The Lord Northbrook
Non-affiliated
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Northbrook's full title is The Lord Northbrook. His name is Francis Thomas Baring, and he was excluded from the House of Lords on 29 April 2026.
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
89 Content(54.9%)
2 Not-Content(1.2%)
71 didn't vote(43.8%)
2026-04-13
Not-Content
69–332
Not-Content
2026-03-05
Content
193–143
Content
2026-03-05
Content
194–140
Content
2026-03-05
Content
198–139
Content
2026-03-05
Content
208–142
Content
2026-03-05
Content
214–142
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
2026-03-17
Spring Forecast Statement
My Lords, the Spring Statement has been overshadowed by the escalating conflict in the Middle East. There is
“significant chance that the new forecast is already out of date before the ink has dried”,
warned Andrew Wishart of Berenberg Bank. Howeve
2026-01-22
Retail and Hospitality Sector
My Lords, I will start my speech with the special crisis that pubs face, outlined with figures from the British Beer & Pub Association. In addition to the business rates problem to which I will refer later, pubs face multiple policy changes that wil
My Lords, I declare an interest as a member of the Chagos Islands APPG. I give its secretary, David Snoxell, credit for persevering with the cause over the years. Unfortunately, having reflected carefully on the issue and the treaty, I have come to disag
2025-06-12
Spending Review 2025
My Lords, I particularly welcome the extra nuclear expenditure in the spending review. However, the IFS director, Paul Johnson, said that his think tank was “baffled” by the Chancellor’s spending review. He said that the Chancellor will
“have all her
2025-06-12
Spending Review 2025
My Lords, I particularly welcome the extra nuclear expenditure in the spending review. However—
2025-05-15
Sanctions Implementation and Enforcement
My Lords, I congratulate the Minister on the cross-government review and on adding a little bit extra to the Statement, which was most welcome. I have a couple of queries. I welcome both the Government’s and the Opposition’s actions on this. First, one p
2025-05-12
Renters’ Rights Bill
My Lords, I support the amendments in the name of my noble friend Lady Scott of Bybrook, but I want first to express great sympathy to the husband of Lord Etherton.
It seems entirely sensible to widen the definition of family within the Bill to includ
2025-05-06
Renters’ Rights Bill
My Lords, I declare my interests as a landlord of private property. It is becoming clear that the Bill will be a beanfeast for lawyers in the area of landlord-tenant disputes. As my noble friend Lord Dobbs implied, it could well happen with regard to lan
2025-04-28
Renters’ Rights Bill
I listened carefully to the Minister’s encouraging remarks on improving capacity and resources, and on the digitisation process. However, the impact assessment—if I have read it correctly—says there was no extra expenditure on this. I am not quite sure h
2025-04-28
Renters’ Rights Bill
I am sorry to disagree with the noble Baroness but, sadly, from practical experience, I think what she is saying is not necessarily the case.
2025-04-28
Renters’ Rights Bill
My Lords, I declare my interest as a landlord of rental properties in Hampshire. I support all the amendments in this group. I fear that the Government may not support Amendment 283, even though it was in the original Bill that was presented when we were
2025-04-24
Renters’ Rights Bill
My Lords, I firstly declare an interest as a private landlord of residential properties in Hampshire.
I support Amendment 60, to keep the rent arrears landlord legal action limit to two months rather than four. As the noble Lord, Lord Carter of Haslem
2025-04-22
Renters’ Rights Bill
I apologise; I failed to declare my interest as a private landlord of rental property in Hampshire.
2025-04-22
Renters’ Rights Bill
Will the Minister deal with the points made by the noble Lord, Lord Carrington, about institutional investors and their reluctance to invest when there is a minimum tenancy of only two months, and about lenders who are not prepared to lend to the sector?
2025-04-01
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 109 in this group, which follows on rather nicely from my noble friend Lord Moylan’s amendment but takes it a stage further. The Labour manifesto of 2024 stated:
“Labour is committed to replacing the House of Lor
2025-04-01
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
My Lords, I thank the noble and learned Lord the Attorney-General for his detailed and considered reply. I beg leave to withdraw my amendment.
