The Lord Goddard of Stockport

Liberal Democrat Member of the House of Lords M

Lord Goddard of Stockport's full title is The Lord Goddard of Stockport. His name is David Goddard, 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

2014-09-15 → present

Liberal Democrat current

Government posts

None recorded.

Opposition posts

2026-02-01 → present

Liberal Democrat Chief Whip

Committee memberships

2015-06-08 → 2016-08-31

Refreshment Committee (Lords)

2015-06-08 → 2019-07-01

Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee

2018-09-04 → 2019-04-30

SLSC Sub-Committee B

2019-07-01 → 2023-01-31

Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee

2020-03-05 → 2020-10-14

High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill Select Committee (Lords)

2022-01-19 → 2022-11-28

Land Use in England Committee

2023-01-31 → 2023-05-11

Built Environment Committee

2025-01-30 → present

Procedure and Privileges Committee

2024-01-31 → 2025-01-30

Procedure and Privileges Committee

2025-10-14 → 2025-11-05

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee

2026-02-03 → present

Committee of Selection (Lords)

2026-02-03 → present

Services Committee

Contact

Parliamentary office

goddardd@parliament.uk
020 7219 6563 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

X (formerly Twitter)

https://twitter.com/goddardlord

APPGs (2026) · 16 active officership(s) · 14 historic

Group	Role(s)	Funders	Officers in group	Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Darts Subject Group	Vice Chair	—	11	2022-06-05
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Greece Country, Area or Region Group	Officer	—	4	2026-11-30
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Housing in the North Subject Group	Vice Chair	—	10	2024-06-12
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Morocco Country, Area or Region Group	Vice Chair	—	4	2027-02-28
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Project Delivery Subject Group	Officer	Tendo Consulting	4	2026-06-11
All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Future of Aviation Subject Group	Vice Chair	Tendo Consulting	4	2025-02-06
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Barbados Country Group	Officer	—	10	2024-10-20
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Blockchain Technologies Subject Group	Vice Chair	British Blockchain Association	4	2026-07-17
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cats Subject Group	Vice Chair	—	4	2027-03-12
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Digital Skills Subject Group	Vice Chair	—	16	2024-05-28
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fire Safety and Rescue Subject Group	Vice Chair	Fire Sector Federation	3	2026-11-29
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Local Authority Pension Funds Subject Group	Vice Chair	The Smith Institute	4	2024-05-29
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Local Markets Subject Group	Vice Chair	—	4	2027-02-28
Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) All-Party Parliamentary Group Country Group	Vice Chair	—	23	2024-05-13
Greater Manchester All-Party Parliamentary Group Subject Group	Vice Chair	Devo Agency	4	2027-01-09
Northern Powerhouse All-Party Parliamentary Group Subject Group	Vice Chair	Northern Powerhouse Partnership	12	2022-06-05

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
Nigel Mills	Chair & Registered Contact	Conservative
Rachel Hopkins	Co-Chair	Labour
Conor McGinn	Vice Chair	Independent
Karl McCartney	Vice Chair	Conservative
Lord Goddard of Stockport	Vice Chair	Liberal Democrat
John Spellar	Vice Chair	Labour
Jo Stevens	Vice Chair	Labour
Dr Lisa Cameron	Co-Secretary	Conservative
Alex Norris	Co-Secretary	Labour (Co-op)
Lord Porter of Spalding	Co-Treasurer	Conservative
Lord Watts	Co-Treasurer	Labour

Officer	Role	Party
Alberto Costa	Chair & Registered Contact	Conservative
Steve Witherden	Officer	Labour
Lord Gascoigne	Officer	Conservative
Lord Goddard of Stockport	Officer	Liberal Democrat

Officer	Role	Party
Ian Mearns	Chair & Registered Contact	Labour
Paul Howell	Vice Chair	Conservative
Grahame Morris	Vice Chair	Labour
Mary Kelly Foy	Vice Chair	Labour
Lord Goddard of Stockport	Vice Chair	Liberal Democrat
Kim Johnson	Vice Chair	Labour
Lord Stunell	Vice Chair	Liberal Democrat
Ian Lavery	Vice Chair	Labour
Dan Carden	Vice Chair	Labour
Andy McDonald	Vice Chair	Labour

Officer	Role	Party
Dr Andrew Murrison	Chair & Registered Contact	Conservative
Fabian Hamilton	Co-Chair	Labour
Lord Goddard of Stockport	Vice Chair	Liberal Democrat
Lord Polak	Vice Chair	Conservative

Officer	Role	Party
Henry Tufnell	Chair & Registered Contact	Labour
Lord Lilley	Officer	Conservative
Llinos Medi	Officer	Plaid Cymru
Lord Goddard of Stockport	Officer	Liberal Democrat

Officer	Role	Party
Henry Smith	Chair & Registered Contact	Conservative
Graham Stringer	Vice Chair	Labour
Baroness Foster of Oxton	Vice Chair	Conservative
Lord Goddard of Stockport	Vice Chair	Liberal Democrat

Officer	Role	Party
Mr Rob Roberts	Chair & Registered Contact	Independent
Sarah Atherton	Officer	Conservative
Sir George Howarth	Officer	Labour
James Sunderland	Officer	Conservative
Marsha De Cordova	Officer	Labour
Bell Ribeiro-Addy	Officer	Labour
Mrs Pauline Latham	Officer	Conservative
Daniel Kawczynski	Officer	Conservative
Lord Strathcarron	Officer	Conservative
Lord Strathcarron	Officer	Non-affiliated
Lord Goddard of Stockport	Officer	Liberal Democrat

