The Rt Hon. the Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Evans of Bowes Park's full title is The Rt Hon. the Baroness Evans of Bowes Park. Her name is Natalie Jessica Evans, and she is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£5,379
14 days attended across 1 published month
Travel claims
£77
· UK £77
Total claimed
£5,456
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Ministerial activity
Records on file
45
12 meetings ·
31 hospitality ·
2 gifts ·
0 overseas trips
· 2015-04-01 → 2019-09-30
Recent meetings
| Date | Met with | Purpose | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-10-02 | — | Catch up at Party conference | cabinet-office |
| 2018-10-01 | — | Catch up over coffee at Party conference | cabinet-office |
| 2018-07-01 | — | Nil Return | cabinet-office |
| 2018-05-14 | — | Discussion of the work of the new lobby group | cabinet-office |
| 2018-01-01 | — | Nil Return | cabinet-office |
| 2017-07-01 | — | NIL Return | cabinet-office |
| 2016-07-12 | — | To discuss matters relating to kinship care in the context of the Children and Social Work Bill | cabinet-office |
| 2016-04-01 | — | Discussion of the quality of prisons | cabinet-office |
| 2016-01-01 | — | Discussion of HE policy | cabinet-office |
| 2015-12-10 | — | Discussion on measures in the Welfare Reform Bill | cabinet-office |
| 2015-04-01 | — | Discussion of progress | cabinet-office |
| 2015-04-01 | — | Ministerial Visit to see educational programmes | cabinet-office |
Recent hospitality · latest 20 of 31
| Date | Host | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-01 | — | Arsenal vs Tottenham Hotspurs football tickets and lunch | — |
| 2019-08-16 | — | Ashes cricket tickets and lunch | — |
| 2019-06-06 | — | Lunch | — |
| 2019-05-30 | — | Cricket World Cup tickets | — |
| 2019-04-25 | — | Lunch | — |
| 2019-04-12 | — | Tour of Pinewood Studios and lunch | — |
| 2019-02-07 | — | Lunch | — |
| 2019-01-17 | — | Lunch | — |
| 2019-01-10 | — | Lunch | — |
| 2018-12-18 | — | Ticket for World Darts Championship match | — |
| 2018-11-24 | — | Ticket to England vs Australia rugby match | — |
| 2018-11-21 | — | Light refreshments at drinks reception | — |
| 2018-09-22 | — | 2 x tickets to QPR FC vs Norwich City FC | — |
| 2018-07-04 | — | Light refreshments | — |
| 2018-06-27 | — | Reception | — |
| 2018-05-21 | — | Reception | — |
| 2018-05-09 | — | 1 x ticket to football match at Tottenham Hotspur | — |
| 2018-04-02 | — | 1 x ticket to football match at QPRFC | — |
| 2018-01-09 | — | Lunch | — |
| 2017-10-16 | — | Lunch | — |
Recent gifts
| Date | Gift | From / To | Outcome | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-12-17 | Harrods hamper | H.E Yousef Al-Kharer Ambassador of Qatar | Donated to charity | — |
| 2017-12-01 | Christmas hamper | Govt of Qatar | Donated to charity | — |
Source: gov.uk ministerial transparency returns. Coverage:
HM Treasury and DSIT. Published quarterly under the Ministerial
Code; refreshed monthly on the 7th.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
113 Content(59.8%)
3 Not-Content(1.6%)
73 didn't vote(38.6%)
2026-07-13
Content
142–138
Content
2026-07-13
Content
158–239
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
69–332
Not-Content
2026-03-25
Content
95–137
Not-Content
2026-03-05
Content
193–143
Content
2026-03-05
Content
194–140
Content
2026-03-05
Content
198–139
Content
2026-03-05
Content
208–142
Content
2026-03-05
Content
214–142
Content
2026-01-12
Content
201–169
Content
Source: lordsvotes-api.parliament.uk. "Result" shows the headline
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
My Lords, I am very grateful for the contributions of noble Lords across the House to this debate. A wealth of expertise, experience and passion has been evident throughout.
