The Lord Austin of Dudley
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Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Austin of Dudley's full title is The Lord Austin of Dudley. His name is Ian Christopher Austin, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.
Lords votes · 2026
162 divisions
8 Content(4.9%)
43 Not-Content(26.5%)
111 didn't vote(68.5%)
2026-04-23
Not-Content
152–207
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
178–231
Not-Content
2026-03-05
Not-Content
193–143
Content
2026-03-05
Not-Content
198–139
Content
2026-03-05
Not-Content
208–142
Content
2026-02-04
Not-Content
62–295
Not-Content
Source: lordsvotes-api.parliament.uk. "Result" shows the headline
Content vs Not-Content tally (including tellers). The Lords doesn't
publish a "didn't vote" attendance roll like the Commons, so the
figure above conflates absence with abstention.
Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
2026-06-15
Middle East: Iran Conflict
My Lords, it is to be welcomed that the Strait of Hormuz is to be opened, but will the Minister confirm that this deal does not cover Iran’s ballistic missiles programme, nor its sponsorship of regional terrorist proxies such as Hamas and Hezbollah, nor
2026-06-11
Welfare Reforms and Youth Unemployment
My Lords, I too congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Evans, on securing this important debate. I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Shipley, and the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Leicester that young people want to work but, as we have seen from Alan Mi
2026-06-10
Middle East
We want to hear from the noble Baroness, Lady Foster.
2026-06-10
Middle East
My Lords, if I may, it is completely naive of the Government to expect the Lebanese Government and armed forces to deal with Hezbollah. They are completely incapable of doing that and have been for years. The only people capable of dealing with Hezbollah
2026-04-14
Middle East
My Lords, what assessment have the Government made of the impact of Hamas refusing to disarm, which was a key plank of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza? Is there not a risk of linking Lebanon to the wider ceasefire, because Lebanon has effectively been in
2026-03-16
Arrangement of Business
I am sure the whole House will want to echo the comments just made about our colleague who has been taken ill. However, we have had just 20 minutes’ debate on a significant change that the Government are introducing. It will be introduced with no proper
2026-03-09
Iran and the Middle East
My Lords—
2026-03-09
Iran and the Middle East
My Lords, we might not have declared war on Iran, of course, but Iran has certainly declared war on the West and on us, not just threatening Israel, our closest ally in the region, but organising terror attacks here in the UK, kidnapping British citizens
2026-02-05
Jobs Market
My Lords, the last Labour Government in which I was a Minister made huge strides in reducing long-term youth unemployment, but tragically we are in a situation now where we have a million young people not in education, training or work. If there is one t
2026-01-29
Erasmus+ Eligibility: Asylum Seekers
My Lords, this is to be welcomed, but I am more concerned about the million unemployed young people—18 to 24 year-olds—who are not in education, training or work. I think this should be our number one priority. We should be talking about it all the time.
2026-01-26
Holocaust Memorial Day
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow that brilliant speech by the noble Lord, Lord Massey. It was a privilege to listen to the fantastic maiden speech by the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Coventry.
In March 1939, a 10 year-old Jewish boy
2026-01-08
Israel: Trade
My Lords, I draw attention to my role as the UK’s trade envoy to Israel.
I start by welcoming the Minister and thank all noble Lords—especially the noble Baroness—who are here to discuss the contribution that trade with Israel makes to the UK, the bus
2026-01-08
Israel: Trade
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the contribution that trade with Israel makes to the United Kingdom economy.
2025-11-26
Visas: Highly Skilled People
With 1 million young people not in education, training or work, and with the number of apprenticeships having collapsed in this country, how can it possibly make sense for us to waive the visa rules to bring in roofers, bricklayers, carpenters and care w
2025-11-26
Visas: Highly Skilled People
My Lords—
2025-11-26
Visas: Highly Skilled People
My Lords—
2025-11-19
Gaza and Sudan
My Lords, as has been said, this is the worst humanitarian crisis on the planet, with half a million children already dead from starvation, 10 million more starving and millions more internally displaced or leaving the country as refugees. Tragically, th
2025-11-10
Trials: Timeliness
I thank the Minister for that Answer, but defence companies, the MoD and businesses they work with were attacked by Palestine Action almost 400 times before it was proscribed. This is an industry of huge strategic importance; it keeps our country safe an
2025-11-10
Trials: Timeliness
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the length of time between charging suspects and trials taking place.
