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The Lord Cryer

Labour Life peer M
Lord Cryer's full title is The Lord Cryer. His name is John Robert Cryer, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.

Pay & earnings · 2026

MP base salary £0 / £93,904 annual
0 days served — year-to-date · annual rate £93,904
Declared outside earnings £0
0 registered interests published in 2026
Total (salary + chair + declared) £0
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.

Constituencies represented

2010-05-062024-05-30
Leyton and Wanstead
1997-05-012005-05-05
Hornchurch

Party history

1997-05-01present
Labour current

Government posts

2024-10-082025-02-14
Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

Opposition posts

None recorded.

Committee memberships

2001-07-162002-05-13
Regulatory Reform
2010-07-122011-11-14
Treasury Committee
2014-02-242015-03-30
Justice Committee
2020-03-022024-05-30
Administration Committee
2017-10-302019-11-06
Administration Committee
2015-07-202017-05-03
Administration Committee
2024-11-182025-02-03
Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee
2026-01-27present
Constitution Committee
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.

Contact

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

APPGs (2026) · 2 active officership(s)

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Historic Vehicles
Subject Group
Co-Chair 4 2026-11-21
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Swimming
Subject Group
Vice Chair Swim England 4 2027-03-27
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.

Commons votes · 2026

No Commons votes recorded for 2026.

Written parliamentary questions · 2026

Showing 1 of 1 tabled 0 answered(0.0%) 1 departments
2026-06-22
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Pending
Source: UK Parliament Members API. The amber "interest" tag is set by Parliament's own system when the asking MP has a register entry it deems related — typically a paid role or directorship in the sector being asked about. Click any "i" icon to see the full question and the department's answer.

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 MPs who backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading date.

Historic bills (all-time)

1 bills 1 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
Bill Info Role Status Introduced
Registration of Commercial Lobbying Interests Bill Sponsored 2nd reading 2011-12-06
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at introduction. Sorted newest first.
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