not-Content
148185 Not-Content
2026-03-18
Not-Content
203148 Content
2026-03-18
Not-Content
220191 Content
2026-03-18
Not-Content
231188 Content
2026-03-18
Not-Content
225189 Content
2026-03-16
Not-Content
48142 Not-Content
2026-03-16
Not-Content
198171 Content
2026-03-16
Not-Content
201177 Content
2026-03-16
Not-Content
276165 Content
2026-03-10
Not-Content
189157 Content
2026-03-10
Not-Content
217170 Content
2026-03-10
Not-Content
252171 Content
2026-03-10
Not-Content
257174 Content
2026-03-10
Not-Content
273180 Content
2026-03-04
Not-Content
41181 Not-Content
2026-03-02
Not-Content
192155 Content
2026-03-02
Not-Content
202155 Content
2026-03-02
Not-Content
61178 Not-Content
2026-03-02
Not-Content
71177 Not-Content
2026-03-02
Not-Content
121145 Not-Content
2026-02-25
Not-Content
205188 Content
2026-02-25
Not-Content
86178 Not-Content
2026-02-10
Not-Content
188258 Not-Content
2026-02-03
Not-Content
295180 Content
2026-01-28
Not-Content
231147 Content
2026-01-28
Not-Content
255183 Content
2026-01-28
Not-Content
67191 Not-Content
2026-01-19
Not-Content
148156 Not-Content
2026-01-19
Not-Content
159153 Content
2026-01-19
Not-Content
216161 Content
2026-01-19
Not-Content
232160 Content
2026-01-19
Not-Content
235164 Content
2026-01-06
Not-Content
134185 Not-Content
2026-01-06
Not-Content
204136 Content
2026-01-06
Not-Content
180219 Not-Content
2026-01-06
Not-Content
182209 Not-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 8

2026-06-08 Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his excellent introduction to what is a complex and technical Bill. I will focus, as the Prime Minister’s Anti-Corruption Champion, on a part that may not be at the top of everyone’s agenda—it was not in the Minister’s
2025-12-15 Breast Cancer
I thank my noble friend the Minister for her Answer. She is right that a common cause of death in women is breast cancer, but age is a primary risk. One in three breast cancers occurs in women aged over 70 but, shockingly, nearly half of breast cancer de
2025-12-15 Breast Cancer
To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to enable women over the age of 70 to continue to be invited by the NHS to have regular mammograms to support the early detection of breast cancer.
2025-09-12 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, while I respect the views of the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of London, I speak in support of the Bill, in support of the principle of assisting people to die with dignity and in firm support of the legislation before us. In my view, w
2024-12-05 Political Donations: Cap
My Lords, does the Minister agree that it is vital that the new Government take every step to clean up our politics—on political donations and beyond? Does he agree that, as well as a cap, we need greater transparency in respect of political donations?
2024-11-28 Civil Service: Politicisation
My Lords, my congratulations go to the noble Lord, Lord Butler, on securing this important debate. I join him in affirming the constitutional importance of an impartial Civil Service, recruited on the basis of merit, whose job is to provide honest, objec
2024-11-05 Higher Education Reform
My Lords, I refer noble Lords to my interests in the register. I welcome the Statement. It is high time the Government recognised the financial challenges that face the higher education sector, which were, I am afraid, ignored and swept under the carpet
2024-10-10 Relations with Europe
My Lords, it is with humility, pleasure and a little disbelief that I deliver my maiden speech. My heartfelt thanks go to you all for your warm welcome. Your Lordships have confirmed this as an environment rich in civility and kindness, where Members wor
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 · 4 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.

  • Professor of Public Practice, King’s College, University of London
    registered 2026-01-19
  • Lead Reviewer, Independent Review of Arts Council England (appointed by Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport)
    registered 2024-12-24 · amended 2025-04-09
  • In receipt of advance payment for book royalties from Harper Collins
    registered 2024-09-04 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Chair, College Council, Royal Holloway, University of London (interest ceased 31 December 2025)
    registered 2024-09-04 · amended 2026-01-19
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

1994-06-09present
Labour current

Government posts

2009-09-222010-05-06
Minister of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) (Culture and Tourism)
2007-06-292008-10-05
Minister of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) (Culture, Creative Industries and Tourism)
2006-05-052007-06-28
Minister of State (Industry and the Regions)
2005-05-102006-05-05
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) (Work)
2003-06-132005-05-10
Minister of State (Education and Skills) (Children)
2001-06-112003-06-13
Minister of State (Education and Skills) (Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education)
1998-07-282001-06-10
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education and Employment) (Employment and Equal Opportunities)

Opposition posts

2010-05-122010-06-10
Shadow Minister (Culture and Tourism)

Committee memberships

1997-03-211998-11-09
Education & Employment Chair
1995-11-151998-11-09
Education & Employment
2010-07-192015-03-30
Liaison Committee (Commons)
1997-07-141998-11-16
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2010-06-102015-03-30
Public Accounts Committee Chair +£14,582/yr
2010-07-122015-03-30
Public Accounts Commission
2016-11-152019-11-06
Commons Reference Group on Representation and Inclusion
2021-11-022024-05-30
European Scrutiny Committee
2021-11-022024-05-30
European Statutory Instruments Committee
2022-10-192022-11-29
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill
2023-02-012023-02-08
Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Bill
2024-04-172024-04-24
Pensions (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill

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

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.
Loading… this can take up to a minute.