The Lord Risby
Conservative
Life peer
M
Lord Risby's full title is The Lord Risby. His name is Richard John Grenville Spring, 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
1997-05-01 → 2010-05-06
West Suffolk
1992-04-09 → 1997-05-01
Bury St Edmunds
Party history
1992-04-09 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
1995-05-22 → 1997-03-21
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
1994-11-16 → 1994-11-28
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
1995-05-01 → 1996-06-10
Health and Social Care Committee
2006-01-16 → 2007-06-11
Home Affairs Committee
2015-06-12 → 2019-07-02
EU External Affairs Sub-Committee
2018-06-12 → 2019-02-14
European Union Committee
2020-11-03 → 2021-05-13
International Agreements Committee
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.
Contact
Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
020 7219 3000 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 3000 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s) · 4 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Algeria
Country Group
|
Officer | — | 4 | 2025-03-11 |
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the
/appgs Top secretariat funders panel — click any funder
there to open its full relationship graph. Officer matching is name-based against
the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.
Commons votes · 2026
No Commons votes recorded for 2026.
Written parliamentary questions · 2026
Showing
7
of 7 tabled
7 answered(100.0%)
1
departments
2026-03-25
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Space Technology
Answered
Source: UK Parliament Members API. The amber "interest" tag is set
by Parliament's own system when the asking MP has a register entry
it deems related — typically a paid role or directorship in the
sector being asked about. Click any "i" icon to see the full
question and the department's answer.
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)
1 bills
0 as lead sponsor
1 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coinage (Measurement) Act 2011 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2010-06-30 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.