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The Lord Watts

Labour Life peer M
Lord Watts's full title is The Lord Watts. His name is David Leonard Watts, 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

2010-05-062015-03-30
St Helens North
1997-05-012010-05-06
St. Helens North

Party history

1997-05-01present
Labour current

Government posts

2005-05-102010-05-06
Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip)

Opposition posts

2010-05-122010-06-01
Opposition Whip (Commons)

Committee memberships

2005-07-172005-10-10
Finance and Services Committee
1997-11-142001-05-11
Finance and Services Committee
2010-07-122012-07-02
Committees on Arms Export Controls
2010-07-122012-06-18
Foreign Affairs Committee
2010-07-262015-03-30
Administration Committee
2014-10-162014-12-17
House of Commons Governance Committee
2016-05-262020-04-23
EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee
2019-06-132020-06-16
Gambling Industry Committee
2020-04-232024-01-31
International Agreements Committee
2022-05-122022-11-28
Land Use in England Committee
2023-01-312023-11-27
Integration of Primary and Community Care Committee
2024-01-242025-03-28
Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee
2025-01-30present
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2025-01-302025-11-04
Social Mobility Policy Committee
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.

Contact

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

APPGs (2026) · 4 active officership(s) · 3 historic

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Belize
Country Group
Vice Chair 14 2024-05-21
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Darts
Subject Group
Co-Treasurer 11 2022-06-05
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Safe Standing
Subject Group
Officer CalComms 5 2023-10-08
All-Party Parliamentary Kidney Group
Subject 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.

Commons votes · 2026

No Commons votes recorded for 2026.

Written parliamentary questions · 2026

Showing 5 of 5 tabled 5 answered(100.0%) 4 departments
2026-05-19
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Press: Standards
Answered
2026-05-19
Department of Health and Social Care
Kideny Diseases
Answered
2026-05-19
Department of Health and Social Care
Kidney Diseases
Answered
2026-03-24
Cabinet Office
Press: Privacy
Answered
2026-02-12
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Honours
Answered
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)

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.
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