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Division Votes
13 Oct 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 125 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 138 Noes - 175
13 Oct 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 126 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 57 Noes - 134
13 Oct 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 129 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 147 Noes - 189
14 Oct 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 151 Labour No votes vs 2 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 204 Noes - 215
14 Oct 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 150 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 192 Noes - 239
14 Oct 2025 - Business of the House - View Vote Context
Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 152 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 211 Noes - 261
14 Oct 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 145 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 169 Noes - 212
15 Oct 2025 - Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill - View Vote Context
Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 136 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 139 Noes - 186
15 Oct 2025 - Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill - View Vote Context
Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 128 Labour No votes vs 2 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 200 Noes - 194


Speeches
Baroness Thornton speeches from: Crime and Policing Bill
Baroness Thornton contributed 1 speech (631 words)
2nd reading
Thursday 16th October 2025 - Lords Chamber
Home Office
Baroness Thornton speeches from: Equality Act 2010: Meaning of “Sex”
Baroness Thornton contributed 1 speech (87 words)
Wednesday 15th October 2025 - Lords Chamber
Leader of the House
Baroness Thornton speeches from: Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Baroness Thornton contributed 1 speech (733 words)
2nd reading
Friday 19th September 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department of Health and Social Care
Baroness Thornton speeches from: Genome Screening: Newborn Infants
Baroness Thornton contributed 2 speeches (125 words)
Thursday 18th September 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department of Health and Social Care
Baroness Thornton speeches from: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Baroness Thornton contributed 4 speeches (446 words)
Tuesday 16th September 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department for Work and Pensions


Written Answers
Equality and Human Rights Commission: Disclosure of Information
Asked by: Baroness Thornton (Labour - Life peer)
Tuesday 14th October 2025

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the fact that The Times has reported on the content of the draft Statutory Code of Practice shared by the Equality and Human Rights Commission with the Minister for Women and Equalities, and of how the contents of that draft were made available to the media before being laid before Parliament.

Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

The Government does not comment on leaks.

The Minister for Women and Equalities will consider the EHRC’s updated draft Code. If the decision is taken to approve it, the Minister will lay it before both Houses over a period of 40 sitting days, as per the process set out in Section 14 of the Equality Act 2006.

The Code becomes statutory only after the formal process set out in the legislation has been followed.

Equality and Human Rights Commission: Public Appointments
Asked by: Baroness Thornton (Labour - Life peer)
Tuesday 14th October 2025

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government which commissioners of the Equality and Human Rights Commission were appointed by (1) Elizabeth Truss, and (2) Kemi Badenoch, when they were respectively Minister for Women and Equalities; and when the terms of office of those commissioners are due to conclude.

Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

The following Commissioners were appointed under the tenure of Elizabeth Truss as Minister for Women and Equalities:

  • Baroness Kishwer Falkner of Margravine (Chair) - 1 December 2020 - 30 November 2025
  • Lord Bernard Ribeiro - 1 December 2020 - 30 November 2021
  • Jessica Butcher - 1 December 2020 - 30 November 2024
  • David Goodhart - 1 December 2020 - 30 November 2024
  • Su-Mei Thompson - 1 December 2020 - 30 November 2024
  • Dr Lesley Sawers (Scotland Commissioner, second term) - 29 March 2021 - 30 November 2025
  • Akua Reindorf - 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2025
  • Eryl Besse (Wales Commissioner) - 29 March 2022 - 31 October 2023 (resignation)
  • Alasdair Henderson (second term) - 27 April 2022 - 26 April 2026
  • Helen Mahy (second term) - 27 April 2022 - 4 March 2023 (resignation)

The following Commissioners were appointed under the tenure of Kemi Badenoch as Minister for Women and Equalities:

  • Kunle Olulode - 3 January 2023 - 2 January 2027
  • Arif Ahmed - 3 January 2023 - 11 August 2023 (resignation)
  • Joanne Cash - 16 January 2023 - 15 January 2027



Baroness Thornton mentioned

Live Transcript

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17 Sep 2025, 12:09 a.m. - House of Lords
"comments of my Noble Friend Baroness Thornton who always has an enormous "
Baroness Blake of Leeds (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Sep 2025, 12:45 a.m. - House of Lords
"think made by my Noble Friend Baroness Thornton, the guidance is "
Baroness Smith of Malvern, Minister of State (Education) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
18 Sep 2025, 11:29 a.m. - House of Lords
"annual budget in the usual way and decisions will be taken based upon it. >> Third Oral Question. Baroness Thornton. >> I beg leave to ask the question standing in my name on the Order "
Oral questions: Screening the genomes of newborn infants for different genetic conditions - View Video - View Transcript
18 Sep 2025, 11:36 a.m. - House of Lords
"question that Baroness Thornton talked about. Given that a newborn child can't really provide consent "
Lord Mohammed of Tinsley (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
19 Sep 2025, 10:29 a.m. - House of Lords
"has supported it, our task is to scrutinise not to reject. Like Baroness Thornton, I was concerned "
Baroness Blackstone (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
19 Sep 2025, 12:21 p.m. - House of Lords
">> It's an honour to participate in the debate this afternoon. I want to thank particularly Baroness Thornton for an excellent speech. I support "
Lord Carey of Clifton (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript
19 Sep 2025, 1:38 p.m. - House of Lords
"assisted suicide bill and like Baroness Thornton a Baroness Royall thing that is quite wrong. My friends death cannot in any "
Lord Grade of Yarmouth (Non-affiliated) - View Video - View Transcript
11 Sep 2025, 3:39 p.m. - House of Lords
"should operate under the duty of candour. Can I agree with the noble Baroness Thornton, many if not most local authorities do operate very "
Lord Jamieson (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript


Bill Documents
Sep. 15 2025
HL Bill 39 Running list of amendments - 15 September 2025
Still-Birth (Definition) Bill [HL] 2024-26
Amendment Paper

Found: including 15 September 2025 [Amendments marked ★ are new or have been altered] Clause 1 BARONESS THORNTON

Sep. 12 2025
HL Bill 84-XI Eleventh marshalled list for Committee
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26
Amendment Paper

Found: LORD RUSSELL OF LIVERPOOL LORD YOUNG OF COOKHAM BARONESS THORNTON 486_ After Clause 62, insert the



Non-Departmental Publications - News and Communications
Oct. 12 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Harrison, Sarah - Chief Operating Officer, the Cabinet Office - ACOBA advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: ; Isabel Doverty; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; Michael Prescott; and The Baroness Thornton

Oct. 10 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Ahmad, Tariq - Minister of State for the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, United Nations and the Commonwealth - ACOBA advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: Hedley Finn OBE; Sarah de Gay; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; The Rt Hon Lord Eric Pickles; The Baroness Thornton

Oct. 10 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Ahmad, Tariq - Minister of State for the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, United Nations and the Commonwealth - ACOBA advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: The Baroness Thornton 2 persons or organisations to which this advice refers) any privileged

Oct. 10 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Ahmad, Tariq - Minister of State for the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, United Nations and the Commonwealth - ACOBA advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: The Baroness Thornton was unavailable. 2 9.

Oct. 10 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Ahmad, Tariq - Minister of State for the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, United Nations and the Commonwealth - ACOBA advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: The Baroness Thornton was unavailable. 2 9.

Oct. 10 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Ahmad, Tariq - Minister of State for the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, United Nations and the Commonwealth - ACOBA advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: The Rt Hon Lord Pickles; Michael Prescott; and Mike Weir .Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL and The Baroness Thornton

Oct. 10 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: The Earl of Minto- Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence - ACOBA advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: was considered by Isabel Doverty; Hedley Finn OBE; Sarah de Gay; Michael Prescott; and the Baroness Thornton

Oct. 10 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Kelly, Bernadette - Permanent Secretary, Department for Transport - ACOBA advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: Doverty; Hedley Finn OBE; Sarah de Gay; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; Michael Prescott; and The Baroness Thornton

Oct. 10 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Kelly, Bernadette - Permanent Secretary, Department for Transport - ACOBA advice
Document: letter (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: Doverty; Hedley Finn OBE; Sarah de Gay; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; Michael Prescott; and The Baroness Thornton

Oct. 10 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Monks, Paul - Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero - ACOBA advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: OBE; Sarah de Gay; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; Michael Prescott; and The Baroness Thornton

Oct. 02 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Amanda Reynolds - Director General Strategy and Transformation, the Department for Work and Pensions - ACOBA Advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: Isabel Doverty; Hedley Finn OBE; Sarah de Gay; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; Michael Prescott; The Baroness Thornton

Oct. 02 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Johnston, Paul - British Ambassador to Ireland, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office - ACOBA advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: Isabel Doverty; Hedley Finn OBE; Sarah de Gay; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu; Michael Prescott; and the Baroness Thornton

Oct. 02 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Braverman, Suella - Secretary of State for the Home Department - ACOBA Advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: Doverty; Hedley Finn OBE; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu DL; Michael Prescott; and The Baroness Thornton

Sep. 30 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Stickland, Charlie - Chief of Joint Operations for the Permanent Joint Headquarters, Ministry of Defence - ACOBA advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: Doverty; Hedley Finn OBE; Sarah de Gay; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; Michael Prescott; and The Baroness Thornton

Sep. 30 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Dyson, Michelle - Director General, Department of Health and Social Care - ACOBA advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: Hedley Finn OBE; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; Michael Prescott; and The Baroness Thornton

Sep. 23 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Mak, Alan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Economic Security - ACOBA advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: Gay; Hedley Finn OBE; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; Michael Prescott; The Baroness Thornton

