Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

Democratic Unionist Party

MP for Life peer

Parliamentary Office

contactholmember@parliament.uk 020 7219 5353

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

Top Focus Areas

Department of Health and Social CareHome OfficeNorthern Ireland OfficeTreasuryForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Parliamentary Career

Positions Held

Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Justice)

Opposition Department

Jun 2010 - Mar 2015

Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Home Affairs)

Opposition Department

Jun 2010 - Mar 2015

Shadow Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government)

Department for Communities and Local Government

Jun 2009 - May 2010

Shadow DUP Leader of the House of Commons

Opposition Department

Jun 2009 - Mar 2015

Shadow Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Jun 2005 - May 2010

Constituencies

South Antrim

Elected 1 time

May 2010 - Mar 2015

South Antrim

Elected 2 times

Sept 2000 - May 2010

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 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 Defence CommitteeCommons Defence Sub-CommitteeCommons

Recent Questions

378 questions on record

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the estimated cost of strikes within the NHS in the past six months; and what new proposals are being considered to protect patient services during any further strikes.

Answered

To: Department of Health and Social Care • 26 Nov 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the re-entry of Russia into the G8; and what assessment they have made of whether Russia should pay compensation for the damage caused since its invasion of Ukraine.

Answered

To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office • 25 Nov 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the West Midlands Police relied on false intelligence when banning Maccabi Tel Aviv football fans from an Aston Villa match.

Answered

To: Home Office • 25 Nov 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government what measures they are considering to tackle littering on roads.

Answered

To: Department for Transport • 25 Nov 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government what new measures they are proposing to effectively remove illegal immigrants as soon as they arrive in the UK

Answered

To: Home Office • 25 Nov 2025

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Positions Held

Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Justice)

Opposition Department

Jun 2010 - Mar 2015

Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Home Affairs)

Opposition Department

Jun 2010 - Mar 2015

Shadow Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government)

Department for Communities and Local Government

Jun 2009 - May 2010

Shadow DUP Leader of the House of Commons

Opposition Department

Jun 2009 - Mar 2015

Shadow Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Jun 2005 - May 2010

Constituencies

South Antrim

Elected 1 time

May 2010 - Mar 2015

South Antrim

Elected 2 times

Sept 2000 - May 2010