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The Rt Hon. the Lord Barwell

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Lord Barwell's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Barwell. His name is Gavin Laurence Barwell, 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

No Lords votes recorded for 2026.

Recent Hansard contributions · latest 8

2020-11-04 Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020
My Lords, I support the regulations, although it gives me no pleasure to do so. I concede that the lockdown will damage our economy and people’s mental health and will restrict our freedoms —all the arguments that my noble friend Lord Forsyth so eloquent
2020-10-19 United Kingdom Internal Market Bill
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, and the noble Lord, Lord Sarfraz, on their maiden speeches and for their extreme skill in staying uncontroversial on this most controversial of topics. I find myself in a curious position today
2020-03-16 Covid-19 Update
I welcome the Prime Minister’s commitment to a daily press conference. It is vital over the difficult weeks and months ahead that people hear directly from him and from the Chief Medical Officer what the Government’s position is. If large numbers of peop
2020-03-16 European Union: Negotiations (European Union Committee Report)
My Lords, I thank the members of the committee for producing such a thorough report in short order. It is right that the Government of this country should determine our strategy for the negotiations, and it is right that Parliament should scrutinise that
2020-01-20 European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill
I do not intend to get into this debate in detail; I wished to speak briefly. All I will say is that that approach has been clear for some time, and the Government got a clear endorsement for it in the general election. I say that as someone who had a di
2020-01-20 European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill
It is not for me to speak for the Government, not least because I do not sit on the Government Front Bench. Indeed, noble Lords who have followed the debate closely will know that I do not entirely agree with the position that the Chancellor set out; the
2020-01-20 European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill
My Lords, I had not planned to take part in this debate, but I wish to make three brief points. First, in response to my noble friend Lord Bowness, it is very clear what the Government seek to negotiate in this next phase of the negotiations; it is set o
2020-01-13 European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill
My Lords, it is an honour to follow the right reverend Prelate and to make my maiden speech in this place. I thank the staff of the House for their warm welcome and my supporters, my noble friends Lord Young of Cookham and Lord Gilbert of Panteg, who
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Register of Interests · 5 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.

  • Chairman, Stockport Mayoral Development Corporation
    registered 2026-03-12
  • Director, Gavin Barwell Consulting Limited (personal service company) (clients are British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association; and National House-Building Council Foundation)
    registered 2025-10-23
  • Director, NorthStar Advice Limited (advice on UK and geopolitical risk)
    registered 2025-10-23
  • Non-executive director, Clarion Housing Group (comprises Clarion Housing Association, Latimer (development arm) and Clarion Futures (charitable foundation))
    registered 2025-10-23

Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)

  • Gavin Barwell Consulting Limited (personal service company)
    registered 2025-10-23
Source: UK Parliament Members API (Lords register). Refreshed weekly. Read the full Lords Code of Conduct for what each category covers and the disclosure thresholds.

Party history

2025-10-13present
Non-affiliated current
2010-05-062025-10-12
Conservative

Government posts

2016-07-172017-05-03
Minister of State (Department for Communities and Local Government) (Housing, Planning and London)
2015-05-132016-07-17
Comptroller (HM Household) (Whip, House of Commons)
2014-07-152015-05-13
Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip)
2013-10-072014-07-15
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)

Opposition posts

None recorded.

Committee memberships

2010-07-122012-02-27
Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
2011-06-232012-03-26
Draft House of Lords Reform Bill (Joint Committee)

Contact

Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s)

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Loneliness
Subject Group
Officer British Red Cross 16 2021-06-10
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
Mental Health (Discrimination) Act 2013 Sponsored Royal Assent 2012-06-20
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at introduction. Sorted newest first.
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