Baroness Laing of Elderslie Sparring Partners during the 2017-2019 Parliament
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2019-2024 Parliament
Peter Dowd (Labour)
(19 debate interactions)
Andrea Leadsom (Conservative)
(14 debate interactions)
Chris Leslie (The Independent Group for Change)
(14 debate interactions)
Anna Soubry (The Independent Group for Change)
(13 debate interactions)
Ian Blackford (Scottish National Party)
(13 debate interactions)
Valerie Vaz (Labour)
(11 debate interactions)
Desmond Swayne (Conservative)
(11 debate interactions)
Bernard Jenkin (Conservative)
(10 debate interactions)
Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op))
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
(10 debate interactions)
Mel Stride (Conservative)
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
(9 debate interactions)
Joanna Cherry (Scottish National Party)
(9 debate interactions)
Jeremy Corbyn (Independent)
(9 debate interactions)
Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party)
(9 debate interactions)
Pete Wishart (Scottish National Party)
SNP Deputy Westminster Leader
(8 debate interactions)
Wes Streeting (Labour)
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
(8 debate interactions)
Peter Grant (Scottish National Party)
(8 debate interactions)
Jonathan Ashworth (Labour (Co-op))
(8 debate interactions)
Diane Abbott (Labour)
(8 debate interactions)
Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op))
Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
(8 debate interactions)
Grahame Morris (Labour)
(7 debate interactions)
Steve Brine (Conservative)
(7 debate interactions)
Barry Gardiner (Labour)
(7 debate interactions)
Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op))
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
(7 debate interactions)
Baroness Keeley (Labour)
(7 debate interactions)
David Linden (Scottish National Party)
(7 debate interactions)
Rishi Sunak (Conservative)
(7 debate interactions)
Lord Spellar (Labour)
(7 debate interactions)
Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op))
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
(7 debate interactions)
Paul Flynn (Labour)
(6 debate interactions)
Charles Walker (Conservative)
(6 debate interactions)
Geraint Davies (Independent)
(6 debate interactions)
Matt Western (Labour)
(6 debate interactions)
Margot James (Conservative)
(6 debate interactions)
Patricia Gibson (Scottish National Party)
(6 debate interactions)
Angus Brendan MacNeil (Independent)
(6 debate interactions)
Chris Bryant (Labour)
Minister of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
(6 debate interactions)
William Cash (Conservative)
(6 debate interactions)
Stephen Kerr (Conservative)
(6 debate interactions)
James Cleverly (Conservative)
(6 debate interactions)
Kevin Foster (Conservative)
(6 debate interactions)
Tom Pursglove (Conservative)
(5 debate interactions)
Lord Beamish (Labour)
(5 debate interactions)
Vicky Ford (Conservative)
(5 debate interactions)
Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat)
(5 debate interactions)
Mike Gapes (The Independent Group for Change)
(5 debate interactions)
Lord Grayling (Conservative)
(5 debate interactions)
Alex Burghart (Conservative)
Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
(5 debate interactions)
Stewart Malcolm McDonald (Scottish National Party)
(5 debate interactions)
Bob Seely (Conservative)
(5 debate interactions)
Laura Pidcock (Labour)
(5 debate interactions)
Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative)
(5 debate interactions)
Nick Hurd (Conservative)
(5 debate interactions)
Steve Double (Conservative)
(5 debate interactions)
David Lidington (Conservative)
(5 debate interactions)
Robin Walker (Conservative)
(5 debate interactions)
Jacob Rees-Mogg (Conservative)
(5 debate interactions)
Kit Malthouse (Conservative)
(5 debate interactions)
Patrick Grady (Scottish National Party)
(5 debate interactions)
Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat)
(5 debate interactions)
Mike Penning (Conservative)
(5 debate interactions)
Michael Gove (Conservative)
(5 debate interactions)
Afzal Khan (Labour)
(4 debate interactions)
Helen Goodman (Labour)
(4 debate interactions)
Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party)
SNP Chief Whip
(4 debate interactions)
Anna McMorrin (Labour)
Assistant Whip
(4 debate interactions)
Lyn Brown (Labour)
(4 debate interactions)
Mark Harper (Conservative)
(4 debate interactions)
John Hayes (Conservative)
(4 debate interactions)
Lord Field of Birkenhead (Crossbench)
(4 debate interactions)
Neil Gray (Scottish National Party)
(4 debate interactions)
Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op))
(4 debate interactions)
Ruth George (Labour)
(4 debate interactions)
Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party)
(4 debate interactions)
Alistair Burt (Conservative)
(4 debate interactions)
Boris Johnson (Conservative)
(4 debate interactions)
Alan Whitehead (Labour)
(4 debate interactions)
Laura Smith (Labour)
(4 debate interactions)
Douglas Ross (Conservative)
(4 debate interactions)
Sajid Javid (Conservative)
(4 debate interactions)
Marsha De Cordova (Labour)
(4 debate interactions)
Chris Davies (Conservative)
(4 debate interactions)
Peter Bone (Independent)
(4 debate interactions)
Mark Francois (Conservative)
Shadow Minister (Defence)
(4 debate interactions)
Luke Graham (Conservative)
(4 debate interactions)
Richard Graham (Conservative)
(4 debate interactions)
Mike Amesbury (Independent)
(4 debate interactions)
Diana Johnson (Labour)
Minister of State (Home Office)
(4 debate interactions)
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
(4 debate interactions)
Steve Barclay (Conservative)
(4 debate interactions)
Matt Hancock (Conservative)
(4 debate interactions)
Claire Perry (Conservative)
(4 debate interactions)
Christopher Chope (Conservative)
(4 debate interactions)
Justine Greening (Independent)
(4 debate interactions)
Bambos Charalambous (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Hannah Bardell (Scottish National Party)
(3 debate interactions)
Gordon Marsden (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Huw Merriman (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Labour (Co-op))
(3 debate interactions)
Danielle Rowley (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Christian Matheson (Independent)
(3 debate interactions)
Lord Walney (Crossbench)
(3 debate interactions)
Sarah Wollaston (Liberal Democrat)
(3 debate interactions)
John Glen (Conservative)
Shadow Paymaster General
(3 debate interactions)
Jesse Norman (Conservative)
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
(3 debate interactions)
Caroline Lucas (Green Party)
(3 debate interactions)
Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party)
(3 debate interactions)
Eddie Hughes (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
Baroness Harman (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Ben Bradley (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
Neil Parish (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
Stephen Pound (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Paul Blomfield (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Lord Harrington of Watford (Non-affiliated)
(3 debate interactions)
Neil Coyle (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op))
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
(3 debate interactions)
Lord Swire (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
Philip Davies (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
Thangam Debbonaire (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Lisa Cameron (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
