The Rt Hon. the Lord Howarth of Newport CBE
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Howarth of Newport is deceased. His full title was The Rt Hon. the Lord Howarth of Newport CBE. His name was Alan Thomas Howarth.
Allowance claims · 2026
Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.
Party history
1995-10-07 → 2025-09-10
Labour
1983-06-09 → 1995-10-07
Conservative
Government posts
1998-07-28 → 2001-06-07
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) (Arts)
1997-05-06 → 1998-07-28
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education and Employment)
1989-07-24 → 1992-11-28
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Education and Science)
1988-07-27 → 1989-07-24
Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip)
1987-06-18 → 1988-07-25
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
1995-11-27 → 1997-03-21
Social Security
2001-07-30 → 2005-07-11
Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament
2007-11-15 → 2008-07-07
Intergovernmental Organisations Committee
2017-06-29 → 2018-03-20
Political Polling and Digital Media Committee
2019-07-01 → 2023-01-31
Constitution Committee
Contact
No contact details recorded.
APPGs (2026) · 2 active officership(s) · 3 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing
Subject Group
|
Co-Chair | National Centre for Creative Health | 6 | 2024-04-14 |
|
Norfolk Island All-Party Parliamentary Group
Country Group
|
Vice-Chairman | — | 4 | 2025-06-04 |
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)
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.