The Baroness Brinton
Liberal Democrat
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Brinton's full title is The Baroness Brinton. Her name is Sarah Virginia Brinton, 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.
Political donations made
Total donated (all years on record)
£30,511
14 donations across 1 distinct recipient
Matched donor name:
Baroness Sarah V Brinton
| Date | Recipient | Type | EC Ref | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-14 | Liberal Democrats · Young Liberals | Cash | C0571502 | £1,000 |
| 2023-05-12 | Liberal Democrats · Young Liberals | Cash | C0571501 | £1,000 |
| 2017-09-30 | Liberal Democrats · Central Party | Cash | C0337833 | £5,050 |
| 2017-06-30 | Liberal Democrats · closed 31/12/2023 - Watford | Cash | C0322936 | £1,600 |
| 2016-12-31 | Liberal Democrats · Central Party | Cash | C0262558 | £4,150 |
| 2016-09-30 | Liberal Democrats · Parliamentary Party In The Lords | Cash | C0252215 | £1,800 |
| 2015-12-31 | Liberal Democrats · Central Party | Cash | C0239640 | £2,200 |
| 2015-09-30 | Liberal Democrats · closed 31/12/2023 - Watford | Cash | C0210905 | £2,400 |
| 2015-09-30 | Liberal Democrats · Parliamentary Party In The Lords | Cash | C0210904 | £1,600 |
| 2014-11-12 | Liberal Democrats · closed 31/12/2025 - East Dunbartonshire | Cash | C0146157 | £2,111 |
| 2014-09-30 | Liberal Democrats · Parliamentary Party In The Lords | Cash | C0107375 | £1,800 |
| 2013-09-30 | Liberal Democrats · Parliamentary Party In The Lords | Cash | C0093840 | £1,800 |
| 2012-09-30 | Liberal Democrats · Parliamentary Party In The Lords | Cash | C0083750 | £1,800 |
| 2011-12-31 | Liberal Democrats · Parliamentary Party In The Lords | Cash | C0076874 | £2,200 |
Showing the 14 most recent donations on record.
Source: Electoral Commission donations register
(search.electoralcommission.org.uk).
Match confidence: unique-surname.
Lords votes · 2026
162 divisions
113 Content(69.8%)
27 Not-Content(16.7%)
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
My Lords, I signed the two amendments from the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, in this group. As she said, they are pertinent to the next group, when we get into the detail. I just wanted to say, as the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, said, that going from
My Lords, I apologise for not apologising, when I intervened on the last group, for missing Second Reading. I am very grateful for the Minister’s comments on my return after some ill health.
There are 36 amendments in this group. The vast majority rel
2026-04-23
Victims and Courts Bill
My Lords, I am going to intervene very briefly to say that it is good that an agreement has been reached on the difficult issue of the processes and arrangements relating to private prosecutions. As with many of the other issues we have discussed during
2026-04-21
Infected Blood Compensation Scheme
My Lords, I thank the Government for this Statement, and the technical expert group—TEG—at IBCA for its detailed report, which sits behind the proposed changes to the scheme outlined in the Statement. There are many victims who will be reassured by most,
2026-04-16
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Young of Acton, has set out his reasons for insisting on his Motion Q1, which would delete records that the police hold non-crime hate incidents in certain circumstances which he outlined, even when the police had a concern
2026-04-16
Southport Inquiry: Prevent Programme
My Lords, our thoughts are with the victims and their families, especially this week with the publication of the inquiry report, which will have brought back many sad memories. The inquiry report is very clear that, unlike with the safeguarding of childr
2026-04-15
Victims and Courts Bill
My Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend Lord Marks for his comments on private prosecutions, and for the discussions we have had with the Minister, and separately with the noble and learned Lord, Lord Keen, over the course of the Bill.
