The Lord Lexden OBE
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Lexden's full title is The Lord Lexden OBE. His name is Alistair Basil Cooke, 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.
Party history
2010-12-23 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2012-05-16 → 2015-03-30
Constitution Committee
2017-07-19 → 2019-07-01
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
2015-06-17 → 2017-04-27
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
2017-07-10 → 2021-09-16
Ecclesiastical Committee
2019-06-13 → 2020-06-22
Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 Committee
2019-09-09 → 2020-04-23
EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee
2020-04-23 → 2021-03-31
EU Security and Justice Sub-Committee
2023-01-31 → 2023-11-23
Education for 11–16 Year Olds Committee
2024-01-16 → 2024-05-30
Windsor Framework Sub-Committee
2025-01-30 → present
Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
lexdena@parliament.uk
020 7219 8216 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 8216 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s)
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on West Papua
Country, Area or Region Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 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.
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)
4 bills
4 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inheritance Tax Act 1984 (Amendment) (Siblings) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 1st reading | 2022-07-07 | |
| Inheritance Tax Act 1984 (Amendment) (Siblings) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2020-01-14 | |
| Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Amendment) (Sibling Couples) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2017-07-03 | |
| Direct Planning (Pilot) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2015-06-03 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.