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The Lord Balfe

Conservative Member of the House of Lords M
Lord Balfe's full title is The Lord Balfe. His name is Richard Andrew Balfe, 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.

Party history

2013-09-19present
Conservative current

Government posts

None recorded.

Opposition posts

None recorded.

Committee memberships

2015-06-122017-04-27
EU External Affairs Sub-Committee
2017-06-272018-06-12
International Relations and Defence Committee

Contact

Parliamentary office
richard.balfe@parliament.uk
020 7219 8710 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

APPGs (2026) · 29 active officership(s) · 29 historic

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Care-Experienced Children and Young People
Subject Group
Officer Become 4 2027-03-26
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Children who Need Palliative Care
Subject Group
Co-Chair Together for Short Lives 4 2027-03-12
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Fair Elections
Subject Group
Officer Fair Vote · Labour for a New Democracy · Make Votes Matter · Unlock Democracy 4 2027-01-10
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Greenland
Country, Area or Region Group
Vice Chair 4 2026-10-09
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Households in Temporary Accommodation
Subject Group
Officer Justlife Foundation · Shared Health Foundation 4 2026-11-29
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Parental Participation in Education
Subject Group
Vice Chair Solidarity Consulting 4 2024-11-14
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Bangladesh
Country, Area or Region Group
Officer 4 2027-02-28
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Belgium
Country Group
Vice Chair 14 2023-11-21
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Citizens' Rights
Subject Group
Vice Chair Friends of New Europeans 4 2027-05-15
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Communities of Inquiry across the Generations
Subject Group
Officer ICOP Influencing the Corridors of Power 4 2024-07-23
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cuba
Country, Area or Region Group
Vice Chair 4 2027-02-28
All-Party Parliamentary Group on General Aviation
Subject Group
Vice Chair 9 2023-05-07
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Iran
Country Group
Vice Chair 7 2021-05-16
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Luxembourg
Country Group
Vice Chair 14 2023-11-21
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Occupational Safety and Health
Subject Group
Officer 4 2027-02-14
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Russia
Country Group
Vice Chair 10 2024-05-28
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Single-Parent Families
Subject Group
Officer 4 2027-02-22
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Uzbekistan
Country Group
Vice Chair 8 2024-06-11
All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Arctic and Nordic Councils
Subject Group
Vice Chair 11 2024-11-22
All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Intergenerational Inquiry
Subject Group
Officer The Influencing the Corridors of Power Project (ICOP) at SOAS University of London 4 2026-10-04
All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Republic of Iraq
Country Group
Vice Chair REVIVE Campaign 8 2022-08-28
Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) All-Party Parliamentary Group
Country Group
Vice Chair 23 2024-05-13
British Overseas Territories All-Party Parliamentary Group
Country Group
Vice Chair 30 2024-05-29
Drugs, Alcohol and Justice All-Party Parliamentary Group
Subject Group
Vice Chair Solidarity Consulting 4 2027-01-11
Montserrat All-Party Parliamentary Group
Country Group
Vice Chair 16 2024-05-29
Pacific Islands All-Party Parliamentary Group
Country Group
Vice Chair 12 2024-06-04
Pitcairn Islands All-Party Parliamentary Group
Country Group
Vice Chair 14 2024-05-29
Social, Cooperative, and Community Economy All-Party Parliamentary Group
Subject Group
Officer 4 2026-04-10
United Kingdom Overseas Territories All-Party Parliamentary Group
Country Group
Vice Chair 17 2021-05-29
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

Showing 2 of 2 tabled 2 answered(100.0%) 1 departments
2026-02-11
Ministry of Justice
Offenders: Reading
Answered
2026-02-11
Ministry of Justice
Offenders: Reading
Answered
Source: UK Parliament Members API. The amber "interest" tag is set by Parliament's own system when the asking member has a register entry it deems related — typically a paid role or directorship in the sector being asked about. Click any "i" icon to see the full question and the department's answer.

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)

4 bills 4 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
Bill Info Role Status Introduced
Pensions (Amendment) Bill [HL] Sponsored 2nd reading 2020-01-16
Local Government Elections (Referendum) Bill [HL] Sponsored 2nd reading 2017-06-28
Local Government Elections (Referendum) Bill [HL] Sponsored 2nd reading 2016-06-13
European Union Citizens (Electoral Rights) Bill [HL] Sponsored 2nd reading 2015-06-04
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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