Lord Blunkett

Labour

MP for Life peer

Parliamentary Office

contactholmember@parliament.uk 020 7219 5353

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

Top Focus Areas

Cabinet OfficeDepartment for EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentMinistry of Justice

Parliamentary Career

Positions Held

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions

May 2005 - Nov 2005

Home Secretary

Home Office

Jun 2001 - Dec 2004

Secretary of State for Education and Employment

Department for Education and Employment

May 1997 - Jun 2001

Shadow Secretary of State (Education and Employment)

Department for Education

Jul 1995 - May 1997

Shadow Secretary of State for Education

Department for Education

Jul 1994 - Jul 1995

Shadow Secretary of State for Health

Department of Health

Jul 1992 - Jul 1994

Opposition Spokesperson (Local Government and Poll Tax)

HM Official Opposition

Jun 1988 - Jul 1992

Constituencies

Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough

Elected 1 time

May 2010 - Mar 2015

Sheffield, Brightside

Elected 3 times

May 1997 - May 2010

Sheffield, Brightside

Elected 2 times

Jun 1987 - May 1997

Registered Interests

No registered interests found.

Recent Votes

No voting records found

Committee Memberships

Administration CommitteeCommons Administration Estimate Audit and Risk Assurance CommitteeCommons Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (Lords)Lords Backbench Business CommitteeCommons Bishop's Stortford Cemetery BillCommons Built Environment CommitteeLords Business and Trade CommitteeCommons Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export ControlsCommons Cheltenham Borough Council (Markets) BillCommons Cheltenham Borough Council (Markets) Bill Committee (Lords)Lords Childhood Vaccinations CommitteeLords City of London (Markets) BillCommons Committee of PrivilegesCommons Committee of SelectionCommons Committee of Selection (Lords)Lords Committee on StandardsCommons Committees on Arms Export ControlsCommons Commons Reference Group on Representation and InclusionCommons Communications and Digital CommitteeLords Conduct CommitteeLords Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee)Joint Constitution CommitteeLords Court of RefereesCommons Culture, Media and Sport CommitteeCommons Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and DisinformationCommons Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) BillCommons Defence CommitteeCommons Defence Sub-CommitteeCommons Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform CommitteeLords Domestic Abuse Act 2021 CommitteeLords

Recent Questions

387 questions on record

To ask His Majesty's Government how many recipients of honours in the 2026 Birthday Honours have received recognition in previous honours lists.

Answered