The Rt Hon. the Lord Bruce of Bennachie

Liberal Democrat Member of the House of Lords M

Lord Bruce of Bennachie's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Bruce of Bennachie. His name is Malcolm Gray Bruce, 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.

Political donations made

Total donated (all years on record) £3,400

2 donations across 1 distinct recipient

Matched donor name: Lord Malcolm Bruce Of Bennachie

Date	Recipient	Type	EC Ref	Amount
2017-09-30	Liberal Democrats · Parliamentary Party In The Lords	Cash	C0337750	£1,800
2016-12-31	Liberal Democrats · Parliamentary Party In The Lords	Cash	C0262518	£1,600

Showing the 2 most recent donations on record. Source: Electoral Commission donations register (search.electoralcommission.org.uk). Match confidence: place-suffix.

Party history

1988-03-02 → present

Liberal Democrat current

1983-06-09 → 1988-03-02

Liberal

Government posts

None recorded.

Opposition posts

2019-08-29 → 2020-08-31

Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Northern Ireland)

2016-10-28 → present

Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Scotland)

2003-06-01 → 2005-06-01

Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

2001-01-01 → 2002-01-01

Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

1994-01-01 → 1999-01-01

Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury)

1992-01-01 → 1994-01-01

Shadow Spokesperson (Trade and Industry)

1990-01-01 → 1992-01-01

Shadow Spokesperson (Scotland)

1988-01-01 → 1989-01-01

Shadow Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

1988-01-01 → 1989-01-01

Shadow Spokesperson (Energy and Climate Change)

1987-01-01 → 1988-01-01

Shadow Spokesperson (Trade and Industry)

1987-01-01 → 1987-01-01

Shadow Spokesperson (Work and Pensions)

1985-01-01 → 1987-01-01

Shadow Spokesperson (Energy and Climate Change)

Committee memberships

1983-06-09 → 1987-05-15

Scottish Affairs Committee

1992-10-26 → 1994-11-28

Trade & Industry

1987-06-17 → 1990-02-15

Trade & Industry

1992-04-27 → 1992-11-09

Science, Innovation and Technology Committee

1995-11-15 → 1998-07-31

Treasury Committee

1999-11-03 → 2001-05-11

Standards and Privileges

2005-07-11 → 2015-03-30

Liaison Committee (Commons)

2005-07-14 → 2015-03-30

International Development Committee Chair +£12,500/yr

2005-07-12 → 2015-03-30

International Development Committee

2008-03-10 → 2015-03-30

Committees on Arms Export Controls

2010-01-13 → 2015-03-30

National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)

2017-06-27 → 2020-04-23

EU Financial Affairs Sub-Committee

2020-04-23 → 2021-03-31

EU Services Sub-Committee

2020-09-17 → 2023-12-31

Common Frameworks Scrutiny Committee

2023-01-31 → 2024-01-31

Environment and Climate Change Committee

2024-01-31 → present

International Relations and Defence Committee

Contact

Parliamentary office

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

X (formerly Twitter)

https://twitter.com/malcolmbruce

APPGs (2026) · 3 active officership(s)

Group	Role(s)	Funders	Officers in group	Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group Deafness Subject Group	Vice Chair	—	4	2026-04-10
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Aid Match Subject Group	Co-Chair	—	4	2026-06-04
British Offshore Oil and Gas Industry All-Party Parliamentary Group Subject Group	Vice Chair	—	6	2024-06-11

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
Catherine Atkinson	Chair & Registered Contact	Labour
Lord Bruce of Bennachie	Vice Chair	Liberal Democrat
Alison Griffiths	Vice Chair	Conservative
Peter Prinsley	Vice Chair	Labour

Officer	Role	Party
Emily Darlington	Chair & Registered Contact	Labour
Lord Bruce of Bennachie	Co-Chair	Liberal Democrat
Chris Law	Co-Chair	Scottish National Party
Sir Andrew Mitchell	Vice Chair	Conservative

Officer	Role	Party
Peter Aldous	Chair & Registered Contact	Conservative
Mary Glindon	Vice Chair	Labour
Alan Brown	Vice Chair	Scottish National Party
Lord Bruce of Bennachie	Vice Chair	Liberal Democrat
David Duguid	Vice Chair	Conservative
Mr Alistair Carmichael	Secretary	Liberal Democrat

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)

2 bills 2 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter

Bill	Info	Role	Status	Introduced
Communication Support (Deafness) Bill		Sponsored	2nd reading	2013-06-19
School Bus (Safety) Bill		Sponsored	2nd reading	2009-05-13

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