The Lord Whitehead CBE
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Whitehead's full title is The Lord Whitehead CBE. His name is Alan Whitehead, 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
1997-05-01 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
2025-11-11 → present
Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
2001-06-11 → 2002-05-28
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Transport, Local Government and Regions)
Opposition posts
2021-12-04 → 2024-05-30
Shadow Minister (Climate Change and Net Zero)
2016-10-10 → 2021-12-04
Shadow Minister (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)
2015-09-18 → 2016-06-28
Shadow Minister (Energy and Climate Change)
Committee memberships
1997-07-14 → 1999-12-06
Environment, Transport & Regional Affairs
2005-07-12 → 2013-01-07
Standards and Privileges
2007-03-18 → 2007-08-03
Draft Climate Change Bill (Joint Committee)
2007-11-06 → 2010-05-06
Justice Committee
2008-05-08 → 2008-07-22
Draft Marine Bill (Joint Committee)
2015-07-08 → 2015-11-30
Energy and Climate Change Committee
2009-01-19 → 2015-03-30
Energy and Climate Change Committee
2016-09-12 → 2016-11-28
Environmental Audit Committee
2010-07-26 → 2015-03-30
Environmental Audit Committee
2013-01-07 → 2015-03-30
Committee of Privileges
2013-01-07 → 2015-03-30
Committee on Standards
2021-11-09 → 2021-11-25
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill
2023-05-17 → 2023-06-29
Energy Bill [HL]
Contact
Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s)
No APPG officerships found for this peer. (Officer matching is by name —
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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)
8 bills
8 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy (Buildings and Reduction of Fuel Use) Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2014-07-21 | |
| Houses in Multiple Occupation (Energy Performance Certificates and Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards) Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2014-07-21 | |
| Energy Efficiency (Houses in Multiple Occupation) Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2013-01-23 | |
| Fuel Poverty (No.2) Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2009-06-10 | |
| Renewable Content Obligation Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2009-02-25 | |
| Microgeneration and Local Energy Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2008-07-21 | |
| Microgeneration and Local Energy Bill | — | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2007-10-10 |
| Houses in Multiple Occupation Bill | — | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2007-05-22 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.