The Rt Hon. the Lord Ashton of Hyde
Crossbench
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Ashton of Hyde's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Ashton of Hyde. His name is Thomas Henry Ashton, 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.
Party history
2026-03-26 → 2026-04-29
Crossbench
2024-05-24 → 2026-03-26
Non-affiliated
2011-07-25 → 2024-05-23
Conservative
Government posts
2019-07-26 → 2022-09-06
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
2017-07-03 → 2019-07-26
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
2016-07-17 → 2017-07-03
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
2014-07-15 → 2017-06-20
Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2014-06-12 → 2014-07-15
The Arctic
2014-11-19 → 2014-12-24
Insurance Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee
2019-10-03 → 2022-10-20
Procedure and Privileges Committee
2019-10-03 → 2022-10-12
Committee of Selection (Lords)
2019-10-03 → 2022-10-20
Services Committee
2023-01-31 → 2024-05-30
International Relations and Defence Committee
Chair
+£16,900/yr
2023-01-31 → 2023-06-12
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Contact
No contact details recorded.
APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s)
No APPG officerships found for this peer. (Officer matching is by name —
if the parliamentary register lists them under a slightly different
form, the join may miss; check
/appgs directly.)
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
0 as lead sponsor
1 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Economy Act 2017 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2016-07-05 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.