The Lord Sharpe of Epsom OBE
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Sharpe of Epsom's full title is The Lord Sharpe of Epsom OBE. His name is Andrew Sharpe, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£6,678
18 days attended across 1 published month
Travel claims
£130
Attendance £130
Total claimed
£6,808
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
117 Content(61.9%)
8 Not-Content(4.2%)
64 didn't vote(33.9%)
2026-07-22
Content
64–95
Not-Content
2026-07-21
Content
173–234
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
69–332
Not-Content
2026-03-25
Content
95–137
Not-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
2026-09-15
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, as we come to the end of Report, I once again place on record my thanks to noble Lords on all sides of the House for their engagement with the passage of this Bill. Up to this point, we have had a very chummy time with a lot of cosy consensus,
2026-09-15
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, I am again grateful to the Minister for his response and, indeed, to the noble Lord, Lord Fox, for his comments. On the ESG impositions and the general risk of coercion of smaller businesses by larger ones, I accept that these are already prohi
2026-09-15
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, I begin by reiterating my support for the Government’s position on retention payments. We support the right to the free exchange of goods and services and the right of firms to enter into mutually agreed contracts, but it is also clear that ret
2026-09-15
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
2026-09-15
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, again I am grateful to the Minister for his very comprehensive response. I am also grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Fox, for explaining his Amendment 35 and for digging out yet another example of an Act that governs the definitions of small bus
2026-09-15
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, this group of amendments revisits the issue of the definitions of different-sized businesses. I note the new amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Fox, which highlights the same concerns as we raised in Committee.
Those concerns rema
2026-09-15
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
2026-09-15
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, as ever, I am grateful to the Minister for his response and, in particular, for the last piece that he mentioned, which is very welcome news, and I appreciate the clarification. As I outlined in my opening speech, a number of questions remain
2026-09-15
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, I will speak to this group on behalf of my noble friend Lord Holmes of Richmond, who sends his apologies to the House for his absence today. Before I begin, I note my gratitude to the Minister, who has been incredibly receptive in listening to
2026-09-15
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
2026-09-15
Speciality Steel UK
My Lords, I thank the Minister for the Statement. I should say at the outset that, above all, our thoughts are with the more than 1,300 employees of Speciality Steel UK and their families, who once again face considerable uncertainty about their future.
My Lords, let me take this opportunity, first, to welcome the Minister to his place, and, if I may be so bold, to thank the noble Lord, Lord Alton, for securing this debate and introducing it so comprehensively. I do not think that any Member of this Hou
My Lords, I am enormously grateful to the Minister, who actually answered my questions. I hope that that is not a bad sign. Is that a bad sign? I think that we should be told.
That was a spirited and enjoyable debate, and I thank everybody who took p
My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for explaining and introducing the statutory instruments, to the first of which, as he has noted, I have tabled a regret amendment. The instruments risk making it easier, quicker and cheaper for unions to secu
At end to insert “but that this House regrets that the draft Order introduces electronic and workplace voting for statutory trade union ballots which risks making industrial action easier to authorise without sufficient safeguards for ballot integrity
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
I totally understand where the noble Lord is coming from, of course, and I think we have indicated already that we are broadly supportive of the direction of travel. What he is in effect saying is that the suppliers have to behave better, reduce defects
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Lansley for speaking in this debate and introducing his amendments. Banning retention payments is one of the key changes that this Bill will introduce, but it is also one of the most contested, so I will begin by ou
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Holmes of Richmond for this amendment. I am sorry that noble Lords have caught me eating a toffee, which was a terrible error.
The ability to charge statutory interest on late payments was established by the Late
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, for introducing his amendment. I cannot really improve on what has already been said, except to say that this issue has been raised with His Majesty’s Opposition in the
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his explanation and for the context around some of the amendments that he has provided. I thank all noble Lords who spoke in the debate, especially my noble friend Lord Holmes. I will be brief in response.
I
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, it is a pleasure to introduce group 4, which primarily covers the important issue of the definitions of different sized businesses. Before I open that debate, I will touch on the other amendments in this group.
Amendment 18, which was signed
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, I am also grateful to the Minister for his comprehensive explanation. I am pleased that this tidying-up exercise, if you will, around existing legislation is happening, because that forms the basis of all the amendments in the group that we ar
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, I will begin by picking up where I left off in group 1, by briefly touching upon Amendment 7 in the name of my noble friend Lord Holmes of Richmond. Just as we should not define a payment as complete until it has passed through an intermediary
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Holmes of Richmond for introducing this debate. I welcome all noble Lords back for what will, I am sure, be a productive Committee stage.
I shall begin with Amendment 1. I understand the principle behind my noble
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Register of Interests · 7 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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Speaking engagement, 21 April 2026, Nikkei Europe Executive Round Table, London
registered 2026-04-22
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Adviser, VinDo Technology (defence and national security technology) (the member advises on business configuration, routes to market, exit strategies, fund raising, and market and sector trends and developments)
registered 2025-10-16
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Chairman, Smarti Environmental Limited (sanitation technology)
registered 2025-10-01 · amended 2025-10-02
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Non-executive director, Battenhall Limited (public relations)
registered 2025-09-15
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Adviser, Primary Access & Research Ltd (venture capital and corporate risk) (the member writes occasional research articles on political matters and facilitates venture capital fundraising)
registered 2025-05-14
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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Battenhall Limited (public relations)
registered 2020-10-13 · amended 2025-09-15
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (b)
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Primary Access & Research Limited
registered 2020-10-13 · 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
2020-09-15 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
2022-09-21 → 2024-07-05
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
2021-10-08 → 2022-09-20
Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
Opposition posts
2026-07-22 → present
Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)
2024-11-11 → 2026-07-22
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
2024-09-01 → 2024-11-10
Shadow Minister of State (Home Office)
Committee memberships
2021-10-13 → 2021-11-18
Charities Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
sharpea@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 5353 · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Financial Markets and Services
Subject Group
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Officer | Industry Advisory Group | 4 | 2027-02-21 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Ocean
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | Tendo Consulting | 4 | 2027-01-04 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cyber Security and Business Resilience
Subject Group
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Officer | Royal Holloway · Wychwood Consulting Ltd | 3 | 2027-02-14 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Maldives
Country, Area or Region Group
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Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2026-09-20 |
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
46
of 46 tabled
46 answered(100.0%)
8
departments
2026-07-23
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Business: Billing
Answered
2026-07-23
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Small Businesses
Answered
2026-07-23
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Small Businesses
Answered
2026-07-23
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Business: Billing
Answered
2026-07-23
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Business: Billing
Answered
2026-06-01
Department for Business and Trade
Small Businesses: Occupational Health
Answered
2026-06-01
Department for Business and Trade
Small Businesses: Occupational Health
Answered
2026-03-25
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Coking Coal: Production
Answered
2026-02-23
Department for Business and Trade
Iron and Steel: Cost Effectiveness
Answered
2026-02-12
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Visitor Levy
Answered
2026-02-12
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Visitor Levy
Answered
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by Parliament's own system when the asking member has a register entry
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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)
4 bills
1 as lead sponsor
3 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2023-12-07 | |
| Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Act 2024 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2023-11-08 | |
| National Security Act 2023 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2022-05-11 | |
| Public Order Act 2023 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2022-05-11 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.