Officer	Role	Party
Matt Bishop	Chair & Registered Contact	Labour
Lord McNicol of West Kilbride	Vice Chair	Labour
Lord Goddard of Stockport	Vice Chair	Liberal Democrat
Matt Vickers	Vice Chair	Conservative

Officer	Role	Party
Johanna Baxter	Chair & Registered Contact	Labour
Cat Eccles	Vice Chair	Labour
Lord Black of Brentwood	Vice Chair	Conservative
Lord Goddard of Stockport	Vice Chair	Liberal Democrat

Officer	Role	Party
Chris Green	Chair & Registered Contact	Conservative
Jonathan Gullis	Vice Chair	Conservative
Baroness Neville-Jones	Vice Chair	Conservative
Lord Goddard of Stockport	Vice Chair	Liberal Democrat
Lord Mair	Vice Chair	Crossbench
Lord Inglewood	Vice Chair	Conservative
Lord Inglewood	Vice Chair	Crossbench
Dame Siobhain McDonagh	Officer	Labour
Damian Collins	Officer	Conservative
Miriam Cates	Officer	Conservative
Owen Thompson	Officer	Scottish National Party
Lord Knight of Weymouth	Officer	Labour
Baroness Verma	Officer	Conservative
Lord Lucas	Officer	Conservative
Lord Aberdare	Officer	Crossbench
Lord Aberdare	Officer	Conservative
Lord Hall of Birkenhead	Officer	Crossbench
Baroness Goudie	Officer	Labour

Officer	Role	Party
Bob Blackman	Chair & Registered Contact	Conservative
Lord Goddard of Stockport	Vice Chair	Liberal Democrat
Baroness Brinton	Vice Chair	Liberal Democrat

Officer	Role	Party
Mr Clive Betts	Chair & Registered Contact	Labour
Baroness Altmann	Vice Chair	Non-affiliated
Lord Goddard of Stockport	Vice Chair	Liberal Democrat
David Simmonds	Secretary	Conservative

Officer	Role	Party
Julia Buckley	Chair & Registered Contact	Labour
Lord McLoughlin	Vice Chair	Conservative
Ann Davies	Vice Chair	Plaid Cymru
Lord Goddard of Stockport	Vice Chair	Liberal Democrat

Officer	Role	Party
Andrew Rosindell	Chair & Registered Contact	Reform UK
John Spellar	Co-Chair	Labour
Angela Richardson	Co-Chair	Conservative
Martin Vickers	Vice Chair	Conservative
Lord Faulkner of Worcester	Vice Chair	Labour
Sir Paul Beresford	Vice Chair	Conservative
Bob Stewart	Vice Chair	Conservative
Lord Balfe	Vice Chair	Conservative
Deidre Brock	Vice Chair	Scottish National Party
Catherine West	Vice Chair	Labour
Lord Purvis of Tweed	Vice Chair	Liberal Democrat
Tommy Sheppard	Vice Chair	Scottish National Party
Lord Goddard of Stockport	Vice Chair	Liberal Democrat
Gareth Johnson	Vice Chair	Conservative
Lord Shinkwin	Vice Chair	Conservative
Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne	Vice Chair	Conservative
Lord Snape	Vice Chair	Labour
Mark Menzies	Vice Chair	Independent
Mrs Sheryll Murray	Vice Chair	Conservative
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff	Vice Chair	Crossbench
Baroness Uddin	Vice Chair	Non-affiliated
Shailesh Vara	Vice Chair	Conservative
Paul Bristow	Vice Chair	Conservative

Officer	Role	Party
Jo Platt	Chair & Registered Contact	Labour (Co-op)
Afzal Khan	Vice Chair	Labour
Lord Altrincham	Vice Chair	Conservative
Lord Goddard of Stockport	Vice Chair	Liberal Democrat

Officer	Role	Party
Julie Elliott	Chair & Registered Contact	Labour
Catherine McKinnell	Co-Chair	Labour
John Stevenson	Co-Chair	Conservative
Kevin Hollinrake	Co-Chair	Conservative
Lord Goddard of Stockport	Vice Chair	Liberal Democrat
Lord O'Neill of Gatley	Vice Chair	Crossbench
Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top	Vice Chair	Labour
Jason McCartney	Vice Chair	Conservative
Peter Gibson	Vice Chair	Conservative
Mike Amesbury	Vice Chair	Independent
Kim Johnson	Vice Chair	Labour
Mark Jenkinson	Treasurer	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)

0 bills 0 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter

No bills sponsored or supported on record.

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

The Lord Goddard of Stockport

Allowance claims · 2026

Party history

Government posts

Opposition posts

Committee memberships

Contact

APPGs (2026) · 16 active officership(s) · 14 historic

Officers — All-Party Parliamentary Group for Darts

Officers — All-Party Parliamentary Group for Greece

Officers — All-Party Parliamentary Group for Housing in the North

Officers — All-Party Parliamentary Group for Morocco

Officers — All-Party Parliamentary Group for Project Delivery

Officers — All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Future of Aviation

Officers — All-Party Parliamentary Group on Barbados

Officers — All-Party Parliamentary Group on Blockchain Technologies

Officers — All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cats

Officers — All-Party Parliamentary Group on Digital Skills

Officers — All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fire Safety and Rescue

Officers — All-Party Parliamentary Group on Local Authority Pension Funds

Officers — All-Party Parliamentary Group on Local Markets

Officers — Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) All-Party Parliamentary Group

Officers — Greater Manchester All-Party Parliamentary Group

Officers — Northern Powerhouse All-Party Parliamentary Group

Written parliamentary questions · 2026

Bills sponsored & supported · 2026

Historic bills (all-time)