The Rt Hon. the Lord Soames of Fletching
Conservative
Life peer
M
Lord Soames of Fletching's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Soames of Fletching. His name is Arthur Nicholas Winston Soames, 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
2010-05-06 → 2019-11-06
Mid Sussex
1997-05-01 → 2010-05-06
Mid Sussex
1983-06-09 → 1997-05-01
Crawley
Party history
2019-10-30 → present
Conservative
current
2019-09-04 → 2019-10-29
Independent
1983-06-09 → 2019-09-04
Conservative
Government posts
1994-07-20 → 1997-05-01
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Armed Services)
1992-04-14 → 1994-07-20
Parliamentary Secretary (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food)
Opposition posts
2003-11-08 → 2005-05-05
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
Committee memberships
1999-07-02 → 2000-01-18
Public Administration Committee
2001-12-12 → 2005-05-05
Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee)
2006-01-31 → 2010-05-06
Standards and Privileges
2013-03-25 → 2014-03-10
Administration Committee
2023-01-31 → 2026-01-27
International Relations and Defence Committee
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.
Contact
Parliamentary office
soamesn@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Personal assistant
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
form, the join may miss; check
/appgs directly.)
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.