What came across loud and clear in so many contributions—indeed, it was ackno
My Lords, I am delighted to open this important debate on the Government’s record on education, employment and welfare, as we reach the end of the Starmer premiership and move to the Burnham one.
Over the past two years, an unfortunate pattern has eme
To move that this House takes note of the Government’s record on education, employment and welfare since July 2024.
2026-07-15
Sporting Events Bill [HL]
2026-07-15
Sporting Events Bill [HL]
My Lords, my Amendment 13 is supported by the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, and the noble Lords, Lord Addington and Lord Foulkes. I will also speak in support of Amendments 10 to 12, to which I have added my name. Although it is an unpaid position,
2026-06-22
Sporting Events Bill [HL]
My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 17, 19 and 22 to 25 in my name, on which I am again grateful for the support of the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, and support Amendments 14 and 16 from the noble Lord, Lord Addington, to which I have added my na
2026-06-22
Sporting Events Bill [HL]
My Lords, Amendments 3 and 4 are in my name. I am grateful for the support of the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson. Although it is a pro bono position, I declare my interest as a board member of the London Marathon Foundation.
The purpose of these a
2026-06-03
Sporting Events Bill [HL]
My Lords, although it is a pro bono position, I declare my interest as a board member of the London Marathon Foundation.
Sport, as the Government rightly recognise, has a unique power. It brings people together in a way that little else can. It inspir
2026-04-14
Ministerial Salaries (Amendment) Bill
My Lords, like my noble friend Lord True, I add my support to this Bill. It seeks to rectify situations that, as Leader, I too sought to address but unfortunately did not succeed in doing so. Namely, it amends the law to ensure that Ministers, whether th
2026-02-03
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I shall very briefly add my support to Amendment 243C and, in doing so, declare my interest as a member of the board of the London Marathon Foundation. As we have heard, schools play a crucial role in the formation of lifelong activity habits,
2026-02-03
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I support Amendment 203 in the name of my noble friend Lady Barran. Free schools have played an important role in raising educational standards over the last 15 years, with their benefits felt most strongly in communities that have needed them
2026-01-28
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 191 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Knight, to which I have added my name. In doing so, I declare my interest as honorary president of COBIS. Unfortunately, the noble Lord, Lord Knight, is unable to be here today,
2026-01-28
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I add my support to Amendment 114, which I believe provides a more flexible approach to achieving the Government’s aims of keeping down the cost of school uniforms while ensuring that the legislation before us is better future-proofed to potent
2026-01-14
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, while welcoming the Government’s amendment to ensure that the child’s voice is heard in family group decision-making, I add my support to the amendments in this group in the name of my noble friend Lady Barran.
As we discussed in Committee,
I know we are talking about English football in this debate, but I want to put on record my congratulations to the Scottish team for their epic victory last night and their qualification for the World Cup. Well done to them.
I have a brief question fo
2025-11-10
Curriculum and Assessment Review
My Lords, Progress 8 has been proved to have been a success, and, as my noble friend pointed out, the Francis review is clear that its recommendation is not to make any changes
“to the structure of Progress 8 or the composition of the ‘buckets’”,
y
2025-09-18
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I support the amendments in this group. I declare my interest as a board member of the London Marathon Foundation.
The amendments in this group call for a curriculum review and a national strategy to embed physical activity and sport firmly
2025-09-16
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
I accept what the Minister says—that of course the proposal for new free schools has to be properly interrogated, et cetera— but it has now been nearly a year. She alluded to the fact that some of the issues may be around the tight funding. At the very l
2025-09-16
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I too speak in support of the free schools programme, Amendment 480 and the clause stand part notice in the name of my noble friend Lady Barran.