I echo
2026-04-15
Victims and Courts Bill
My Lords, I start by thanking the Minister, her ministerial colleagues in the justice department, officials and staff, who have been available for conversations both during the passage of the Bill, especially since Report, and the helpful discussions ref
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, for bringing this amendment back and for her speech, and to the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, and the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, for their detailed exposition. I may be
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I signed this amendment, which was originally laid by my late noble and learned friend Lord Wallace of Tankerness. I think that he would have been very pleased to hear the speech made by the noble Lord, Lord Carter, this evening and would have
2026-03-17
Victims and Courts Bill
My Lords, on behalf of the Liberal Democrat Benches, I am very grateful that the Conservatives have already expressed their thanks for the Bill. We echo that thanks. I welcome the very constructive engagement from all sides of the House. I particularly t
2026-03-12
NHS: Heart Valve Disease
My Lords, the Resuscitation Council UK, the British Cardiovascular Society and the National Council for Palliative Care have excellent and sensitive joint guidance on the use of cardiovascular implants towards the end of life. My family’s experience in d
2026-03-11
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I have one sentence to add to the comments of the noble Lord, Lord Paddick. The Office for National Statistics, in response to an FoI, said on the collection of data in relation to the “gender identity different from sex registered at birth” ca
2026-03-11
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Cameron of Lochiel, introduced Amendment 402, which proposes that the police should be exempt from the public sector equality duty under the Equality Act 2010, to ensure that they are
“solely committed to effectively car
2026-03-11
Crime and Policing Bill
I am struggling to hear the question in the noble Baroness’s intervention. I repeat the point that the Office for National Statistics and the police data that is currently collected both say the numbers are so low they are insignificant and therefore unu
2026-03-11
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, the government amendments are welcomed from these Benches. In their scope and depth, they ensure that offenders who have committed the heinous crime of child cruelty will now be required to notify, and will be monitored carefully to ensure that
2026-03-11
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, from these Benches, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Levitt, for the meeting that she had with my noble friend Lord Marks and the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby. I gather that the noble Baroness, Lady Sater, had a different meeting. We entirely supp
2026-03-10
Victims and Courts Bill
My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Keen, and the Minister for their contributions. I thank the noble and learned Lord for his support of our Amendment 5. We on our Benches absolutely agree that his amendment helps the intere
2026-03-10
Victims and Courts Bill
My Lords, this group is titled simply “victim support”, but in the debate so far we have heard strikingly different issues in victim support, none of which can really be put together. But what they say generally—I hope to reflect this when I speak to my
2026-03-10
Victims and Courts Bill
I beg to move.
2026-03-10
Victims and Courts Bill
2026-03-10
Victims and Courts Bill
I will be brief, given the hour and the fact that there is some other business to come. I am very grateful for the Minister’s response. I am somewhat disappointed by it—I do not think she will be surprised by that. It is my understanding that if Amendmen
2026-03-10
Victims and Courts Bill
2026-03-10
Victims and Courts Bill
My Lords, in Committee, we welcomed the Government’s recognition that there are practical issues in ensuring that victims are told of the sentencing within the 28-day limit, and under the present rules they cannot ask the Attorney-General to review the s
2026-03-10
Victims and Courts Bill
My Lords, on behalf of these Benches, I have relaid the amendment on the victim’s right to review in the event of discontinuance of proceedings. Amendment 23 would extend the period that a case can be discontinued in the Crown Court to bring it in line w
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Register of Interests · 1 entries on file
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Self-employed consultant in training and skills
registered 2011-02-13 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2011-02-04 → present
Liberal Democrat
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
2023-10-10 → present
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Home Affairs) (Victims and Abuse)
2020-02-01 → 2022-12-31
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Health)
Committee memberships
2015-06-11 → 2016-03-15
Equality Act 2010 and Disability Committee
Contact
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APPGs (2026) · 7 active officership(s) · 4 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Blood Cancer
Subject Group
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Officer | — | 4 | 2024-05-27 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Bullying
Subject Group
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Co-Chair | Anti-Bullying Alliance | 4 | 2022-07-25 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Children of Alcoholics
Subject Group
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Officer | — | 4 | 2026-07-12 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Coronavirus
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | Best for Britain | 10 | 2023-11-08 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Coronavirus and Future Pandemics
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | — | 10 | 2024-11-08 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fire Safety and Rescue
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | Fire Sector Federation | 3 | 2026-11-29 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Supported Internships and Disability Employment
Subject Group
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Officer | DFN Project SEARCH | 7 | 2024-11-18 |
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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.
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)
3 bills
3 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victims of Crime (Rights, Entitlements, and Notification of Child Sexual Abuse) Bill [HL] | — | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2020-01-22 |
| Victims of Crime (Rights, Entitlements, and Notification of Child Sexual Abuse) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2019-10-28 | |
| Victims of Crime (Rights, Entitlements, and Notification of Child Sexual Abuse) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2017-07-06 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.