The Earl of Minto
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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The Earl of Minto's full title is The Earl of Minto. His name is Gilbert Timothy George Lariston Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 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
112 Content(59.3%)
5 Not-Content(2.6%)
72 didn't vote(38.1%)
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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41–118
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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
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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
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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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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
2026-09-15
Ukraine and Russia
My Lords, I thank the Minister for giving us the opportunity to ask questions on this Statement. I first pay tribute to the British service member who tragically died in a road traffic accident in Ukraine on Saturday. It is a truly saddening affair when
My Lords, I too take this opportunity to welcome the Minister to the Dispatch Box. I look forward to having many instructive exchanges with her.
The crux of the matter under consideration in these regulations is, as has already been mentioned, the sub
2026-09-08
Armed Forces Bill
My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Smith of Newnham, is once again highlighting an issue that we have spent a significant amount of time debating in your Lordships’ House. The glaring hole in the funding of the DIP has to be addressed. The funding issues
2026-09-08
Armed Forces Bill
Briefly, my Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, has raised some important issues in these amendments. Between 1999 and 2025 there were only seven years in which more people joined the regular forces than left them, and the strategic defence review wa
2026-09-08
Armed Forces Bill
My Lords, I, too, have signed both of the amendments tabled by the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Norwich because I believe that they have identified two important gaps in the law.
Section 90 of the Police Act 1996 creates the offence of imperso
2026-09-08
Armed Forces Bill
My Lords, I turn first to Amendment 56, tabled by the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Craig of Radley, and supported by my noble friend Lord Harlech. I am pleased to be able to say that we on these Benches support this amendment. We have already waived the
2026-09-08
Armed Forces Bill
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford, and to the noble Baronesses, Lady Brinton and Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, for tabling these amendments. This group gives us an opportunity to discuss a complex but very important area
2026-09-08
Armed Forces Bill
My Lords, much has been said by noble Lords, noble and gallant Lords, me and my noble friend Lord De Mauley about the importance of the continuation of the voluntary nature of the RFCAs. This is not because I wish to sound like a stuck record; it is out
2026-09-08
Armed Forces Bill
My Lords, I have already argued at some length that I do not believe that the Government’s proposed alterations to the characters of the reserve forces and cadets associations is sound policy. Much like my noble friend Lord De Mauley and the noble Barone
2026-09-08
Armed Forces Bill
My Lords, I am again most grateful to my noble friends Lord Harlech, Lady Penn and Lord De Mauley for these amendments. As with my response to the last group, I completely share my noble friends’ desire to support the reserves wherever possible. I am ab
2026-09-08
Armed Forces Bill
My Lords, I shall also speak to Amendments 40, 41 and 45, tabled in the name of my noble friends Lord Harlech, Lord De Mauley and Lady Penn. My noble friend Lord Harlech has long been a doughty and most effective champion of our Reserve Forces. These Ben
2026-09-08
Armed Forces Bill
My Lords, I am most grateful to the Minister—who, as we all know, has huge respect across this House—for his reply, with his customary passion and belief in the position he takes, and to all noble Lords from all sides of the Committee, even the non-affil
2026-09-08
Armed Forces Bill
My Lords, I rise to oppose the question that Clause 38 and Schedule 6 stand part of the Bill. These provisions would abolish the 13 reserve forces and cadets associations and the Council of Reserve Forces and Cadets Associations and replace them with a s
2026-09-08
Armed Forces Bill
Can I just confirm that we are talking about something in addition to, rather than instead of?
2026-09-08
Armed Forces Bill
My Lords, I do not have too much to say on this group of two government amendments, so I will keep it brief.
I understand entirely why the Government wish to allow call-out notices to be sent by email. The Minister has given us an excellent explanatio
2026-07-15
National Shipbuilding Strategy
My Lords, Sir John Parker’s core message was absolutely clear: the British shipyards need a steady drum beat of orders, and the MoD must give a direction of travel. Shipbuilding now faces a yawning uncertainty, exacerbated by the defence investment plan.
2026-07-06
Armed Forces Bill
Well, yes.
I was saying that the money is not available now and the rest of it is to be financed by as yet unknown efficiency savings. The departments that have apparently been required to reduce their capital spending have not yet identified what the
2026-07-06
Armed Forces Bill
My Lords, we are dealing with a very different situation globally from what we were dealing with then. There was not a country in the western world that was not making savings on defence at that time.
2026-07-06
Armed Forces Bill
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his engagement with me and my noble friend Lady Goldie on the measures in the Bill. I extend my thanks to the officials for their professional and insightful briefing on the Bill. I reiterate at the outset that His Maj
My Lords, while I accept what the Minister has said about current investment, there is a continuing delay in defence investment and orders, which not only is damaging to the Government’s relationship with the home defence industry but risks pushing urgen
2026-02-04
China and Japan
My Lords, given the profound uncertainty surrounding the UK’s treaty with Mauritius in respect of the Chagos Islands, can the noble Baroness the Lord Privy Seal confirm that further consideration of this Bill will not resume until the necessary amendment
2025-06-03
Strategic Defence Review
My Lords, first, I add to the widespread praise that the noble Lord, Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, General Sir Richard Barrons and Dr Hill have rightly received for leading and delivering this comprehensive and thorough strategic defence review document.
2025-06-03
Diego Garcia Military Base
My Lords, this is an extremely important Statement concerning the future sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory. I begin by expressing my disappointment with the Government’s handling of the timing of this announcement. This is a matter of nat
2025-06-03
UK Nuclear Deterrent
My Lords, on these Benches we wholeheartedly welcome the Government’s ironclad commitment to the nuclear deterrent and its modernisation. It is the backbone of our military deterrence capabilities and is so valuable to all our NATO allies. But we know th
My Lords, what an honour it is to follow the Minister, the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, in this most apposite of debates. I thank him for moving the Motion to commemorate the final surrender of the malign Nazi forces and their acolytes, which brought to a co
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Register of Interests · 2 entries on file
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Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
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Chairman, Argyll Strategy Ltd (business intelligence and strategic communications)
registered 2025-10-13
Category 3: Land and property
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Land and four residential buildings in Roxburghshire, Scottish Borders
registered 2022-11-09 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2022-10-25 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
2023-11-14 → 2024-07-05
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
2023-03-27 → 2023-11-13
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Opposition posts
2026-06-17 → present
Shadow Minister (Defence)
2024-09-01 → 2026-04-29
Shadow Minister (Defence)
Committee memberships
None recorded.
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
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