The Rt Hon. the Lord Clark of Windermere
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Clark of Windermere's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Clark of Windermere. His name is David George Clark, 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
2 Content(1.2%)
41 Not-Content(25.3%)
119 didn't vote(73.5%)
2026-06-09
Not-Content
13–66
Not-Content
2026-03-24
Not-Content
70–132
Not-Content
2026-03-24
Not-Content
80–166
Not-Content
2026-02-04
Not-Content
62–295
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 25
2025-02-05
Schools: Citizenship Education
My Lords—
As my noble friend the Minister knows, there are hundreds of thousands of children who simply do not go to school. How do we measure the limitations they are facing in the educational sphere?
My Lords, has my noble friend the Minister looked at other exciting things going on to try to get hold of these young people and make sure they get some training? Has she seen the examples of the professional league football teams that provide just this?
2024-03-19
Home Insulation: Health and Mortality Rates
My Lords, is the Minister aware that there are problems with cavity wall insulation in various older houses, in that the cavities are not large enough to qualify for government assistance? Will he look into that and see if anything can be done to move it
2024-03-12
Forest Risk Commodity Regulations
My Lords, we know that we have fewer trees in this country than most countries in Europe, yet we also know that trees capture CO2 and other noxious gases. If we are to meet our national obligations to try to reduce global warming, we will have to step up
2024-02-21
Right to Roam
My Lords, we all welcome the Minister’s answer about open access land, and I am encouraged by it. The previous Government proposed that it be mountains, moorland, heath, et cetera. In addition to that, the Forestry Commission decided it would open up its
2024-01-23
Freedom of Information
My Lords, I was pleased to hear the Minister say that she supported freedom of information. Will she continue to shout that loud and clear? I was the author of the original White Paper, and we made the point that unless our constituents and electors have
2023-09-12
NHS: Staff Numbers
I thank the Minister for his Answer, but he knows that there is a dire shortage of staff right across the NHS, with 47,000 nursing vacancies. The recruitment of nurses to training places is down 13% this year. Some 170,000 workers in the NHS left their j
2023-09-12
NHS: Staff Numbers
To ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to increase the number of staff working in the NHS.
2023-07-18
Counter Disinformation Unit
My Lords, the Minister forgot—I think inadvertently—to answer the request from my noble friend. Would he be prepared to meet a delegation, as she would like him to?
2023-07-05
NHS: Doctors’ Strikes
My Lords, one of the greatest concerns of individuals working in the NHS is lack of confidence about the future. The real problem is retention. I understand that there is a massive shortfall of staff. Will the Minister tell us how big that shortfall is a
2023-06-14
Football Matches: Violence
My Lords, I have attended a great number of football matches, and I see what appears to be an inconsistency in various clubs’ attention and response to individuals running on to the pitch—they are probably the most dangerous individuals, because they ha
2023-06-08
Covid-19 Inquiry
My Lords, does the Minister guarantee that the inquiry will be provided with the figures outlining the serious loss of personnel in the NHS, which is causing serious problems in the cancer field, as we have heard about today, and which have occurred over
2023-05-23
Railways: Trans-Pennine Express
My Lords, why do the Government not face up to the reality that TransPennine Express is a small player compared with the problem of cancellations on the west coast main line, especially by Avanti? I understand that there were three yesterday morning alon
2023-05-10
NHS: Nurses
To ask His Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of whether there are sufficient NHS nurses to meet demand; and how they intend to meet this demand.
2023-05-10
NHS: Nurses
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his Answer. He knows that the NHS is facing a desperate shortage of nurses. It is currently 44,000 and growing monthly. Our NHS depends entirely on having sufficient nurses. The members of the Royal College of Nursing
2023-02-21
Fan-led Review and Football White Paper
My Lords, the Minister mentions the football pyramid. I point out that on an average weekend more supporters attend Football League matches than Premier League matches. Will he give the House an assurance that when the Government publish the White Paper
2023-02-09
Afghanistan: British Council Staff
My Lords, I thank the Minister for all his efforts on this particularly difficult problem. He rightly has concentrated on Britain’s responsibility, but other European countries are involved in Afghanistan. What help are we getting from countries such as
My Lords, I am disappointed with the Minister’s negative reply. If we take one country alone, Afghanistan, have the Minister and the Government forgotten that thousands upon thousands of Afghans, in the 40 years of war, sided with and fought for Britain
2023-01-10
Business: Greenwashing
My Lords, the noble Lord mentioned that the Competition and Markets Authority has issued its green claims code, under which it has the power to take errant companies to court. Have any actually been taken to court?
2023-01-10
Business: Greenwashing
My Lords—
2022-11-01
NHS: Nurses
I thank the Minister for his Answer, but I think his figures are a little out of date now. A record number of nurses left the profession last year, and we are now 46,000 nurses short. These figures show that the Government’s plans for nurse recruitment a
2022-11-01
NHS: Nurses
To ask His Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the Nuffield Trust further to their research finding, published on 30 September, that more than 40,000 nurses have left the NHS in England in the past year.
2022-06-15
Vaccinations
My Lords, the country deserves credit for the high level of people coming forward to get vaccinated. As we move forward to the spring booster kicking in on 30 June, will the Government ensure that we maintain the high level of vaccinations? Will every in
2022-06-08
Farmers
My Lords, the Minister has mentioned that, in the new farming regime, farmers will be assisted and paid for environmental improvements as well. But as he knows, our record on public access to farmland is truly lamentable and one of the worst in Europe.
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Party history
1979-05-03 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
1997-05-03 → 1998-07-01
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Opposition posts
1992-04-11 → 1997-05-01
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
1987-06-15 → 1992-04-10
Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
1986-07-01 → 1987-06-11
Shadow Secretary of State for Environment
1981-07-01 → 1986-07-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Education)
Committee memberships
2015-12-03 → 2016-05-12
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2013-07-04 → 2015-03-30
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2021-01-28 → 2024-01-31
Services Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
clarkd@parliament.uk
020 7219 2558 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 2558 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
APPGs (2026) · 3 active officership(s) · 1 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Archives and History
Subject Group
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Co-Chair | Archives and Records Association | 4 | 2027-03-19 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Forestry and Tree Planting
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | Confor: Promoting Forestry and Wood | 4 | 2025-06-11 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on War Heritage
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 13 | 2024-06-11 |
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
No written questions tabled in 2026.
Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
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