The Rt Hon. the Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Vaizey of Didcot's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Vaizey of Didcot. His name is Edward Vaizey, 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
176 divisions
54 Content(30.7%)
1 Not-Content(0.6%)
121 didn't vote(68.8%)
2026-07-21
Content
173–234
Not-Content
2026-07-13
Content
158–239
Not-Content
2026-02-04
Not-Content
62–295
Not-Content
2026-01-05
Content
194–130
Content
2026-01-05
Content
168–178
Not-Content
2026-01-05
Content
210–131
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
2026-07-23
Creative Industries: Qualifications
My Lords, I am grateful to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Keeley, so early in this debate, and I thank her for securing this subject for us to discuss. I echo much of what she said, which I will return to in a moment.
I congratulate the Minister on s
My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to take part in this debate, and I add to the plaudits directed at the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, who has prosecuted her agenda on digital safety and digital rights for more than a decade with acute skill and
2026-07-22
AI: International Co-operation
My Lords, should China, or indeed any other country, wish to co-operate with us on AI policy, whom should they call? The Minister at DBIST, DCMS or the Cabinet Office, or the Prime Minister’s AI adviser at the Office for the Prime Minister and the Cabine
2026-07-22
AI: International Co-operation
My Lords—
My Lords, I am delighted that Kanishka Narayan, who is a great Minister, has gone into the Cabinet but it is obvious that the abolition of DSIT is a phenomenal waste of time. It will take three months of civil servants’ time when they should be focused o
My Lords—
To Ministers.
My Lords, it is a pleasure to take part in this debate at Second Reading. I am taking part not because I was once hacked but because I was very briefly the Cyber Security Minister—which is almost as surprising as learning that I was once the Minister of
2026-07-02
Live Music
My Lords, I know that the noble Lord, Lord Brennan, is going to sum up, because we have time.
Oh. Can we not use the remaining seven minutes for more points? I had such an incredible point to make.
2026-07-02
Live Music
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Brennan, on his epically superb speech. I declare my interest as a trustee of the KOKO Foundation. As all noble Lords know, KOKO is a fantastically cool music venue in Camden. In fact, it was made live music
My Lords, my understanding is that the US Government took urgent action because of security flaws found in the AI model in question. They used the legislation that was available to them. There was no sinister or hidden agenda in their decision to cut it
2026-06-10
Mindanao Earthquake
My Lords, I am chair of the UK-ASEAN Business Council, and the Minister will be aware that the Philippines is currently the president of ASEAN and, indeed, the whole region works very closely with the UK on climate change and green technologies. Could th
2026-05-20
2026 FIFA World Cup: Replica Kit Pricing
My Lords, as a Chelsea fan, I take this opportunity to congratulate Arsenal on winning the Premier League and to commiserate with Spurs on their imminent relegation.
I have to say that I am confused by these exchanges— a retailer inviting government i
2026-04-28
UK Biobank Data
My Lords, I will ask the Minister a couple of questions. This breach has had a silver lining: to remind us that the UK Biobank is a remarkable project and an act of British soft power—and, indeed, altruism—which has been used by 22,000 researchers in 60
2026-04-27
Online Challenger Banks
My Lords, the anti-money laundering regulations are imposed on people who are politically exposed without any nuance whatever, and not in accordance with the legislation or regulations, which require banks to assess people on a case-by-case basis—nor are
My Lords, the noble Lord’s question was spot on, but may I focus on a slightly different area? I read over the weekend that Anthropic has produced software that it now deems too dangerous to launch publicly because of its huge impact on cyber security. T
2026-03-26
AI Growth Lab
My Lords, we have had a plethora of initiatives on AI. We had the welcome announcement of the sovereign AI fund last week. All of them are welcome individually: Innovate UK, ARIA, the AI Security Institute, the British Business Bank, and the National Wea
2026-03-24
Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019
My Lords, I hope the Minister has heard what the noble Lord, Lord Kirkhope, had to say. I think that his argument has prevailed. As was just demonstrated, parking covers a very wide landscape, so may I draw the Minister’s attention to the difficulty one
2026-02-12
Flour Milling Sector
My Lords, I am grateful to have the opportunity to take part in today’s debate. As the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, to whom I offer my profound thanks for putting the UK flour-milling sector on the agenda of the House of Lords. As he well knows, I always try
2026-02-05
Construction Industry: Timber
My Lords, hemp is grown in this country and is a fantastic building material that is both carbon negative and sustainable, with fantastic insulation qualities. The French are the largest growers of hemp in Europe and use it an extraordinary amount in con
2026-01-29
Battery Shortage for NHS Hearing Aids
My Lords, I love the idea that the Chinese are listening to our proceedings through your Lordships’ hearing aids. But I say to the Minister that there are many people under the age of 70 who suffer from hearing loss, possibly undiagnosed. It can have a h
2026-01-26
Grass-roots Music Venues
My Lords, the whole House will agree that music venues are a vital part of our cultural ecosystem. Music venues are now benefiting from a voluntary grass-roots levy levied on concert tickets, which I understand the Government are keeping under review wit
2026-01-26
Grass-roots Music Venues
My Lords—
2026-01-08
Broadcasting: Recent Developments
My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to participate in this debate. I briefly declare that I am the co-chair of the All-Party Group on Creators, which means I meet a lot of YouTube influencers. I am also a broadcaster on Times Radio. In fact, I sh
2025-12-09
Mobile Phone and Broadband Prices
My Lords, I certainly do not support mid-contract price rises but, arguably, mobile prices in the UK are among the lowest in Europe, which to an extent affects mobile operators’ ability to invest in the world-class mobile infrastructure we need. On that
