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

Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) BillCommons Administration CommitteeCommons Administration Estimate Audit and Risk Assurance CommitteeCommons Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (Lords)Lords Autism Act 2009 CommitteeLords Backbench Business CommitteeCommons Bishop's Stortford Cemetery BillCommons Built Environment CommitteeLords Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]Commons Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]: Programming sub-committeeCommons Business and Trade CommitteeCommons Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export ControlsCommons Cheltenham Borough Council (Markets) BillCommons 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 Controlled Drugs (Procedure for Specification) BillCommons Court of RefereesCommons Courts (Remote Hearings) BillCommons Culture, Media and Sport CommitteeCommons Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and DisinformationCommons

Recent Questions

379 questions on record

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to ensure that an appeal against a Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman decision not to investigate a case is not reviewed by the same person who made the original decision.

Answered

To: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government • 3 Feb 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to lay the secondary legislation required to bring into force the provisions of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 which create statutory rights for freeholders on managed estates to challenge the r

Answered

To: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government • 4 Feb 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government how many people serving an imprisonment for public protection sentence were in prison on recall as of 1 December 2025 following a breach of licence conditions where no further criminal charge was brought; and how many of th

Answered

To: Ministry of Justice • 30 Jan 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what is their definition of "complex needs" in the 10 Year Health Plan for England's target for 95 per cent of people with complex needs to have an agreed care plan by 2027.

Answered

To: Department of Health and Social Care • 28 Jan 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what are the geographical locations where living recipients of Companions of Honour reside, where known.

Answered

To: Cabinet Office • 5 Jan 2026

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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