As we have just heard so powerfully, free schools have been a significant driver of education im
2025-09-10
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I add my support to amendments 444A to C, 445 and 445ZA to ZD, in the name of my noble friend Lady Barran, which seek to rein in the sweeping new powers currently set out in Clause 49 for the Secretary of State to intervene in academy operation
2025-09-10
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I support my noble friend Lady Barran’s proposition that Clause 47 does not stand part of the Bill. Clause 47 as it stands strips academies of one of their key freedoms: the ability to innovate and tailor their curriculum approaches to meet the
2025-09-10
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I add my support to Amendments 436ZA and 436ZB in this group, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Knight. I declare my interest as honorary president of COBIS which, as the noble Lord said, is a member of the British International Schools Safeg
2025-06-17
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I add my support to Amendment 134B, in the name of my noble friend Lady Sanderson. As she said, it seeks to build on the Government’s commitment in Keeping Children Safe, Helping Families Thrive to look at options to reform the planning process
2025-06-12
Post-16 Financial Education
My Lords, we all know how important it is to manage our personal finances in adult life, and I am sure the Minister is aware that research shows that financial education makes young people more confident with money management and helps them to make bette
2025-06-09
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
I support the amendments in this group in the name of my noble friend, which, as she set out, aim to simplify the process for approving kinship carers, balancing the importance of robust safeguards with greater flexibility and discretion within the proce
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Register of Interests · 8 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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Director, Centre for Process Innovation Limited (technology innovation centre) (not paid via NJE Advisory Limited)
registered 2025-10-01
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Chair of the Board, Salix Finance (not paid via NJE Advisory Limited; non-departmental public body)
registered 2024-03-01 · amended 2025-04-05
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Director, NJE Advisory Limited (personal service company through which the paid work in this category is invoiced)
registered 2023-09-21 · amended 2025-04-08
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Senior Adviser, Rud Pedersen Group (European strategic communications firm; the member provides analysis, support and advice to the firm's consultants and clients on the broad development of UK policy and regulation)
registered 2023-04-14 · amended 2025-04-05
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Senior Advisor, Gresham House British Sustainable Infrastructure Funds
registered 2023-03-13 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 6: Gifts, benefits and hospitality
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Contributions to travel, accommodation and associated costs as part of the Lords and Commons cricket team visit to Australia, 26 December 2025 to 5 January 2026, made by Horatius Advisory Limited and Deltroit Asset Management (UK) LLP
registered 2026-01-19
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Honorary membership of Carlton Club, given by Carlton Club (London) Limited, St James's Street, London SW1
registered 2016-10-12 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 7: Miscellaneous financial interests
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The member's husband is the Conservative MP for North West Norfolk
registered 2014-10-29 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2014-09-12 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
2016-07-14 → 2022-09-05
Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal
2015-05-14 → 2016-07-14
Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2016-07-18 → 2019-05-09
Committee for Privileges and Conduct (Lords)
2016-07-18 → 2022-10-12
Committee of Selection (Lords)
2016-07-18 → 2019-10-03
Liaison Committee (Lords)
2016-07-18 → 2016-08-31
House Committee (Lords)
2016-07-18 → 2022-10-20
Procedure and Privileges Committee
2016-09-01 → 2022-10-12
House of Lords Commission
2023-01-31 → 2023-11-23
Education for 11–16 Year Olds Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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APPGs (2026) · 5 active officership(s)
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Genetic Haemochromatosis
Subject Group
|
Officer | Haemochromatosis UK | 4 | 2026-06-11 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Industrial Strategy
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | Hanover Communications | 4 | 2026-02-09 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Outdoor Recreation and Access to Nature
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2026-09-19 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Responsible Credit
Subject Group
|
Officer | Credit Strategy | 4 | 2027-02-15 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Finance
Subject Group
|
Co-Chair | Athena Foundation | 4 | 2027-03-25 |
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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)
3 bills
0 as lead sponsor
3 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early Parliamentary General Election Act 2019 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2019-10-29 | |
| Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Act 2019 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2019-05-08 | |
| European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2017-07-13 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.