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Register of Interests · 24 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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Adviser, Restabilise (stablecoin issuance platform) (the member provides strategic business advice)
registered 2026-01-07
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Adviser, Inside Saudi Ltd (the member provides strategic business advice) (interest ceased 30 January 2026)
registered 2026-01-07 · amended 2026-02-02
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Speaking engagement, 30 September 2025, Cultural Investment Conference, Riyadh; flights and accommodation paid for by organisers
registered 2025-10-06
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Speaking engagement, 8 September 2025, Digital Co-Operation Organisation (DCO), Riyadh; flights and accommodation paid for by the DCO
registered 2025-09-10
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Adviser, Global Galaxy Education (the member provides strategic business advice) (interest ceased 30 June 2026)
registered 2025-09-10 · amended 2026-06-30
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Adviser, ProRata.ai (the member provides strategic business advice)
registered 2025-05-09 · amended 2026-01-07
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Adviser, Kooth (online wellbeing) (the member provides strategic business advice)
registered 2025-04-10 · amended 2026-01-07
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Consultant advising on business development, ND Group (private equity and portfolio holding company)
registered 2025-04-10
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Geopolitical advice on global technology developments to 205 Capital (venture fund)
registered 2025-03-17 · amended 2025-04-05
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Strategic advice on global cultural strategies to BOP Consulting (cultural strategy company)
registered 2025-03-17 · amended 2025-04-05
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Adviser, Human Capital (venture fund, advising on fundraising) (interest ceased 30 September 2025)
registered 2024-10-29 · amended 2025-10-06
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Senior Adviser, New Horizon Global Advisory (strategy advice)
registered 2024-10-21 · amended 2025-04-05
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Occasional appearances on Good Morning Britain (ITV) and Politics Hub (Sky News)
registered 2023-07-05 · amended 2026-04-20
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Presenter of weekly show on Times Radio
registered 2022-12-05 · amended 2025-04-05
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President, Marlow Film Studios
registered 2022-10-07 · amended 2025-04-05
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Member of the UK advisory Board Omaze Ltd (charity fundraising company)
registered 2022-04-20 · amended 2025-04-05
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Adviser, ScaleUp Capital (scale-up investors) (the member provides strategic business advice)
registered 2021-06-11 · amended 2026-01-07
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Chairman, Advisory Board, Digital Futures Ltd (company providing digital skills for students)
registered 2021-04-15 · amended 2025-04-05
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Consultant, The Investing and Saving Alliance (TISA) (representative body for retail investment management industry) (the member provides strategic business advice)
registered 2020-11-02 · amended 2026-01-07
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Culture Editor, Country & Town House Magazine
registered 2020-09-14 · amended 2025-04-05
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Ambassador, Digitalis (online reputation company)
registered 2020-09-14 · amended 2025-04-05
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Adviser, Common Sense Media (US not for profit education charity); member supports charitable aims of providing digital curriculum for children and content ratings for parents educating children (interest ceased 10 March 2026)
registered 2020-09-14 · amended 2026-03-29
Category 3: Land and property
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Property in Oxfordshire, jointly owned with wife, from which rental income is received
registered 2023-07-10 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 6: Gifts, benefits and hospitality
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Guest of Google at Google Zeitgeist conference, Hertfordshire, 17–19 May 2026; accommodation and subsistence costs met by Google
registered 2026-05-20
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Party history
2019-10-30 → present
Conservative
current
2019-09-04 → 2019-10-29
Independent
2005-05-05 → 2019-09-04
Conservative
Government posts
2014-07-15 → 2016-07-15
Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy (Jointly with Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)
2014-07-15 → 2016-07-15
Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy (Jointly with Department for Culture Media and Sport)
2010-05-22 → 2014-07-15
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
2010-05-21 → 2010-12-21
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) (Culture, Communications and Creative Industries) (jointly with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
Opposition posts
2006-07-31 → 2010-05-06
Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport)
Committee memberships
2006-01-16 → 2007-11-06
Environmental Audit Committee
2017-12-12 → 2019-11-06
Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
2016-10-26 → 2017-05-03
Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
2020-10-15 → 2023-01-31
Communications and Digital Committee
2025-01-30 → 2025-03-06
UK Engagement with Space Committee
Contact
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APPGs (2026) · 11 active officership(s) · 6 historic
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
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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)
3 bills
1 as lead sponsor
2 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
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| Cultural Objects (Protection from Seizure) Act 2022 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2021-06-16 | |
| British Library Board (Power to Borrow) Act 2021 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2020-02-05 | |
| United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Pension Transfers (Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Investigation) Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2019-06-11 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.