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The Lord Raval OBE

Labour Member of the House of Lords M
Lord Raval's full title is The Lord Raval OBE. His name is Kumar Sureshchandra Raval, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.

Allowance claims · 2026

Daily attendance allowance £0
20 days attended across 1 published month
Travel claims £376
Attendance £376
Total claimed £376
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.

Lords votes · 2026

189 divisions 5 Content(2.6%) 139 Not-Content(73.5%) 45 didn't vote(23.8%)
2026-09-09
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188–125 Content
2026-09-09
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196–138 Content
2026-09-09
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226–162 Content
2026-09-09
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2026-09-07
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2026-09-07
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2026-09-07
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2026-09-03
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2026-07-20
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2026-07-20
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2026-07-20
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2026-07-15
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2026-07-15
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2026-07-15
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2026-07-08
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2026-04-23
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199–146 Content
2026-04-23
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2026-04-23
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2026-04-23
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2026-04-23
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2026-04-23
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2026-04-23
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2026-04-22
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2026-04-20
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2026-04-20
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2026-04-20
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2026-04-20
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2026-04-20
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2026-04-20
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2026-04-20
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2026-04-16
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2026-04-16
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2026-04-16
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2026-04-16
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2026-04-16
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2026-04-15
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2026-04-15
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2026-04-13
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2026-04-13
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2026-04-13
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2026-04-13
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2026-04-13
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2026-04-13
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2026-04-13
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2026-04-13
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2026-04-13
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2026-03-26
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2026-03-25
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2026-03-24
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2026-03-24
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2026-03-24
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2026-03-24
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2026-03-23
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2026-03-23
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2026-03-23
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2026-03-23
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2026-03-19
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2026-03-19
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2026-03-18
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83–64 Content
2026-03-18
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2026-03-18
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2026-03-18
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70–166 Not-Content
2026-03-18
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180–58 Content
2026-03-18
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2026-03-18
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220–191 Content
2026-03-16
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201–177 Content
2026-03-16
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276–165 Content
2026-03-11
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44–153 Not-Content
2026-03-11
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163–153 Content
2026-03-11
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227–221 Content
2026-03-11
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215–180 Content
2026-03-10
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189–157 Content
2026-03-10
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217–170 Content
2026-03-10
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252–171 Content
2026-03-10
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257–174 Content
2026-03-10
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273–180 Content
2026-03-09
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40–123 Not-Content
2026-03-09
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68–183 Not-Content
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2026-03-04
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2026-03-04
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2026-03-04
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2026-03-02
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192–155 Content
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2026-02-25
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172–148 Content
2026-02-25
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2026-02-25
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213–150 Content
2026-02-25
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205–188 Content
2026-02-25
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86–178 Not-Content
2026-02-24
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78–246 Not-Content
2026-02-10
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186–251 Not-Content
2026-02-10
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188–258 Not-Content
2026-01-14
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59–127 Not-Content
2026-01-14
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213–211 Content
2026-01-14
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278–176 Content
2026-01-06
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41–97 Not-Content
2026-01-06
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180–219 Not-Content
2026-01-06
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182–209 Not-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 5

2026-06-05 Artificial Intelligence: Impact on Human Relationships and Society
My Lords, I, too, commend the most reverend Primate on this debate. In 2017, when I was an outsider facilitating the College of Bishops, I found her to be a welcome voice of wisdom. She struck me even then as one to heed, and her remarks today show why.
2025-11-20 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill
My Lords, I welcome the Bill and commend the Government on bringing forward a serious and long-awaited framework to decarbonise a sector that accounts, as the Minister said, for its ever-rising share of our national emissions. Before I turn to aviatio
2025-10-30 National Curriculum: Religious Education
My Lords, one in three secondary schools now teaches little or no religious education, even though, as we have just heard, incidents against faith groups have doubled in the past year. Does the Minister not agree that it is high time we invested in the o
2025-04-30 Kashmir: Increasing Tension
My Lords, no words will assuage the terrible pain of the families who have lost loved ones in this atrocity, or the feelings of a country that is united in mourning, including people across creeds. What specifically was meant when the Foreign Secretary s
2025-03-13 Integration and Community Cohesion
My Lords, it is a privilege to speak after the noble Baroness. Since joining your Lordships’ House, I have met only kindness from your Lordships, officials, staff and police. I am grateful to Black Rod, to the Whips’ team, to the conveners of this debate
Source: hansard.parliament.uk via hansard-api. Snippets shown verbatim from the search API; click any debate title for the full record.

Register of Interests · 4 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.

  • Director, The Leadership Hub Ltd (consultancy for leadership development and vehicle for paying the member for work done for Faith in Leadership)
    registered 2025-03-04 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Director, Faith in Leadership (Community Interest Company running interfaith programmes for faith leaders)
    registered 2025-03-04 · amended 2025-04-05

Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)

  • The Leadership Hub Ltd (consultancy for leadership development and vehicle for paying the member for work done for Faith in Leadership)
    registered 2025-03-04 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Faith in Leadership (Community Interest Company running interfaith programmes for faith leaders)
    registered 2025-03-04 · amended 2025-04-05
Source: UK Parliament Members API (Lords register). Refreshed weekly. Read the full Lords Code of Conduct for what each category covers and the disclosure thresholds.

Party history

2025-01-29 → present
Labour current

Government posts

None recorded.

Opposition posts

None recorded.

Committee memberships

None recorded.

Contact

Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s)

No APPG officerships found for this peer. (Officer matching is by name — if the parliamentary register lists them under a slightly different form, the join may miss; check /appgs directly.)

Written parliamentary questions · 2026

No written questions tabled in 2026.

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.
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