The Rt Hon. the Lord Young of Cookham CH

Conservative Member of the House of Lords M

Lord Young of Cookham's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Young of Cookham CH. His name is George Samuel Knatchbull Young, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.

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Allowance claims · 2026

Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.

Party history

1974-02-28 → present

Conservative current

Government posts

2017-01-03 → 2019-08-29

Lords Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)

2016-07-25 → 2019-08-29

Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

2012-10-19 → 2014-07-15

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Chief Whip

2010-05-12 → 2012-09-06

Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal

1995-07-05 → 1997-05-04

Secretary of State for Transport

1994-07-20 → 1995-07-05

Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

1990-11-28 → 1994-07-19

Minister (Department of Environment) (Housing)

1990-07-23 → 1990-11-28

Comptroller (HM Household) (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons)

1981-09-15 → 1986-09-10

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Environment)

1979-05-07 → 1981-09-15

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Security)

Opposition posts

2009-09-08 → 2010-05-06

Shadow Leader of the House of Commons

1999-06-15 → 2000-09-26

Shadow Secretary of State

1998-06-02 → 2000-09-26

Shadow Leader of the House of Commons

1997-06-11 → 1998-06-02

Shadow Secretary of State for Defence

Committee memberships

1994-10-18 → 1995-10-17

Public Accounts Committee

2001-07-16 → 2009-10-14

Standards and Privileges Chair

2001-11-05 → 2009-10-14

Liaison Committee (Commons)

2008-05-01 → 2008-07-22

Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill (Joint Committee)

2009-07-20 → 2009-10-21

Committee on Reform of the House of Commons

2009-10-28 → 2012-09-06

Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

2010-07-12 → 2012-09-06

Public Accounts Commission

2015-11-03 → 2016-09-13

Committee for Privileges and Conduct (Lords)

2020-02-13 → 2022-01-19

Public Services Committee

2022-01-19 → 2022-10-31

Fraud Act 2006 and Digital Fraud Committee

2025-03-06 → 2025-11-04

Social Mobility Policy Committee

2026-01-27 → present

Economic Affairs Committee

Contact

Parliamentary office

youngg@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

APPGs (2026) · 4 active officership(s) · 2 historic

Group	Role(s)	Funders	Officers in group	Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Young Carers and Young Adult Carers Subject Group	Vice Chair	Carers Trust	4	2027-02-28
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deliberative Democracy Subject Group	Vice Chair	—	18	2023-05-15
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing and Care for Older People Subject Group	Vice Chair	Housing 21	4	2027-02-09
Electric Vehicle All-Party Parliamentary Group Subject Group	Officer	Renewable Energy Association (REA)	4	2027-01-10

One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the /appgs Top secretariat funders panel — click any funder there to open its full relationship graph. Officer matching is name-based against the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.

Officer	Role	Party
Chris Vince	Chair & Registered Contact	Labour (Co-op)
Alison Bennett	Vice Chair	Liberal Democrat
Baroness Keeley	Vice Chair	Labour
Lord Young of Cookham	Vice Chair	Conservative

Officer	Role	Party
Alex Norris	Chair & Registered Contact	Labour (Co-op)
Mr David Davis	Vice Chair	Conservative
David Morris	Vice Chair	Conservative
Bob Stewart	Vice Chair	Conservative
Crispin Blunt	Vice Chair	Independent
Lord Young of Cookham	Vice Chair	Conservative
Danny Kruger	Vice Chair	Reform UK
Mr Alistair Carmichael	Vice Chair	Liberal Democrat
Wendy Chamberlain	Vice Chair	Liberal Democrat
Lord Shipley	Vice Chair	Liberal Democrat
Caroline Lucas	Vice Chair	Green Party
Jon Cruddas	Vice Chair	Labour
Lisa Nandy	Vice Chair	Labour
Stella Creasy	Vice Chair	Labour (Co-op)
Debbie Abrahams	Vice Chair	Labour
Rachael Maskell	Vice Chair	Labour (Co-op)
Helen Hayes	Vice Chair	Labour
Ben Lake	Vice Chair	Plaid Cymru

Officer	Role	Party
Anna Dixon	Chair & Registered Contact	Labour
Lord Best	Co-Chair	Crossbench
Neil Coyle	Vice Chair	Labour
Lord Young of Cookham	Vice Chair	Conservative

Officer	Role	Party
Perran Moon	Chair & Registered Contact	Labour
Matt Western	Officer	Labour
Lord Birt	Officer	Crossbench
Lord Young of Cookham	Officer	Conservative

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)

2 bills 0 as lead sponsor 2 as supporter

Bill	Info	Role	Status	Introduced
Pensions Dashboards (Prohibition of Indemnification) Act 2023		Supported	Royal Assent	2022-06-20
Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2019		Supported	Royal Assent	2019-07-02

Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at introduction. Sorted newest first.