The Lord Finkelstein OBE
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Finkelstein's full title is The Lord Finkelstein OBE. His name is Daniel William Finkelstein, 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
7 Content(4.3%)
1 Not-Content(0.6%)
154 didn't vote(95.1%)
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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
2025-03-11
Holocaust Memorial Bill
Just to clarify the point on “reasonably modest”, it has been a reasonable subject for discussion and obviously opinions will differ about how big this ought to be. In the Holocaust Commission, we had a debate about the different designs. Some people l
2025-03-11
Holocaust Memorial Bill
Obviously we can all differ on what is reasonable and what is modest, but it was not a misrepresentation of what anyone said. I just read back what people said.
2025-03-11
Holocaust Memorial Bill
So that it is not seen as though I have raised points that were not raised, it was specifically said that poisonous gas would be set off. I did not make that up.
2025-03-11
Holocaust Memorial Bill
I am literally repeating the noble Baroness’s points. If she feels that they are flippant, maybe she should not have made them. These are all points that were raised.
In addition, it was said that people will be trampled to death in the communal areas
2025-03-11
Holocaust Memorial Bill
My Lords, I thank the many friends with whom I share so much politically and with whom I do not agree on this matter. I hope they will excuse me if I speak my mind, as they have spoken theirs.
I should say at the beginning that I am a patron of the Wi
2025-03-04
Holocaust Memorial Bill
My Lords, I apologise for intervening, but I really cannot leave that comment on its own. The noble Lord cannot stand up here and say, “The Jews want the Holocaust memorial, and they ought to pay for it”. The Holocaust is not something that is just about
2025-03-04
Holocaust Memorial Bill
My Lords, I should say at the beginning that I am a patron of the Wiener Holocaust Library—my grandfather’s Holocaust library—that I was a member of David Cameron’s Holocaust Commission and that I take a long-standing interest in this as the son of a Ho
2024-12-02
Football Governance Bill [HL]
Is the noble Lord saying that he thinks the club should not ask those people as well as other fans? If he thinks that, why should that not be part of the definition of the “fan” under the Bill?
2024-12-02
Football Governance Bill [HL]
I have a slight fear that I may be intervening in the intervention on an intervention on the answer to an intervention, but still. Among my interests is that I am a director of Chelsea Football Club and director of its foundation. I also had the honour t
2021-10-22
Assisted Dying Bill [HL]
My Lords, may I congratulate the noble Baroness on a characteristically excellent maiden speech? When she was first elected leader of the Scottish Conservative party, I confess I had ignorantly never heard of her. I saw the story online and shouted acro
2019-06-20
Anti-Semitism
My Lords, I declare my interests as a member of Northwood and Pinner Liberal Synagogue, a columnist on the JC and a consumer of the products of B&K deli in Hatch End. I thank many noble Lords for wonderful speeches: the noble Baroness, Lady Berridge,
2019-04-04
Business of the House
I listened to my noble friend and thought to myself, “But isn’t your objective that we should have no-deal Brexit, and you are pretending that it is about the constitution?” That seems like an extraordinary accusation to make, when my noble friend knows
2019-03-14
Adjournment
The noble Lord knows that it does not depend on that but on lots of things, such as whether the House of Commons can agree a deal. I am a fan of Twitter as well; the noble Lord will know that the shadow Foreign Secretary has said that she does not approv
2019-03-14
Adjournment
I know the noble Lord is a very intelligent person and a great viewer of political events and that, like me, he does not want a no-deal Brexit. I just wanted to check that he is 100% sure that there will not be a no-deal Brexit. Everything he has said a
My Lords, it has been a genuine privilege to listen to many compelling speeches; I do not say that for the sake of our usual politeness—I have found it really illuminating and I thank those who have spoken before me.
The euphoria that greeted the Cons
2019-02-04
Trade Bill
It is a credible proposal, but only if it has some sort of political support. The questions I put are merely a matter of guidance to me—and I am sure to lots of other people like me—and I am hoping that we will get a little bit of illumination from both
2019-02-04
Trade Bill
I think it is access to the single market, and we are both aware of the difference between those two things. Also, it is “a” customs union; I noticed that the noble Lord referred to “the” customs union. That is also something different, so his view is no
2019-02-04
Trade Bill
I thank the noble Lord for his compelling and persuasive speech. For those of us who are determined that we should not leave the European Union without any deal whatever, it is important to think about the points that he has raised. We are at the stage n
2018-12-20
Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse
The right reverend Prelate is intervening on me, so my noble friend Lord Lexden cannot reply.
