The Lord Davies of Gower
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
M
Lord Davies of Gower's full title is The Lord Davies of Gower. His name is Byron Davies, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£7,049
19 days attended across 1 published month
Overnight / accommodation
£1,169
Travel claims
£1,155
Attendance £1,155
Total claimed
£9,373
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
138 Content(73.0%)
5 Not-Content(2.6%)
46 didn't vote(24.3%)
2026-07-22
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64–95
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2026-07-21
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173–234
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2026-04-13
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69–332
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2026-03-05
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193–143
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2026-03-05
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194–140
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2026-03-05
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198–139
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2026-03-05
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208–142
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2026-03-05
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214–142
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2026-02-04
Not-Content
62–295
Not-Content
2026-01-12
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201–169
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2026-01-05
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131–127
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2026-01-05
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194–130
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2026-01-05
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2026-01-05
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210–131
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2026-01-05
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132–124
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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 must begin by saying that the order seems to be a bit of a relic of history. The Government have outlined how they believe it aims to modernise alcohol sales by allowing digital identification for the purposes of age verification at the point
2026-07-23
Prisoner Early Release Scheme
My Lords, I join the Minister and support everything he said in relation to the family of PC Andrew Harper. I note what he said in response to my noble friend Lord Effingham. The Minister is keen to relate everything to the past, but this is about the fu
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, for bringing the Bill before your Lordships’ House today. I begin by declaring an interest: I was a police officer for 32 years, serving in the Metropolitan Police and the then National Crime Sq
2026-07-08
Police Leadership Commission Report
My Lords, I thank the Minister for bringing this Statement to the House today, and I am grateful for the opportunity to ask questions on it. Failures of police leadership are all too evident. Police leadership failed when forces overlooked, ignored and a
2026-07-08
Safe Refugee Routes for Students
My Lords, the Government have recently announced that they will allow communities to sponsor refugees on new asylum routes. Given that we had 93,525 people claiming asylum in the United Kingdom in the year ending March 2026, can the Minister tell the Hou
2026-07-07
Drugging and Sexual Assault of Women
My Lords, it is welcome that the National Crime Agency has investigated these appalling events, and I hope the perpetrators face the full force of the law. However, does the Minister accept that the NCA’s job of investigating and preventing organised sex
2026-07-07
Registration of Births and Deaths (England and Wales) (Specified Requirements) Regulations 2026
I thank the Minister for introducing these regulations. They are not particularly controversial, so the noble Lord will be delighted to hear that it will be easier to deal with them than with other matters we have before us at times.
These regulations
2026-07-07
Registration of Births and Deaths (England and Wales) (Specified Requirements) Regulations 2026
I have no further issues to raise, but I will make a comment. I have used the government verification system recently, and it is an absolute nightmare. If nothing else, I wish they could make it a lot easier, because you almost have to have a degree in m
My Lords, the order has been brought before Parliament to correct an error in a previous piece of secondary legislation—the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment, Surrender and Compensation) (England and Wales) Order 2025—which we deba
2026-06-30
National Security (State Threats) Bill
My Lords, I have already made it clear that the way the Government have dealt with this Bill is unfortunate, so I will not dwell on that any longer. The amendments in this group reflect the concerns that the Opposition have raised with the Government on
2026-06-30
National Security (State Threats) Bill
Amendment 21, as stated previously, would close yet another legislative gap in the Bill, a gap that was recognised 20 years ago and subsequently rectified in the Terrorism Act 2006. I remain unconvinced by the Government’s justification for opposing our
2026-06-30
National Security (State Threats) Bill
I thank the noble Lords, Lord Walney and Lord Verdirame, and my noble friend Lord Pickles, for their support, and I thank the Minister for his response. I listened to what the noble Lords, Lord Marks and Lord Carlile of Berriew, had to say about this. Ho
2026-06-30
National Security (State Threats) Bill
Should it come before a court, the court would have to decide. Further than that I cannot comment, but I take on board what the noble Lord says.
Getting back to what I was saying, such provisions already exist for proscribed organisations under Sectio
2026-06-30
National Security (State Threats) Bill
2026-06-30
National Security (State Threats) Bill
I am not well-acquainted with this article of clothing.
