The Rt Hon. the Lord Kinnock
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Kinnock's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Kinnock. His name is Neil Gordon Kinnock, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£4,452
12 days attended across 1 published month
Total claimed
£4,452
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
3 Content(1.6%)
74 Not-Content(39.2%)
112 didn't vote(59.3%)
2026-04-27
Not-Content
58–138
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
135–154
Not-Content
2026-03-25
Not-Content
95–137
Not-Content
2026-03-24
Not-Content
70–132
Not-Content
2026-03-24
Not-Content
80–166
Not-Content
2026-02-04
Not-Content
62–295
Not-Content
2026-01-12
Not-Content
201–169
Content
2026-01-05
Not-Content
131–127
Content
2026-01-05
Not-Content
194–130
Content
2026-01-05
Not-Content
168–178
Not-Content
2026-01-05
Not-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
2025-02-12
Economic Growth: Public Spending
My Lords, does my noble friend agree that it is part of democracy that there is a universal call for politicians to tell the truth but that, when they do, they attract criticism, like that from the noble Lord opposite? Last year our right honourable frie
2024-02-01
Arts
My Lords, I am very pleased to follow the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, who continues to delight us musically and in every other way.
We take the arts for granted. I therefore warmly thank my noble friend Lord Bragg, who has done more than just about any
2019-04-04
Business of the House
And you haven’t changed a bit.
2018-10-10
Brexit: EU Commission
My Lords, was it the confidence of the Government, of which the Minister just spoke, that induced them yesterday to advertise for:
“Resilience Advisers: EU Exit Readiness and Response Support to Local Preparedness”,
in the event of a no-deal Brex
2018-09-12
Gambling Advertising
My Lords, years ago the UK abolished the advertising of tobacco in any form. When it is so evident that problem gambling and gambling among young people, according to recent evidence, are generating so much tragedy and potential disaster for individuals
2018-05-08
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
I am grateful to the noble Lord. The figure which I used, accurately, was 292, which is slightly over 200. The margin of defeat of that amendment was very small—about nine votes. I was demonstrating the very strong body of opinion, in the elected House,
2018-05-08
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
While sharing my noble friend’s admiration for the extraordinary work that has been put in by our Front Bench both here and in the Commons, I remind him of an amendment proposed to the Bill in the House of Commons on 13 December last year, which said exp
2018-04-16
Worldwide Free Trade
My Lords, does the Minister recognise that 44% of our exports now go to the rest of the European Union and a further 17% of them go to the 50-odd countries with which the EU currently has free trade agreements, and that this constitutes in excess of 61%
2018-01-17
Brexit: Aviation Safety Regime
My Lords, does the Minister recognise that if the UK does not remain a member of the European Aviation Safety Agency or establish an equivalent recognised regulatory UK agency by the end of March next year, UK aviation operators and manufacturers will no
2017-12-07
Homelessness: Emergency Housing
Does the Minister agree that one of the major causes of the rise in homelessness is the shortage of supply of housing and the huge rise in the cost, particularly in the rented sector? Will the Government try to address at least that part of the problem b
2017-10-23
Consumer and Personal Debt
My Lords, does the Minister recognise that in our debt-dependent economy, average household debt is 150% of average household income? Unsecured personal debt is now back above £200 billion. Council tax and utility bills are at record levels of default an
2017-10-11
Brexit: World Trade Organization
My Lords, a hard Brexit—indicated as a possibility, or in some cases, a preference, by the Prime Minister this week—means that in that event, our country would be entirely dependent on the WTO rules regime. In view of that reality and the potential damag
2017-07-19
Industrial Strategy
My Lords, does the Minister recall that at the time of the publication of the Green Paper on industrial strategy there was considerable disappointment, which was entirely justified, at the scant mention of steel—indeed, it appeared once, on page 96? Can
2017-03-30
Brexit: Crime Prevention
Will the Minister, in the service of the House, read the two sentences in the letter before the one that she selectively read out? Those sentences make it absolutely clear that the Government’s intention and the implied threat is that unless there is agr
2017-03-21
Police: Pension Rights
My Lords, may I recommend to the Minister the principle of “When the facts change, I change my mind” as wise guidance in issues like this? Does she accept from me that the principle of no retrospection, although applicable in many circumstances, simply d
2017-03-02
Turkey: Selahattin Demirtas
Does the Minister agree that the accession of Turkey to the European Union has always been decades further away from reality than was claimed, falsely, by Brexit campaigners last year? Will she tell us what the reply was from President Erdogan when the P
2017-02-06
Brexit: Aerospace Industry
My Lords, will the Minister confirm that the European Aviation Safety Agency plays a crucial role in excluding from European airspace and European airports any aircraft that originates from countries or companies that have poor safety records? By that me
2017-02-02
Brexit: New Partnership
My Lords, in his foreword, the Secretary of State calls this White Paper a “plan”. Does the Minister agree that any plan worth the name requires a thorough cost-benefit analysis? Does he further agree that there is no such analysis in this White Paper or
2017-02-02
Brexit: Article 50
My Lords, the Government will have 24 months from the notification of departure under Article 50 in which they will have to negotiate that departure. They claim that simultaneously, in the same 24 months, they will secure, in their words, a comprehensive
2017-01-24
The Process for Triggering Article 50
My Lords, is it not clear that one speech by the Prime Minister at Lancaster House—not even in Parliament—full of aims and intentions, does not constitute a coherent Brexit plan? It does not safeguard national well-being, nor does it begin to satisfy the
2017-01-23
Industrial Strategy Consultation
My Lords, I commend the relatively short, three-month consultation on the Green Paper. Do Government intend to take responsive rapid action to that consultation, not so much in the form of a White Paper, but with effective implemented action? That is a m
2017-01-19
Brexit: Hate Crimes
Is the Minister satisfied with the level of punishment of perpetrators of hate crime and with the provision for education of such people? Is it not clear that, unless and until those guilty of hate crime are taught a lesson in both senses of the term, th
2017-01-17
A New Partnership with the EU
My Lords, the Government intend to reach broad agreement about the terms of our new partnership with the European Union by the end of the two-year negotiation triggered by Article 50. Is it not folly on the Government’s part to set negotiations to a 24-m
2017-01-10
Wales Bill
No, it is the definition of the fact that when confronted with reality, I try to make it work. Consequently, while I retain some reservations about the whole way in which devolution is taking place in the United Kingdom, I am utterly in favour of decentra
2017-01-10
Wales Bill
My Lords, there are many issues on which I find myself in agreement with the noble Lord, Lord Balfe. There used to be more, it must be said, in a different political lifetime, but I greet with some dismay the fact that I have to diverge from him on this i
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Party history
1970-06-18 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
1983-10-02 → 1992-07-18
Leader of HM Official Opposition
1979-05-03 → 1983-06-09
Shadow Secretary of State
Committee memberships
None recorded.
Contact
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
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No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
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primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are
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backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading
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Historic bills (all-time)
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year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
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