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The Lord McCabe

Labour Member of the House of Lords M
Lord McCabe's full title is The Lord McCabe. His name is Stephen James McCabe, 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.

Lords votes · 2026

162 divisions 4 Content(2.5%) 107 Not-Content(66.0%) 51 didn't vote(31.5%)
2026-04-28
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91181 Not-Content
2026-04-27
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2026-03-26
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2026-03-11
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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 10

2026-04-21 Electricity: Domestic Pricing
I am grateful for that Answer and I welcome the direction of travel on energy security and price stability, but do we not need to work harder and faster to decouple gas from electricity prices? Is it not true that gas accounts for about 30% of electricit
2026-04-21 Electricity: Domestic Pricing
To ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to review the effect of the marginal pricing structure on the cost of electricity for domestic consumers.
2026-03-12 NHS: Heart Valve Disease
I thank my noble friend the Minister for her response. The guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery suggest that the UK is falling behind in terms of diagnosis and treatment for heart valve
2026-03-12 NHS: Heart Valve Disease
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether NHS services for heart valve disease support healthy ageing and ensure older adults receive equitable access to timely treatment.
2026-02-09 Life Sciences: Beagles
To ask His Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the number of beagles currently used for testing in life sciences laboratories.
2026-02-09 Life Sciences: Beagles
My Lords, concern for the welfare of beagles prompted at least some of the opposition to the recent Public Order Act amendment proposals on life sciences establishments. I am not against all animal testing, but I support other methods, particularly in re
2026-01-28 National Police Service
I thank my noble friend the Minister for his Answer and wish him well with the venture. We know that this is not exactly a new idea. There have been a few versions over the years. What further assurance can he offer that now is the right time to commence
2026-01-28 National Police Service
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the likely timescale and costs for the establishment of the National Police Service recently announced by the Home Secretary.
2025-09-04 UK Defence and Aerospace Facilities: Protests
My Lords, does the Minister agree that smaller suppliers, essential to our defence, often lack the resources to withstand sustained intimidation and sabotage? Will the Government provide targeted support against extremists to ensure that those companies
2025-07-18 Strategic Defence Review 2025
My Lords, I thank the earlier speakers for their kind remarks. Having spent 27 years next door, it is a pleasure to make my maiden speech in the sedate atmosphere of this place. I have not rushed to make this speech because I felt I needed some time to f
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 · 1 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.

Nil

  • No registrable interests
    registered 2025-04-07 · amended 2025-04-09
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

1997-05-01present
Labour current

Government posts

2007-07-022010-05-06
Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip)
2006-05-052007-06-28
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)

Opposition posts

2023-11-282024-05-30
Shadow Minister (Defence)
2013-10-072015-09-18
Shadow Minister (Education)
2010-05-062010-07-01
Opposition Whip (Commons)

Committee memberships

1998-11-092003-10-20
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
2002-06-192005-05-05
House of Lords Reform (Joint Committee)
2010-07-122013-11-04
Home Affairs Committee
2005-07-122006-06-12
Home Affairs Committee
2020-01-152023-12-13
Panel of Chairs
2017-06-222019-11-06
Panel of Chairs
2015-10-142017-05-03
Panel of Chairs
2020-03-022023-12-18
Work and Pensions Committee
2017-09-112019-11-06
Work and Pensions Committee
2015-10-262017-05-03
Work and Pensions Committee
2022-10-192022-10-26
Pension Dashboards (Prohibition of Indemnification) Bill
2022-12-142023-01-11
Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Bill
2023-07-192023-09-14
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) 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)

5 bills 5 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
Bill Info Role Status Introduced
Supported Accommodation Bill Sponsored 2nd reading 2020-11-18
Access to Fertility Services Bill Sponsored 2nd reading 2018-04-18
Protection of Family Homes (Enforcement and Permitted Development) Bill Sponsored 2nd reading 2016-07-04
Protection of Family Homes (Enforcement and Permitted Development) Bill Sponsored 2nd reading 2015-11-24
Youth Employment Bill Sponsored 2nd reading 2011-07-13
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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