Caroline Dinenage (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
James Morris (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
David T C Davies (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
Ian Murray (Labour)
Secretary of State for Scotland
(3 debate interactions)
Albert Owen (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Anne Main (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
Madeleine Moon (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Cat Smith (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Cheryl Gillan (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
Lady Hermon (Independent)
(3 debate interactions)
Bill Wiggin (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
Rachel Maclean (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
Khalid Mahmood (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Karen Lee (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Tony Lloyd (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Hugh Gaffney (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat)
(3 debate interactions)
Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op))
(3 debate interactions)
Peter Heaton-Jones (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
Roberta Blackman-Woods (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Tommy Sheppard (Scottish National Party)
(3 debate interactions)
Rushanara Ali (Labour)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
(3 debate interactions)
Alan Duncan (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
Dennis Skinner (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Conor McGinn (Independent)
(3 debate interactions)
Preet Kaur Gill (Labour (Co-op))
(3 debate interactions)
Jake Berry (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
Steve Baker (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
Mike Wood (Conservative)
Opposition Whip (Commons)
(2 debate interactions)
Nick Smith (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Lord Hammond of Runnymede (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Owen Smith (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Angela Smith (Liberal Democrat)
(2 debate interactions)
Maria Caulfield (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Philippa Whitford (Scottish National Party)
(2 debate interactions)
Andy McDonald (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Liz McInnes (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Stephen Lloyd (Liberal Democrat)
(2 debate interactions)
Lisa Nandy (Labour)
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
(2 debate interactions)
Michael Tomlinson (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Rupa Huq (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Leo Docherty (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Carol Monaghan (Scottish National Party)
(2 debate interactions)
Louise Ellman (Independent)
(2 debate interactions)
Rebecca Long Bailey (Independent)
(2 debate interactions)
Sam Gyimah (Liberal Democrat)
(2 debate interactions)
Toby Perkins (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Damian Hinds (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Jim Cunningham (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Simon Hoare (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op))
(2 debate interactions)
Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Labour)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
(2 debate interactions)
Robert Courts (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Paul Masterton (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Lord Herbert of South Downs (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Ben Bradshaw (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op))
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)
(2 debate interactions)
Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat)
(2 debate interactions)
Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party)
(2 debate interactions)
Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Labour)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
(2 debate interactions)
Wendy Morton (Conservative)
Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
(2 debate interactions)
Victoria Atkins (Conservative)
Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(2 debate interactions)
Emma Dent Coad (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Liz Twist (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
David Lammy (Labour)
Foreign Secretary
(2 debate interactions)
Tracy Brabin (Labour (Co-op))
(2 debate interactions)
David Tredinnick (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Stephen Gethins (Scottish National Party)
(2 debate interactions)
Lord Sharma (Conservative)
COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
(2 debate interactions)
Ruth Cadbury (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Kelvin Hopkins (Independent)
(2 debate interactions)
Jo Stevens (Labour)
Secretary of State for Wales
(2 debate interactions)
Caroline Nokes (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Julian Lewis (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
David Evennett (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative)
Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
(2 debate interactions)
James Gray (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Dominic Raab (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Tonia Antoniazzi (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Michael Fabricant (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Dawn Butler (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
James Brokenshire (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Andrew Gwynne (Labour (Co-op))
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
(2 debate interactions)
Nigel Mills (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op))
(2 debate interactions)
Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour)
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
(2 debate interactions)
Angela Rayner (Labour)
Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
(2 debate interactions)
Mary Creagh (Labour)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
(2 debate interactions)
Chris Skidmore (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Margaret Greenwood (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Jeremy Lefroy (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
John Redwood (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Keir Starmer (Labour)
Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury
(2 debate interactions)
Karen Bradley (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Stephen Metcalfe (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Jeremy Quin (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Angela Eagle (Labour)
Minister of State (Home Office)
(2 debate interactions)
Debbie Abrahams (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Robert Jenrick (Conservative)
Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
(2 debate interactions)
Mims Davies (Conservative)
Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities
(2 debate interactions)
Ian Mearns (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Mark Field (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Will Quince (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Ian Liddell-Grainger (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Harriett Baldwin (Conservative)
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
(2 debate interactions)
Baroness May of Maidenhead (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Brendan O'Hara (Scottish National Party)
