The Lord Farmer
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Farmer's full title is The Lord Farmer. His name is Michael Stahel Farmer, 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.
Political donations made
Total donated (all years on record)
£5,427,000
69 donations across 3 distinct recipients
Matched donor names:
Lord Michael S Farmer · Lord Michael S Farmer · Lord Michael S Farmer · Lord Michael Farmer · Lord Michael Farmer of Bishopsgate
| Date | Recipient | Type | EC Ref | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-08 | Conservative and Unionist Party · Central Party | Cash | C0833822 | £50,000 |
| 2025-08-08 | Conservative and Unionist Party · Central Party | Cash | C0833821 | £125,000 |
| 2024-12-04 | Conservative and Unionist Party · South Yorkshire | Cash | C0595895 | £14,000 |
| 2024-06-17 | Conservative and Unionist Party · Kensington, Bayswater, Chelsea and Fulham | Cash | C0583535 | £4,000 |
| 2024-06-10 | Conservative and Unionist Party · Scarborough & Whitby | Cash | C0583536 | £4,000 |
| 2024-06-10 | Conservative and Unionist Party · Central Party | Cash | C0583537 | £50,000 |
| 2024-06-04 | Conservative and Unionist Party · Central Party | Cash | C0578637 | £50,000 |
| 2024-05-30 | Conservative and Unionist Party · South West Devon | Cash | C0583538 | £4,000 |
| 2024-05-23 | Conservative and Unionist Party · Loughborough | Cash | C0583533 | £7,000 |
| 2024-05-02 | Conservative and Unionist Party · Central Party | Cash | C0583534 | £50,000 |
| 2024-02-29 | Conservative and Unionist Party · West Suffolk | Cash | C0578387 | £6,000 |
| 2024-02-09 | Mr Bim Afolami | Non Cash | NC0575477 | £5,000 |
| 2023-12-14 | Conservative and Unionist Party · Winchester | Cash | C0574828 | £5,000 |
| 2023-11-01 | Conservative and Unionist Party · Central Party | Cash | C0574827 | £5,000 |
| 2023-10-17 | Conservative and Unionist Party · Didcot and Wantage | Cash | C0574826 | £6,000 |
| 2023-06-09 | Conservative and Unionist Party · South West Devon | Cash | C0570296 | £6,000 |
| 2023-05-22 | Conservative and Unionist Party · Central Party | Cash | C0570295 | £90,000 |
| 2022-08-05 | Rishi Sunak | Cash | C0559851 | £15,000 |
| 2022-07-28 | Rishi Sunak | Non Cash | NC0559836 | £23,470 |
| 2022-06-16 | Conservative and Unionist Party · Central Party | Cash | C0558865 | £50,000 |
Showing the 20 most recent donations on record.
Source: Electoral Commission donations register
(search.electoralcommission.org.uk).
Match confidence: unique-surname.
Party history
2014-09-05 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2015-06-11 → 2016-03-16
Social Mobility Committee
2019-03-06 → 2019-06-14
Draft Domestic Abuse Bill (Joint Committee)
2025-01-30 → 2025-10-27
Home-based Working Committee
2026-01-27 → present
National Resilience Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
020 7219 3000 · Dr. Samantha Callan OBE, Parliamentary Advisor, House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 3000 · Dr. Samantha Callan OBE, Parliamentary Advisor, House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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APPGs (2026) · 4 active officership(s) · 2 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Family Hubs
Subject Group
|
Officer | Spurgeons | 4 | 2026-06-05 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Issues Affecting Men and Boys
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2024-07-16 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men and Boys' Issues
Subject Group
|
Officer | — | 4 | 2027-01-11 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Relationships
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 9 | 2024-04-07 |
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
15
of 15 tabled
15 answered(100.0%)
4
departments
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)
5 bills
4 as lead sponsor
1 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Support for Infants and Parents etc (Information) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2024-07-26 | |
| Child Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) Act 2023 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2022-06-15 | |
| Front-loaded Child Benefit Bill [HL] | Sponsored | Committee stage | 2022-05-19 | |
| Front-loaded Child Benefit Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 1st reading | 2021-06-16 | |
| Family Relationships (Impact Assessment and Targets) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2017-06-29 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.