2026-06-30
National Security (State Threats) Bill
My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate. It is vital to our national security that those who assist bodies designated under this Bill are appropriately and effectively punished. The Terrorism Act 2000 has no prohibited purpo
2026-06-29
Immigration and Asylum: Appeals
I am grateful to the Minister for his Answer. What steps will the Government take, through the recruitment and vetting process, to ensure that adjudicators are genuinely independent and impartial, and to guard against the new authority becoming dominated
2026-06-29
Immigration and Asylum: Appeals
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of replacing immigration judges with adjudicators on the consistency of asylum appeal decisions; what qualifications, if any, adjudicators will be required to have; and what
2026-06-23
National Security (State Threats) Bill
My Lords, I begin by welcoming at long last the Government’s decision to bring this legislation forward. I say “at long last” advisedly and not as mere partisan point-scoring. This House will recall that the Opposition pressed the Government on no fewer
2026-06-22
Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office
My Lords, I hear what the Minister says. However, these convictions do not come in isolation; they follow a series of recent incidents involving alleged Chinese state-linked activity in the UK, including espionage prosecutions and reports of surveillance
2026-06-17
State of Extremism Report
My Lords, the Protecting What Matters document says that
“we must be clear that we are a society built on shared values”.
Do the Government accept that Britain is about far more than just shared values? Social cohesion relies upon a shared sense of
My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 113. It has been on a bit of a circuitous tour of groupings, but I am pleased to say that it is back in group 1. I declare my membership of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. I am vice-president, and I apologi
My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 65A, through which I am pleased to have the opportunity to address the issue of instrument training. I confess that it is a dry subject, but it is essential and falls within the scope of group 5.
The CAA publishe
My Lords, the Minister will be delighted to hear that His Majesty’s Official Opposition do not oppose this order, and I am grateful to the Minister for bringing it before the Committee.
Families travelling through our major ports during the school hol
My Lords, now that the Government have published the National Security (State Threats) Bill, I can confirm to the Minister that His Majesty’s Opposition will work with the Government to ensure that the Bill can progress swiftly. I do have a few concerns,
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Register of Interests · 2 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 3: Land and property
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Private dwelling in Cardiff Bay from which rental income is received
registered 2019-11-12 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 5: Overseas visits
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Visit to Taiwan, 28 March-3 April 2026, as member of the British/Taiwanese APPG to meet the President, cabinet ministers and opposition members of parliament;
flights, accommodation and meals paid for by the Government of Taiwan
registered 2026-04-21
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Party history
2015-05-07 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
2023-11-14 → 2024-07-05
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
2022-09-22 → 2023-11-13
Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
Opposition posts
2024-11-11 → present
Shadow Minister (Home Office)
2024-07-08 → 2024-11-05
Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
Committee memberships
2015-07-13 → 2017-05-03
Welsh Affairs Committee
2016-10-31 → 2017-05-03
Home Affairs Committee
2020-02-13 → 2022-09-26
Public Services Committee
Contact
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APPGs (2026) · 8 active officership(s) · 13 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group Genocide Prevention
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2026-07-26 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Romania
Country, Area or Region Group
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Vice Chair | UK/Romania Business | 4 | 2027-05-21 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Western Gateway
Subject Group
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Co-Chair | Grasshopper Communications · The Western Gateway | 4 | 2026-05-07 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Aviation
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | APPG on Aviation in the previous Parliament | 4 | 2027-02-23 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Children in Wales
Subject Group
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Secretary | — | 4 | 2026-06-05 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fair Banking
Subject Group
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Officer | Athena Foundation | 4 | 2026-11-24 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on General Aviation
Subject Group
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Co-Chair | — | 9 | 2023-05-07 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Maritime and Ports
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | Maritime UK | 4 | 2026-08-01 |
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
Showing
9
of 9 tabled
9 answered(100.0%)
2
departments
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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
3 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automated Vehicles Act 2024 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2023-11-08 | |
| Pedicabs (London) Act 2024 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2023-11-08 | |
| Farriers (Registration) Act 2017 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2016-06-29 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.