I shall start with the words that noble Lords most dread—“It is not my intention today to make a long speech”. I intend only a short intervention to express
2018-12-20
Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse
My Lords—
2018-10-25
Brexit: People’s Vote
My Lords, it is a privilege to follow so many compelling speeches. I start by telling noble Lords about an article that I did not write in the Times. About two weeks before the referendum in Scotland, I consulted a friend who was working on the union cam
2018-01-10
Data Protection Bill [HL]
What would my noble friend’s reaction be if the inquiry that we have just voted for determined that the proposal that he has just made is a foolish one?
2018-01-10
Data Protection Bill [HL]
I am just asking a question, although I thank the noble Lord for his advice. There is a consequent question, subject to the vote we have just had, that I think changes the situation. I just wanted to have my noble friend Lord Attlee’s view—
2018-01-10
Data Protection Bill [HL]
My Lords, I wanted to ask—
2018-01-10
Data Protection Bill [HL]
My Lords, I first declare my interest as a Times columnist. Perhaps I may also start by thanking the noble Baroness, Lady Hollins, for the opportunity to listen to what she had to say, which it was impossible to do without regarding it as moving and pass
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Register of Interests · 26 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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Speaking engagement, 11 May 2026, National Grid, London
registered 2026-05-29
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Speaking engagement, 22 April 2026, Pinsent Masons, Leeds
registered 2026-05-29
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Speaking engagement, 21 April 2026, Stephenson Harwood, London
registered 2026-05-29
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Speaking engagement, 25 March 2026, Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW), London
registered 2026-05-29
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Speaking engagement, 9 March 2026, FICO EMEA Customer Advisory Board, Montreux
registered 2026-05-29
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Speaking engagement, 18 March 2026, Insurance Asset Management Summit, Lingfield
registered 2026-05-20
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Speaking engagement, 15 December 2025, LGPS Central, London
registered 2026-01-09
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Speaking engagement, 2 December 2025, DLA Piper, London
registered 2026-01-09
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Speaking engagement, 26 November 2025, Social Housing Leaders Conference, London
registered 2026-01-09
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Speaking engagement, 17 November 2025, County Councils Network, Marlow
registered 2026-01-09
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Speaking engagement, 4 November 2025, National Grid, London
registered 2026-01-09
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Speaking engagement, 2 October 2025, Institute of Directors, Isle of Man
registered 2025-10-27
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Speaking engagement, 10 September 2025, Pinsent Mason, Edinburgh
registered 2025-10-27 · amended 2026-01-09
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Advice on general business development to Conquer Technology Ltd (software)
registered 2024-05-03 · amended 2025-04-05
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Occasional contributor, Jeremy Vine show (ITN)
registered 2023-03-28 · amended 2025-04-05
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Director, Chelsea FC Holdings Limited, and Director, Chelsea Football Club Limited
registered 2022-06-30 · amended 2026-05-20
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Book advances from William Collins (UK) and Doubleday (US)
registered 2021-05-05 · amended 2025-04-05
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Occasional presenter, Times Radio
registered 2020-11-27 · amended 2025-04-05
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Director, Utmost Life and Pensions Ltd and Utmost Life and Pensions Holdings Ltd
registered 2020-01-17 · amended 2025-04-05
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Advice and research (political and policy analysis) to Mr Alex Mouradian
registered 2017-11-30 · amended 2025-04-05
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Non-executive Director, Equitable Life Assurance Society
registered 2017-03-20 · amended 2025-04-05
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Contributor to Jewish Chronicle newspaper
registered 2013-11-12 · amended 2025-04-05
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Broadcasting and consultancy work for BBC
registered 2013-11-12 · amended 2025-04-05
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Regular contributor to The Times newspaper
registered 2013-11-12 · amended 2025-04-05
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Chairman and Director, The Comment Bureau Limited (member's company to which all income from employment in this category is paid, except income from other directorships and Jewish Chronicle)
registered 2013-11-12 · amended 2025-04-08
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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The Comment Bureau Limited (member's company) (see category 1)
registered 2013-11-12 · amended 2025-12-15
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Party history
2013-09-11 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2014-01-29 → 2016-08-31
Works of Art Committee (Lords)
2017-01-25 → 2019-10-23
Lord Speaker's Advisory Panel on Works of Art
2017-06-27 → 2017-11-06
Communications and Digital Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
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APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s)
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Children in Police Custody
Subject Group
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Officer | Dr Miranda Bevan (King’s College, London) · King's College, London | 4 | 2026-04-03 |
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
No written questions tabled in 2026.
Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
0 bills
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