The Rt Hon. the Lord Patten of Barnes KG CH
Conservative
Life peer
M
Lord Patten of Barnes's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Patten of Barnes KG CH. His name is Christopher Francis Patten, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Pay & earnings · 2026
MP base salary
£0
/ £93,904 annual
0 days served — year-to-date
· annual rate £93,904
Declared outside earnings
£0
0 registered interests published in 2026
Total (salary + chair + declared)
£0
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.
Constituencies represented
1983-06-09 → 1992-04-09
Bath
1979-05-03 → 1983-06-09
Bath
Party history
2014-09-24 → present
Conservative
current
2011-03-21 → 2014-09-23
Crossbench
1979-05-03 → 2011-03-20
Conservative
Government posts
1990-11-28 → 1992-04-09
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1989-07-24 → 1990-11-28
Secretary of State for Environment
1986-09-10 → 1989-07-23
Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (Overseas Development)
1985-09-05 → 1986-09-10
Minister of State (Department of Education and Science)
1983-06-14 → 1985-09-02
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office)
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
1982-02-16 → 1983-06-09
Procedure Committee
1982-04-30 → 1983-06-09
Defence Committee
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.
Contact
Parliamentary office
pattenc@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s)
No APPG officerships found for this MP. (Officer matching is by name —
if the parliamentary register lists them under a slightly different
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Commons votes · 2026
No Commons votes recorded for 2026.
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
MPs 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.