2025-10-30
El Fasher
My Lords, this is the world’s greatest humanitarian catastrophe. Famine alone has killed half a million children, and 10 million people are starving. That is more than in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Gaza, Mali and South Sudan combined. Some 9 million people
2025-10-30
El Fasher
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the situation in El Fasher in Sudan.
2025-10-16
Youth Unemployment
My Lords, the Minister has been doing brilliant work on this agenda for decades, so it is great to see her in her place. Following on from the brilliant question from the noble Lord, Lord Palmer, a moment ago, will the Minister tell us how many apprentic
2025-09-18
Gaza: UN Commission of Inquiry Report
My Lords, is it not incredible that, when the Government arrived at the conclusion the week before last that this was not a genocide, that was ignored by Parliament and buried by the BBC, but when the United Nations arrives at the opposite conclusion, we
2025-09-08
Gaza City
My Lords, obviously, it is easy to criticise the Israeli Government. But instead of all this nonsense about sanctions and other measures which will just drive people further apart, would it not be much more use to concentrate on the hard, painstaking wor
2025-09-08
Gaza City
My Lords—
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Register of Interests · 14 entries on file
Declarations under the Lords Code of Conduct. Free text — no monetary values, no hours worked. A declaration that an interest exists, not a claim about its size.
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
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Chair of board, Park Properties Housing Association (provider of shared ownership and affordable rental homes)
registered 2026-04-09
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Consultant Board Observer, Build Concierge Ltd
registered 2025-07-24
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Director, Second City Consulting Limited (strategic advice)
registered 2025-02-07 · amended 2025-04-05
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Strategic advice to HSPG (property development)
registered 2024-09-23 · amended 2026-04-09
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Chair, independent review into civil unrest in Leicester
registered 2023-09-19 · amended 2025-04-05
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Director, Olive Tree Media Limited (member’s media company; income from media work is paid to the company)
registered 2023-07-11 · amended 2026-02-23
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Non-executive Director, CP Plus Ltd (provides car parking services)
registered 2023-05-26 · amended 2025-04-05
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Member provides strategic consultancy advice to Hineni Capital (private equity firm) and serves on its advisory board
registered 2023-04-24 · amended 2025-04-05
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Occasional journalism and media work; payments over the registration threshold have been received from News UK, The Daily Mail and The Daily Telegraph
registered 2020-10-12 · amended 2025-04-05
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Member provides strategic consultancy advice to RCL Partners (investment advisers and managers to the Richardson family)
registered 2020-10-12 · amended 2025-04-05
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Director, Olive Tree Advisory Ltd (member’s strategic consultancy company; income from the provision of consultancy advice is paid to the company)
registered 2020-10-12 · amended 2026-02-23
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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Second City Consulting Limited (strategic advice)
registered 2025-02-07 · amended 2025-04-05
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Olive Tree Media Limited (member’s media company)
registered 2023-07-11 · amended 2026-02-23
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Olive Tree Advisory Ltd (member’s strategic consultancy company)
registered 2020-10-12 · amended 2026-02-23
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Party history
2020-09-02 → present
Non-affiliated
current
2019-02-22 → 2019-11-06
Independent
2005-05-05 → 2019-02-22
Labour
Government posts
2009-06-09 → 2010-05-06
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Communities and Local Government) (Planning)
2008-10-05 → 2010-05-06
Minister of State (Regional Affairs) (West Midlands)
2008-10-05 → 2009-06-09
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)
Opposition posts
2011-10-07 → 2013-10-07
Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)
2010-10-08 → 2011-10-07
Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport)
2010-05-12 → 2010-10-08
Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government)
Committee memberships
2013-11-04 → 2015-03-30
Home Affairs Committee
2015-07-06 → 2017-05-03
Education Committee
2015-11-25 → 2016-03-09
Education, Skills and the Economy Sub-Committee
2017-09-11 → 2019-11-06
Panel of Chairs
2017-09-11 → 2019-03-19
Foreign Affairs Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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APPGs (2026) · 10 active officership(s) · 7 historic
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
No written questions tabled in 2026.
Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. "Lead" sponsor is the
primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are
members of either House who
backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading
date.
Historic bills (all-time)
2 bills
2 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanctions (Human Rights Abuse and Corruption) Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2017-12-06 | |
| Government Departments (Decentralisation Target) Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2015-11-10 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.