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Official portrait of The Rt Hon. the Lord Hunt of Wirral MBE

The Rt Hon. the Lord Hunt of Wirral MBE

Conservative Life peer M
Lord Hunt of Wirral's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Hunt of Wirral MBE. His name is David James Fletcher Hunt, 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

1983-06-091997-05-01
Wirral West
1976-03-111983-06-09
Wirral

Party history

1976-03-11present
Conservative current

Government posts

1994-07-201995-07-04
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister (Public Service & Science)
1993-05-271994-07-19
Secretary of State for Employment
1990-05-041993-05-27
Secretary of State for Wales
1989-07-251990-05-03
Minister of State (Department of Environment) (Local Government)
1987-06-151989-07-24
Treasurer of Her Majesty's Household (HM Household)
1984-09-111987-06-13
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Energy)
1983-02-231984-09-10
Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip)
1981-09-301983-02-22
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)

Opposition posts

2025-01-01present
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
2008-10-072010-05-06
Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills)

Committee memberships

1979-05-031982-02-24
Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee)
1998-12-062001-05-11
House of Lords Offices Committee
2002-11-192007-10-30
House Committee (Lords)
2005-05-242007-10-30
Joint Committee on Security
2006-05-252006-07-25
Draft Legal Services Bill (Joint Committee) Chair +£12,500/yr
2006-05-232006-07-25
Draft Legal Services Bill (Joint Committee)
2007-11-192012-05-01
Procedure and Privileges Committee
2010-07-012011-01-13
Leader's Group on Members Leaving the House (L)
2015-06-082019-07-01
Constitution Committee
2021-04-142023-01-31
Justice and Home Affairs Committee
2023-01-312025-01-30
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee Chair +£16,900/yr
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.

Contact

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

APPGs (2026) · 7 active officership(s) · 1 historic

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Steel and Metals-Related Industries
Subject Group
Officer 4 2027-01-11
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Credit Unions
Subject Group
Vice Chair Association of British Credit Unions Limited (ABCUL) 1 2027-01-16
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance and Financial Services
Subject Group
Co-Chair Chartered Insurance Institute Group 4 2026-06-12
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Subject Group
Co-Chair Bar Council · The Law Society 4 2027-01-16
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Post Offices
Subject Group
Vice Chair 4 2025-05-27
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Thalidomide
Subject Group
Officer 4 2027-06-04
Liverpool City Region All-Party Parliamentary Group
Subject Group
Vice Chair Devo Agency 4 2027-02-09
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 18 of 18 tabled 18 answered(100.0%) 4 departments
2026-05-18
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Packaging: Recycling
Answered
2026-05-18
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Packaging: Recycling
Answered
2026-05-18
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Packaging: Recycling
Answered
2026-05-18
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Packaging: Recycling
Answered
2026-05-18
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Packaging: Recycling
Answered
2026-04-27
Department for Business and Trade
British Steel: Finance
Answered
2026-04-27
Department for Business and Trade
British Steel: Jingye Group
Answered
2026-04-27
Department for Business and Trade
British Steel
Answered
2026-04-27
Department for Business and Trade
British Steel: Insolvency
Answered
2026-02-25
Treasury
Financial Services: UK Trade with EU
Answered
2026-02-23
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Visitor Levy
Answered
2026-02-23
Department for Business and Trade
British Steel: Investment
Answered
2026-02-23
Department for Business and Trade
British Steel: Investment
Answered
2026-02-12
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Visitor Levy
Answered
2026-02-12
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Visitor Levy
Answered
2026-02-12
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Visitor Levy
Answered
2026-02-12
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Visitor Levy
Answered
2026-01-07
Department for Business and Trade
Employment Rights Act 2025
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)

2 bills 0 as lead sponsor 2 as supporter
Bill Info Role Status Introduced
Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019 Supported Royal Assent 2017-07-19
Estates of Deceased Persons (Forfeiture Rule and Law of Succession) Act 2011 Supported Royal Assent 2010-06-30
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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