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (International Development)
(2 debate interactions)
George Eustice (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Justin Tomlinson (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op))
(2 debate interactions)
Louise Haigh (Labour)
Secretary of State for Transport
(2 debate interactions)
John Penrose (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Kwasi Kwarteng (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Theresa Villiers (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Gill Furniss (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
David Drew (Labour (Co-op))
(1 debate interactions)
Marcus Jones (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Stuart Andrew (Conservative)
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
(1 debate interactions)
Martin Docherty-Hughes (Scottish National Party)
(1 debate interactions)
Michael Fallon (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Meg Hillier (Labour (Co-op))
(1 debate interactions)
Edward Leigh (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Adrian Bailey (Labour (Co-op))
(1 debate interactions)
Amanda Milling (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Helen Whately (Conservative)
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
(1 debate interactions)
Stephen Timms (Labour)
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
(1 debate interactions)
Geoffrey Cox (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Drew Hendry (Scottish National Party)
(1 debate interactions)
Bob Stewart (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Lucy Frazer (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Mhairi Black (Scottish National Party)
(1 debate interactions)
Andrew Percy (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Greg Knight (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Paul Beresford (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Chuka Umunna (Liberal Democrat)
(1 debate interactions)
Greg Hands (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Jack Dromey (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
John McDonnell (Independent)
(1 debate interactions)
John Lamont (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Emily Thornberry (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Clarke of Nottingham (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
John McNally (Scottish National Party)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Vaizey of Didcot (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Andrew Mitchell (Conservative)
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)
(1 debate interactions)
Lesley Laird (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
John Howell (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Richard Burden (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Labour)
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
(1 debate interactions)
Catherine McKinnell (Labour)
Minister of State (Education)
(1 debate interactions)
Catherine West (Labour)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
(1 debate interactions)
Helen Hayes (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Sheryll Murray (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Kevin Brennan (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Tracey Crouch (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
James Cartlidge (Conservative)
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
(1 debate interactions)
Robert Goodwill (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Mark Tami (Labour)
Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons)
(1 debate interactions)
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Nia Griffith (Labour)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Wales Office)
(1 debate interactions)
Antoinette Sandbach (Liberal Democrat)
(1 debate interactions)
Liam Fox (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
David Davis (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Liam Byrne (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Johnson of Marylebone (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Carolyn Harris (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat)
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Women and Equalities)
(1 debate interactions)
Martin Whitfield (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Chris Green (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Mary Glindon (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Janet Daby (Labour)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
(1 debate interactions)
Chris Stephens (Scottish National Party)
(1 debate interactions)
Sarah Champion (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Lilian Greenwood (Labour)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
David Rutley (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Steve McCabe (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Chloe Smith (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Jeff Smith (Labour)
Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Mackinlay of Richborough (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Tobias Ellwood (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Heather Wheeler (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Hilary Benn (Labour)
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
(1 debate interactions)
Oliver Heald (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Siobhain McDonagh (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Jack Brereton (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Clive Efford (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Sammy Wilson (Democratic Unionist Party)
(1 debate interactions)
Vicky Foxcroft (Labour)
Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
(1 debate interactions)
Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Mark Spencer (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Nusrat Ghani (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Sarah Jones (Labour)
Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
(1 debate interactions)
Naz Shah (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party)
(1 debate interactions)
Crispin Blunt (Independent)
(1 debate interactions)
Kate Osamor (Labour (Co-op))
(1 debate interactions)
Rebecca Pow (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Bellingham (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Henry Smith (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord McLoughlin (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Philip Hollobone (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Hywel Williams (Plaid Cymru)
(1 debate interactions)
Andrew Griffiths (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Oliver Dowden (Conservative)
Shadow Deputy Prime Minister
(1 debate interactions)
Nadine Dorries (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Joan Ryan (The Independent Group for Change)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Kate Hollern (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Greg Clark (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Jonathan Edwards (Independent)
(1 debate interactions)
Edward Argar (Conservative)
Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
(1 debate interactions)
Colin Clark (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Bill Esterson (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Seema Kennedy (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Christopher Pincher (Independent)
(1 debate interactions)
Emma Lewell-Buck (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Karen Buck (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)