The Rt Hon. the Lord Soames of Fletching
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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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.
Allowance claims · 2026
Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.
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
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 peer. (Officer matching is by name —
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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.