Sep. 23 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Sharpe, Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary, Home Office - ACOBA Advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: Isabel Doverty; Hedley Finn OBE; Sarah de Gay; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; Michael Prescott; The Baroness Thornton

Sep. 23 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Sharpe, Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary, Home Office - ACOBA Advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: Doverty; Hedley Finn OBE; Sarah de Gay; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; Michael Prescott; and The Baroness Thornton

Sep. 23 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Sharpe, Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary, Home Office - ACOBA Advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: Doverty; Hedley Finn OBE; Sarah de Gay; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; Michael Prescott; and The Baroness Thornton

Sep. 23 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Berry, Jonathan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property) at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology - ACOBA advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; The Rt Hon Lord Pickles; Michael Prescott, Baroness Thornton

Sep. 23 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Berry, Jonathan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property) at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology - ACOBA advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: Finn OBE; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; The Rt Hon Lord Pickles; The Baroness Thornton

Sep. 23 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Berry, Jonathan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property) at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology - ACOBA advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: Sarah de Gay; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; The Rt Hon Lord Eric Pickles; Michael Prescott; The Baroness Thornton

Sep. 23 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Berry, Jonathan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property) at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology - ACOBA advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: Baroness Thornton and Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL were unavailable. 2 11.

Sep. 23 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Berry, Jonathan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property) at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology - ACOBA advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: Doverty; Sarah de Gay; Hedley Finn OBE; The Rt Hon Lord Eric Pickles; Michael Prescott; The Baroness Thornton

Sep. 23 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Berry, Jonathan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property) at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology - ACOBA advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: Doverty; Hedley Finn OBE; Sarah de Gay; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; The Baroness Thornton

Sep. 17 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Harries, Jenny - Chief Executive of the UK Health Security Agency, Department of Health and Social Care - ACOBA advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: Doverty; Hedley Finn OBE; Sarah de Gay; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; Michael Prescott; and The Baroness Thornton

Sep. 17 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Harries, Jenny - Chief Executive of the UK Health Security Agency, Department of Health and Social Care - ACOBA advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: Doverty; Hedley Finn OBE; Sarah de Gay; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; Michael Prescott; and The Baroness Thornton

Sep. 17 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Harries, Jenny - Chief Executive of the UK Health Security Agency, Department of Health and Social Care - ACOBA advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: was considered by Isabel Doverty; Hedley Finn OBE; Michael Prescott; and The Baroness Thornton

Sep. 17 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Evans, Graham - Government Whip in the House of Lords - ACOBA advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: ; Sarah de Gay; Hedley Finn OBE; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; and Michael Prescott; and The Baroness Thornton

Sep. 17 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Johnson, Dominic - Minister of State, Department for Business and Trade - ACOBA advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: Doverty; Hedley Finn OBE; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu DL; Michael Prescott; and The Baroness Thornton

Sep. 17 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Johnson, Dominic - Minister of State, Department for Business and Trade - ACOBA advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: OBE; Sarah de Gay; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; Michael Prescott; and The Baroness Thornton

Sep. 17 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Swinburne, Kay - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities - ACOBA Advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: Doverty; Sarah de Gay; Hedley Finn OBE; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; The Rt Hon Lord Pickles; The Baroness Thornton

Sep. 17 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Swinburne, Kay - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities - ACOBA Advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: Doverty; Sarah de Gay; Hedley Finn OBE; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; Michael Prescott; and The Baroness Thornton

Sep. 17 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Swinburne, Kay - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities - ACOBA Advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: ; Sarah de Gay; Dawid Konotey - Ahulu CBE DL; The Rt Hon Lord Pickles; Michael Prescott; The Baroness Thornton

Sep. 17 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Swinburne, Kay - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities - ACOBA Advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: Isabel Doverty; Sarah de Gay; Hedley Finn OBE; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; Michael Prescott; The Baroness Thornton

Sep. 16 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Heaton-Harris, Chris - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland - ACOBA Advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; The Rt Hon Lord Pickles; Michael Prescott; Baroness Thornton

Sep. 16 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Heaton-Harris, Chris - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland - ACOBA Advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: Gay; Hedley Finn OBE; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; The Rt Hon Lord Pickles; Michael Prescott; Baroness Thornton

Sep. 16 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Heaton-Harris, Chris - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland - ACOBA Advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL; The Rt Hon Lord Pickles; Michael Prescott; Baroness Thornton

Sep. 16 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Heaton-Harris, Chris - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland - ACOBA Advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: was considered by Isabel Doverty; Sarah de Gay; Hedley Finn OBE; Michael Prescott; and The Baroness Thornton

Sep. 11 2025
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Source Page: Price, Richard - Director General for the Performance, Strategy and Analysis Group, Ministry of Justice - ACOBA advice
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: Finn OBE; Sarah de Gay; Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE; Michael Prescott; and The Baroness Thornton