The Baroness Thornton
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Thornton's full title is The Baroness Thornton. Her name is Dorothea Glenys Thornton, 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
5 Content(3.1%)
135 Not-Content(83.3%)
22 didn't vote(13.6%)
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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 25
2026-06-09
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, I am very pleased to welcome the Commercial Payments Bill and to take part in this Second Reading. I congratulate my noble friend the Minister on his absolutely outstanding introduction to it. I intend to make two points about why the Bill is s
2026-06-09
British Council
I thank my noble friend for that Answer. I have great affection and support for the British Council, having been a parliamentary ambassador for it for many years, and having met many incoming delegations over the years. What I did not hear in my noble fr
2026-06-09
British Council
To ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in supporting and funding the work of the British Council.
2026-06-04
Declining Birth Rates
My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lady Nargund on securing this debate, and I note how busy she seems to have been today. I have a strange feeling that she is only just getting started in your Lordships’ House—let us see what happens next. This de
2026-06-03
Equality Act 2010: Code of Practice
I very much welcome the last part of my noble friend’s answer. I would like clarification on two points, because the word “sensitivity” has been used, and indeed is used in the guidance. I would like my noble friend to confirm that it is discriminatory t
My Lords, it is a great honour to follow the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, and I agree with very much of what he said.
As will be clear to my noble friend the Minister, some of us have joined this important Second Reading debate as consumers, not as expert
2026-05-20
King’s Speech
My Lords, I am, as ever, honoured to be speaking in the debate on the gracious Speech today and I want to address two issues which I think are related: social care and the procurement of people-focused services. They are both central to the delivery of t
2026-04-27
For Women Scotland Case
My Lords, can I ask my noble friend the Minister a practical question relating to the place that we all work in? The Government have responsibilities not only for the Whitehall department but for the Palace of Westminster, which is, as noble Lords know,
2026-04-16
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend the Minister on the work that she has done on the issues that have been raised in the House about pornography and online harm. I add my thanks to my noble friend and her honourable friend the Minister in the other
2026-04-15
NHS Adult Gender Identity Clinics
My Lords, I would like to seek some clarification from my noble friend the Minister about this matter, because the Mental Capacity Act 2005 presumes adult capacity and the Care Act 2014 defines safeguarding thresholds, which my noble friend has outlined
2026-03-20
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I also note that I come from Bradford, where all my family live, and we do the same there, too.
2026-03-20
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I declare an interest as a non-executive director of the Whittington Hospital, where we serve many of these communities. I can assure the noble Lord that we put a lot of resource, very successfully, into supporting our clients and patients, from whicheve
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I should like to ask the noble Baroness—
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I know that the amendment is defective, because my noble friend has said that. However, this is the only opportunity we have to address the issue. Now that we have agreed, as a House, to keep the clause in the Bill, if I press my amendment it w
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I wish to speak to Amendment 426B in my name. Before I do that, I want to ask the question that I was trying to ask the noble Baroness, Lady Falkner; it was a perfectly ordinary question. Is the noble Baroness aware that, since 2022, there has
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, it is normal to take questions and interventions as this is a debate so, before the noble Baroness sits down, can I ask her whether she believes that all 50 countries that have decriminalised abortion are wrong?
2026-03-16
Humanist Weddings
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the progress and timetable towards legal humanist weddings.
2026-03-16
Humanist Weddings
I thank my noble friend for that Answer. I apologise to the House for my repeated appearances on this matter. Can my noble friend the Minister provide further clarity on the timeframe and next steps? It is already early 2026 and the consultation does not
2026-03-06
International Women’s Day
Noble Sisters and Brothers, I am honoured to follow my friend, the noble Baroness, Lady Casey, who has reminded us all of the price women pay for the misogyny and violence that is still here today in our liberal, democratic society. Every woman’s death
2026-03-04
Crime and Policing Bill
Is my noble friend aware that they actually had an extensive debate on this matter in the Commons?
My Lords, I welcome this initiative and the document—they are brilliant. However, I want to ask about the children who might have to attend a special school because of their particular needs and the challenges that they face. As somebody has already ment
2026-02-10
Better Start Longitudinal Programmes
To ask His Majesty’s Government whether, and if so when and how, the learning from the results of the Better Start longitudinal programmes will become pregnancy and early years policy and be implemented.
2026-02-10
Better Start Longitudinal Programmes
I thank the Minister for that and declare an interest: my sister, Gill Thornton, is the director of Better Start Bradford, which is part of the £250 million programme funded by the National Lottery, with local funding too, for the last 10 years. The mod
2026-02-04
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill
My Lords, it is wonderful to follow the great maiden speech of my noble friend Lord Duvall—Len, to the rest of us—and I am proud to welcome another Labour and Co-op member to your Lordships’ House.
Len and I were trying to remember how long we had kno
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Register of Interests · 2 entries on file
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Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
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Member, Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA)
registered 2024-08-28 · amended 2025-04-05
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Non-executive Director, Whittington Health Hospital Trust
registered 2020-05-05 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
1998-07-23 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
2010-02-19 → 2010-05-06
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health)
2008-02-18 → 2010-02-19
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
Opposition posts
2023-10-27 → 2024-07-05
Shadow Spokesperson (Culture, Media and Sport)
2023-02-21 → 2023-10-26
Shadow Spokesperson (Education)
2023-02-21 → 2023-10-26
Shadow Spokesperson (Work and Pensions)
2021-05-18 → 2024-07-05
Shadow Spokesperson (Equalities and Women's Issues)
2018-01-10 → 2022-05-10
Shadow Spokesperson (Health)
2017-11-01 → 2018-01-09
Shadow Spokesperson (Health)
2011-10-17 → 2015-07-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Equalities and Women's Issues)
2010-10-08 → 2012-09-06
Shadow Spokesperson (Health)
Committee memberships
2007-04-23 → 2008-12-18
Communications and Digital Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
thorntong@parliament.uk
020 7219 8502 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 8502 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
APPGs (2026) · 5 active officership(s) · 10 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Social Enterprise
Subject Group
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Honorary Secretary | Social Enterprise UK | 9 | 2024-05-20 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Curry Industry
Subject Group
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Treasurer | — | 4 | 2024-09-23 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Eritrea
Country Group
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Vice Chair | — | 7 | 2024-05-08 |
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Parks and Green Spaces All-Party Parliamentary Group
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | Keep Britain Tidy | 4 | 2027-04-04 |
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Social, Cooperative, and Community Economy All-Party Parliamentary Group
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2026-04-10 |
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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.
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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
1 as lead sponsor
1 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Care at Home Act 2010 | — | Supported | Royal Assent | 2009-11-25 |
| Television Advertising (Food) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2007-02-06 |
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year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.