The Lord Reay
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Reay's full title is The Lord Reay. His name is Aeneas Simon MacKay, 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.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
123 Content(65.1%)
5 Not-Content(2.6%)
61 didn't vote(32.3%)
2026-07-21
Content
173–234
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
69–332
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
2026-01-05
Content
194–130
Content
2026-01-05
Content
168–178
Not-Content
2026-01-05
Content
210–131
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
2026-09-17
Prison and Probation Service
My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Farmer for introducing this debate and all noble Lords for their speeches today, with congratulations to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Leveson of Liverpool, on his excellent maiden speech.
The capacity of pris
2026-09-16
Railways Bill
My Lords, I thank the noble Baronesses, Lady Jones and Lady Willis, and the noble Earl, Lord Russell, for their amendments. There are parts of the railway that are vulnerable to flooding, extreme weather and other climate risks. GBR clearly needs to und
2026-09-10
Railways Bill
My Lords, I thank my noble friends Lord Evans of Guisborough, Lord Lansley and Lord Grayling for their amendments in this group. I will address Amendments 41, 42 and 44 first.
The Government have repeatedly emphasised the importance of independent reg
My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have added their names to the amendments and who have spoken in this debate. Both amendments in this group are underpinned by the same principle that national security and national technological capabilities deserve
My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Harding of Winscombe for her amendment, to which the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, has added her name. We believe that this is a straightforward amendment. If we are to tackle cyber attacks seriously and to create a
2026-07-06
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, we support the questions that this probing amendment is asking. My noble friend Lord Massey of Hampstead has put forward a sensible and important amendment, because it asks the Government and the FCA to consider the practical effects of the Bil
2026-06-29
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, I first declare that I own some shares in JP Morgan, where I used to work, and some energy shares, as set out in the register.
It will probably come as no surprise to the Committee that we broadly disagree with the approach taken in this gro
My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing this debate and the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey, for her amendment. This SI addresses the implications for Northern Ireland of the Government’s decision not to follow the Minamata Convention on Mercury on phas
2025-01-13
Great British Energy Bill
My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 131 tabled by my noble friend Lord Lilley, to which I have added my name. It would require GB Energy to publish a report on the projected costs of long-duration energy storage. I regret that I was unable to speak at Se
2024-12-11
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
My Lords, the United Kingdom constitution recognises two broad classes of Peer: the Lords spiritual and the Lords temporal. I do not often think of myself as a Lord temporal, but perhaps I should, as it has a certain to ring to it. It even has echoes of
2024-12-09
Football Governance Bill [HL]
My Lords, I wish to speak briefly to Amendment 249, laid down by the noble Lord, Lord Mann, and Amendment 156 from the noble Lord, Lord Bassam. Regrettably, I was not able to participate at Second Reading, for which I apologise. I declare an interest as
2024-11-12
House of Lords Reform
My Lords, democracy is a strange animal: an animal of which no perfect specimen exists anywhere, nor ever has or ever could. It is an animal that is different from one country to the next, because countries have different histories, social and cultural c
My Lords, I am very pleased to support this Private Member’s Bill, introduced by my noble friend Lady Altmann, which seeks to remove investment companies from the scope of AIFMD, and exclude them also from PRIIPs and CCI disclosure, including concerning
2023-06-16
Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the wise words of my noble friend Lords Lucas and a great privilege to participate in the debate on this Bill brought forward by my noble friend Lady Fookes, for whom I have great admiration—and I am not just sa
2023-03-21
British Banking Sector
My Lords, is my noble friend the Minister confident that the risk controls at the UK fintechs are adequate, given the current challenging conditions in the global financial markets?
2023-03-21
British Banking Sector
My Lords—
2023-02-08
Business of the House
Could the Leader of the House kindly let us know how many Select Committee reports have been debated so far and how many are outstanding?
2023-01-20
Net Zero (Industry and Regulators Committee)
My Lords, it is an honour to follow the noble Lord, Lord Hollick, in a debate on our committee’s inaugural report. I thank him for his chairing of the committee and for this report, which highlights the significant challenges of meeting the Government’s
My Lords, I have spoken previously in the House in Committee and at Second Reading of the Health and Care Bill about how the Government’s water fluoridation policy is considered to be misguided by numerous eminent scientists in the UK and overseas, inclu
2022-01-31
Health and Care Bill
My Lords, I have added my name in opposition to Clauses 147 and 148 standing part of the Bill—tabled by my noble friend Lady McIntosh of Pickering and supported by the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb. These clauses enshrine the Government’s in
2021-12-07
Health and Care Bill
My Lords, I extend a warm welcome to the noble Lord, Lord Stevens, although like my noble friend Lady McIntosh, I respectfully disagree on the topic of water fluoridation, a measure that I strongly oppose and that I will focus on tonight.
