Timeline for Lord Blunkett
#19 22 Oct
Tabled an amendment barring donors with financial-crime convictions
UK Local Elections 2026: Peers table 160 changes to voting BillBackground
David Blunkett represented Sheffield constituencies in the Commons from 1987 to 2015. He served as Education and Employment Secretary from 1997 to 2001, Home Secretary from 2001 to 2004, and Work and Pensions Secretary during 2005. He was also Labour Party chair from 1993 to 1994.
Blunkett entered The House of Lords on 28 September 2015. Parliament lists him as a current member of the Retirement and Participation Committee, which he joined in December 2025. His earlier Lords committee service covered citizenship and civic engagement from 2017 to 2018, then justice and home affairs from 2021 to 2024.
Common Questions
What amendment did Lord Blunkett table?
He proposed barring donors convicted of financial crimes in the previous ten years.Source: Lowdown
When did David Blunkett enter the House of Lords?
He entered The House of Lords in 2015.Source: https://members.parliament.uk/member/395/career
Who is Lord Blunkett?
David Blunkett is a Labour peer and former Home Secretary.Source: https://members.parliament.uk/member/395/career
How the World Sees Them
Scottish National Party / John Swinney
Scotland is ready to be independent
Liberal Democrats / Ed Davey
I am ruling out our party entering into a national partnership with any party that is committed to a dangerous and antisemitic policy like the Green Party's
Reform UK / Richard Tice
likely broken the law
Rhun ap Iorwerth / Welsh Government (Plaid Cymru)
the outcomes it delivers
Michael Marra / Scottish Labour
Scots know what we are against. They can't tell you what we are for.
Andy Burnham / Labour Party
contest the next election with a manifesto commitment to change the electoral system so that everyone's vote counts and everyone's voice is heard
Reform UK
fully cooperate with the investigation
Steff Aquarone / Liberal Democrats (North Norfolk)
made to waste £600,000
Stephen Atkinson / Lancashire County Council (Reform UK)
the opportunity to challenge the July decision
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