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Official portrait of The Rt Hon. the Lord Wallace of Tankerness KC

The Rt Hon. the Lord Wallace of Tankerness KC

Liberal Democrat Member of the House of Lords M
Lord Wallace of Tankerness is deceased. His full title was The Rt Hon. the Lord Wallace of Tankerness KC. His name was James Robert Wallace.

Allowance claims · 2026

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

Party history

2022-10-102026-01-29
Liberal Democrat
2021-01-012022-10-09
Non-affiliated
1988-03-032020-12-31
Liberal Democrat
1983-06-091988-03-02
Liberal

Government posts

2013-10-152015-05-07
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
2010-05-122015-05-07
Lords Spokesperson (Scotland Office)
2010-05-122015-05-07
Lords Spokesperson (Attorney General's Office)
2010-05-122012-09-05
Lords Spokesperson (Wales Office)
2010-05-122015-05-07
Advocate General for Scotland

Opposition posts

None recorded.

Committee memberships

1985-12-051992-03-16
Liaison Committee (Commons)
1987-06-171992-03-16
Procedure Committee
2018-06-122021-04-29
Constitution Committee
2008-12-092010-04-08
Constitution Committee
2013-01-222013-02-13
Partnerships (Prosecution) (Scotland) Bill Special Public Bill Committee
2013-10-172016-10-27
Committee for Privileges and Conduct (Lords)
2013-10-172016-10-12
Liaison Committee (Lords)
2013-10-172016-08-31
House Committee (Lords)
2013-10-172016-10-27
Committee of Selection (Lords)
2013-10-172016-10-27
Procedure and Privileges Committee
2015-07-202017-04-27
Palace of Westminster (Joint Committee)
2016-09-012016-10-12
House of Lords Commission
2024-01-242024-09-16
Statutory Inquiries Committee
2026-01-272026-01-29
Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Contact

No contact details recorded.

APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s) · 1 historic

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Drones
Subject Group
Vice Chair 6 2021-07-18
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.

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 0 as lead sponsor 3 as supporter
Bill Info Role Status Introduced
Succession to the Crown Act Supported Royal Assent 2012-12-13
Scotland Act 2012 Supported Royal Assent 2010-11-30
Fixed-Term Parliaments Act 2011 Supported Royal Assent 2010-07-22
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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