The Lord Shinkwin
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Shinkwin's full title is The Lord Shinkwin. His name is Kevin Joseph Maximilian Shinkwin, 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
£1,500
Travel claims
£1,320
Attendance £1,320
Total claimed
£9,869
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
147 Content(77.8%)
6 Not-Content(3.2%)
36 didn't vote(19.0%)
2026-09-08
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26–63
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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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2026-07-13
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142–138
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2026-07-13
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158–239
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2026-04-13
Not-Content
69–332
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2026-03-25
Content
95–137
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2026-03-05
Content
194–140
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2026-03-05
Content
198–139
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2026-03-05
Content
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
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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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168–178
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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
2026-09-17
Independent Schools: Tax Changes
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Black of Brentwood, although I probably cannot match his passion and clarity. I join others in congratulating my noble friend Lord Lexden on securing this debate. As someone who benefited fr
2026-09-09
Israel and Palestine
My Lords, the Statement refers to an additional £250 million of investment for community security. Is that not an implicit recognition that this announcement on the boycott will fuel, and indeed legitimise, further anti-Jewish racism directed against Bri
2026-09-09
Israel and Palestine
My Lords—
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lady Maclean of Redditch. I want to take a slightly a bigger picture view to explain why I support the Motion. My greatest fear, as a severely disabled person, is that the overall benefits bill, partic
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Moraes, and I join other noble Lords in paying tribute to our much-loved noble friend, the late Lord Mackay of Clashfern. I also congratulate my noble friend Lord Strathclyde on the powerful call
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to be able to speak in support of the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter, twice in the same week. I do so today because I start from the premise that transparency is inherently a good thing.
Transparency in lobbying is not on
2026-06-30
National Security (State Threats) Bill
My Lords, I will speak to the amendments in group 1 in the name of various noble Lords, including, of course, the noble Lord, Lord Alton of Liverpool. I say “of course” in tribute to the noble Lord’s indefatigable illumination of the threat posed to this
2026-06-25
Unemployment: People with Autism
My Lords, I speak as the co-chair of the APPG on disability employment. One initiative that would benefit people with autism and disabled people in general, and which was in both the Labour manifesto and the 2024 King’s Speech, is an equality, ethnicity
My Lords, in the event of our being at war, which some experts suggest is increasingly likely by 2030, the massive and urgent recalibration of resources to defence will inevitably mean that those who need most support due to their disability will be hit
2026-06-23
National Security (State Threats) Bill
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Gill, in what has been an informative, if alarming, debate—alarming because it has highlighted the degree to which the freedoms which my grandparents’ generation fought and died for are now un
My Lords, I too congratulate the right reverend Primate on securing this important debate and on her thought-provoking speech. She and others have referred to the Pope’s encyclical on AI, which states:
“technology is never neutral, because it takes on
2026-05-14
King’s Speech
My Lords, my noble friend Lord Hunt of Wirral mentioned value for money. Taxpayers’ and businesses’ confidence to contribute to economic growth, whether through the consumption of goods and services, investment or job creation, must go hand in hand with
My Lords, I rise to speak in support of my noble friend’s Amendments 268 and 287. In doing so, I should say that, although I welcome them, the fact that we are considering them this evening makes me sad, because they should not be necessary. The fact tha
2026-03-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I am mindful that noble Lords will be counting down the minutes to the start of a well-earned Easter Recess, so I will keep my remarks as short as I can. I hope I will be forgiven if I do not refer to individual contributions, but I was struck
2026-03-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I make it clear at the outset that I do not intend to press my Amendment 193. I also support the other amendments in this group and look forward to learning and listening, as I am sure the noble and learned Lord does, before I wind up at the en
2026-03-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
2026-03-20
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 167 in the name of my noble friend Lady Fraser of Craigmaddie. In doing so, I should make it clear that I support the other amendments in this group, and I join other noble Lords in saying how good it is to see my nob
2026-03-13
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, Amendments 162, 194 and 858 are in my name, and I should make clear that I do not intend to move them. Amendment 162 proposes that, where a person has Down syndrome or a learning disability, a registered medical practitioner must not initiate,
2026-03-04
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton. That she spoke as powerfully as she did—and I hope to echo some of her words—draws attention to the fact that so few of us in this House have a severe disability and therefore look at
2026-03-04
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 344A in my name, which neatly follows on from that of my noble friend Lord Blencathra. I begin by saying how grateful I am for the expressions of support from across your Lordships’ House when I introduced this amendme
2026-03-04
Crime and Policing Bill
I thank the Minister for that. Can he give an undertaking to the House that this non-statutory review will consult disabled people on their experiences? Can he write to me, and put a copy of the letter in the Library, saying which disability organisation
2026-02-06
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I thank the noble and learned Lord for mentioning the importance of listening. I also thank him for the fact that, in dismissing every single amendment that your Lordships have considered, he has reminded the House of the extent to which he is listening.
2026-02-06
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I rise to support Amendment 105 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, to which I have added my name. I am saddened by the prejudice we have heard expressed by Members of your Lordships’ House this morning. For those of us wit
My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 165A in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, and I thank him for tabling it. As a wheelchair user, I know from first-hand experience that if you cannot move around your own home or get out, to socialis
2026-01-26
Holocaust Memorial Day
My Lords, it is a pleasure and a privilege to follow the right reverend Prelate, and I congratulate her on her excellent and poignant maiden speech. As we have heard, she joins us with a wealth of pastoral experience, both in her current role, since 2025
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Party history
2015-10-14 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2016-05-25 → 2017-03-25
Financial Exclusion Committee
2024-10-31 → present
Ecclesiastical Committee
Contact
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APPGs (2026) · 11 active officership(s) · 7 historic
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
Showing
16
of 16 tabled
16 answered(100.0%)
3
departments
2026-02-25
Department of Health and Social Care
Prosthetics: Health Professions
Answered
2026-02-25
Department of Health and Social Care
Prosthetics: Health Professions
Answered
2026-02-02
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Arts Council England: Staff
Answered
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workforce Information (Ethnicity) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2023-11-23 | |
| Workforce Information Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2020-02-03 | |
| Abortion (Disability Equality) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2017-07-11 | |
| Abortion (Disability Equality) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | Report stage | 2016-05-25 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.