Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

Labour

MP for Life peer

Parliamentary Office

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

Top Focus Areas

Department of Health and Social CareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsDepartment for TransportForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTreasury

Parliamentary Career

Positions Held

Shadow SDLP Spokesperson (Energy and Climate Change)

Opposition Department

May 2010 - Mar 2015

Shadow SDLP Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Opposition Department

May 2010 - Mar 2015

Constituencies

South Down

Elected 2 times

May 2010 - May 2017

Party History

Labour

Oct 2021 - Present

Non-affiliated

Oct 2019 - Oct 2021

Social Democratic & Labour Party

May 2010 - May 2017

Registered Interests

No registered interests found.

Recent Votes

Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993

NoPassed

19 Apr 2017

Technical and Further Education Bill: Lords Amendment 1 Motion to disagree

NoPassed

19 Apr 2017

Finance (No.2) Bill: Second Reading

NoPassed

18 Apr 2017

Finance (No.2) Bill: Second Reading: reasoned amendment

AyeRejected

18 Apr 2017

Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Bill: Lords Amendment 3 Motion to disagree

NoPassed

15 Mar 2017

Draft Sovereign Grant 2011 (Change of Percentage) Order 2017

NoPassed

15 Mar 2017

Draft Bereavement Support Payment Regulations 2017

NoPassed

15 Mar 2017

Budget Resolution Motion 40: Alcoholic liquor duties (rates)

NoPassed

14 Mar 2017

Budget Resolution Motion 34: Insurance premium tax (standard rate)

NoPassed

14 Mar 2017

Budget Resolution Motion 19: Business investment relief

NoPassed

14 Mar 2017

EU (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Lords Amendment 2 Motion to disagree

NoPassed

13 Mar 2017

EU (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Lords Amendment 1 Motion to disagree

NoPassed

13 Mar 2017

European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Programme (No. 2) Motion

NoPassed

13 Mar 2017

Reproductive Health (Access to Terminations)

NoPassed

13 Mar 2017

Standing Orders (Public Business)

NoPassed

7 Mar 2017

Children and Social Work Bill (Lords): Report Stage Amendment 12

AyeRejected

7 Mar 2017

Children and Social Work Bill (Lords): Report Stage New Clause 14

AyeRejected

7 Mar 2017

Local Government Finance (England)

NoPassed

22 Feb 2017

Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2017-18

NoPassed

22 Feb 2017

Draft Housing and Planning Act 2016 (Permission in Principle etc) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2017

NoPassed

21 Feb 2017

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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

2154 questions on record

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the variation in waiting times for patients referred to specialist interstitial lung disease centres.

Answered

To: Department of Health and Social Care • 22 Jul 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential cost savings to caterers, schools, and the NHS of serving a higher proportion of pulses and other plant-based protein in schools and NHS institutions; and the potential of the

Answered

To: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs • 23 Jul 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to deliver on their manifesto commitment to reform the Government Buying Standard for food and catering services to include a requirement for 50 per cent local and sustainable food; and what the propose

Answered

To: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs • 23 Jul 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition regarding food resilience and soil health.

Answered

To: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs • 22 Jul 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with devolved administrations and local government regarding food security in the UK.

Answered

To: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs • 22 Jul 2026

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