It is disapp
2021-03-23
Audit and Corporate Governance
My Lords, the White Paper proposals place onerous obligations on directors of larger businesses. Does my noble friend the Minister share my concerns that the reforms will discourage candidates, due to the increased and unnecessary liability? Further, doe
The noble Lord, Lord Grocott, clearly was not listening to the first line of my speech, in which I specifically declared that I had participated in a by-election. Perhaps he would like to check the record.
My Lords, I am delighted to participate in today’s debate and mention my interest as a hereditary Peer, elevated by way of an election of the whole House a little over 12 months ago. It will not be much of a surprise that I do not support the Bill from t
2019-10-28
Shared Rural Network
My Lords, I have a property on the North Lancashire/Cumbria border, and we are serviced by a small community broadband provider which provides the fastest download speeds in the UK—so we get full fibreoptic provided by B4RN, known as Broadband for the R
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Register of Interests · 16 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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Member of Lloyd's (property, liability, marine, energy, accident and health)
registered 2019-02-28 · amended 2025-04-05
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Designated Member, Montrose Advisers LLP (financial advisory consultancy) (dormant from 17 October 2025)
registered 2019-02-28 · amended 2026-07-10
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Director, Montrose Advisers (UK) Limited (shareholder of Montrose Advisers LLP) (dormant from 1 October 2025)
registered 2019-02-28 · amended 2026-07-10
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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Montrose Advisers (UK) Limited (shareholder of Montrose Advisers LLP) (interest ceased 1 October 2025)
registered 2019-02-28 · amended 2026-07-10
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Montrose Advisers LLP (financial advisory consultancy) (interest ceased 17 October 2025)
registered 2019-02-28 · amended 2026-07-10
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (b)
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BluEnergies Ltd (oil and gas)
registered 2026-07-10
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Equinox Gold Corp (interest ceased 9 July 2026)
registered 2025-07-14 · amended 2026-07-10
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Element 29 Resources Inc (copper exploration and development)
registered 2025-07-14 · amended 2026-07-10
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Forte Minerals Corp (copper and gold exploration in Peru)
registered 2025-07-14 · amended 2026-07-10
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ScreenHits Limited (technology)
registered 2024-05-16 · amended 2026-06-22
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CanCambria Energy (natural gas exploration and production)
registered 2024-05-15 · amended 2026-07-10
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JPMorgan (financial services)
registered 2019-02-28 · amended 2025-04-05
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Jardine Matheson Holdings (trading company in Asia)
registered 2019-02-28 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (d)
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Aviva plc (insurance)
registered 2025-07-14 · amended 2026-07-10
Category 3: Land and property
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Beneficiary of family trust interests which own land and residential property in Lancashire and the Netherlands
registered 2019-02-28 · amended 2025-04-05
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Flat in London W2 from which rental income is received
registered 2019-02-28 · amended 2025-04-05
Source: UK Parliament Members API (Lords register). Refreshed weekly.
Read the full
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for what each category covers and the disclosure thresholds.
Party history
2019-01-28 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
2026-06-22 → present
Opposition Whip (Lords)
Committee memberships
2021-04-14 → 2024-01-31
Industry and Regulators Committee
2023-01-31 → 2026-01-27
Finance Committee (Lords)
2023-06-08 → 2023-07-07
Bishop's Stortford Cemetery Bill [HL]
Contact
Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s) · 2 historic
Not currently an officer of any active APPG. Was officer of 2 group(s) historically — those rotated off in later snapshots.
Written parliamentary questions · 2026
Showing
6
of 6 tabled
6 answered(100.0%)
2
departments
2026-07-23
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Blue Planet Fund
Answered
2026-07-23
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
British International Investment
Answered
2026-07-23
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Climate Change: Finance
Answered
2026-07-23
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
British International Investment
Answered
2026-07-23
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
British International Investment
Answered
2026-07-23
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Global Biodiversity Framework Fund
Answered
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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)
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported on record.
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.