2025-04-01
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
My Lords, my probing Amendment 93A would safeguard the current process of proving succession to a peerage. According to the College of Arms:
“The Royal Warrant of 2004 requires that a person wishing to be recognised as a Peer prove succession to the r
2025-04-01
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
2025-04-01
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
My Lords, I rise very briefly to say a few words on the amendment from the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey.
When Ireland and Scotland had representative Peers, there were 28 Irish and 16 Scottish representative Peers. Now, I believe there are 22 Irish Peers
2025-03-25
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 110 in this group. The report of the Lord Speaker’s Committee on the Size of the House was published in 2017. As most noble Lords sitting here before then know, the Lord Speaker tasked the committee with exploring m
2025-03-25
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
Before the Minister sits down, may I kindly ask him to comment on the claim by the noble Lord, Lord Grocott, that the amendments to the Bill in this group are too wide-ranging in scope? The clerks have been clear that amendments on the composition of you
2025-03-25
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
My Lords, I support the amendment in the name of the noble Earl, Lord Devon. I declare two interests: first, as a hereditary Peer, and, secondly, as having three daughters and no son.
I promoted the Succession to Peerages and Baronetcies Bill, which s
2025-03-12
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
My Lords, times have changed for the Church of England since my ancestor in the 19th century demolished the small village church to build a larger one to accommodate increased demand.
I support Amendment 90B, in the name of my friend Lady Berridge, ab
2025-03-12
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
My Lords, I am not quite sure what
“resolution of the House of Lords”
means: whether it is by amendment and, considering the mechanics of the whole thing, whether it would also have to go through the House of Commons. I am slightly perplexed at how
2025-03-10
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
My Lords, I shall speak briefly. While I can understand the logic behind the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Newby, I believe that HOLAC, for which I have the greatest respect, is not totally infallible. I examined the issue of my noble friend Lord C
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Register of Interests · 8 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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Consultant, Kernow Asset Management Limited (investment management company)
registered 2023-01-11 · amended 2025-04-05
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Trustee, Tatton Estate, Cheshire
registered 2021-05-12 · amended 2025-04-05
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Director, Northbrook Farms Limited
registered 2016-07-13 · amended 2025-04-05
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Director, Almanach de Gotha Limited (publisher of almanacs and books)
registered 2012-09-20 · amended 2025-04-05
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Farmer (arable)
registered 2010-04-19 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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Northbrook Farms Ltd (farming company)
registered 2010-04-19 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 3: Land and property
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Residential property in London SW3 and SW11
registered 2010-05-02 · amended 2025-04-05
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Farmland in Hampshire, including residential property from which rental income is received
registered 2010-04-19 · amended 2025-07-09
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Read the full
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for what each category covers and the disclosure thresholds.
Party history
2026-02-11 → 2026-04-29
Non-affiliated
1991-09-23 → 2026-02-10
Conservative
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2015-06-11 → 2016-03-15
Equality Act 2010 and Disability Committee
2016-05-25 → 2017-03-25
Financial Exclusion Committee
Contact
No contact details recorded.
APPGs (2026) · 6 active officership(s) · 2 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
All-Party Parliamentary Greyhound Group
Subject Group
|
Officer | — | 4 | 2026-11-15 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Electoral Reform
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | Make Votes Matter · The Electoral Reform Society | 14 | 2024-06-11 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Country, Area or Region Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2027-02-22 |
|
British Overseas Territories All-Party Parliamentary Group
Country Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 30 | 2024-05-29 |
|
British-Liechtenstein All-Party Parliamentary Group
Country Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 15 | 2024-05-15 |
|
Montserrat All-Party Parliamentary Group
Country Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 16 | 2024-05-29 |
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the
/appgs Top secretariat funders panel — click any funder
there to open its full relationship graph. Officer matching is name-based against
the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.
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)
1 bills
1 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Succession to Peerages and Baronetcies Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2023-11-20 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.