The Rt Rev. and the Rt Hon. Lord Chartres GCVO
Crossbench
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Chartres's full title is The Rt Rev. and the Rt Hon. Lord Chartres GCVO. His name is Richard John Carew Chartres, 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.
Lords votes · 2026
162 divisions
19 Content(11.7%)
6 Not-Content(3.7%)
137 didn't vote(84.6%)
2026-03-12
Content
26–134
Not-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 20
2026-01-08
Schools and Universities: Language Learning
My Lords, like other noble Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Coussins not only for securing this debate but for the very constructive way in which she introduced the subject.
I was very struck by the comment of the noble Baroness, Lady Lane-Fox, abo
2024-11-28
Schools: Mobile Phones
My Lords, speaking on this subject after the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, is rather like Ruth gleaning after a combine harvester. I agree with absolutely everything she said in her masterful summary of the subject.
The statistic that haunts me at nigh
2024-01-18
Biosecurity and Infectious Diseases
I am particularly glad to follow my noble friend Lord Carrington because he has enabled me to, among other things, shorten my own remarks.
“Thanks noble Trees, our Entish Lord
For laying bare the grievous ills
Impending on our scepter’d isle.
2023-11-14
King’s Speech
My Lords, research done by the House of Lords Appointments Commission points to the fact that your Lordships’ House still has some way to go in the fields of diversity—in particular, regional diversity. Therefore, it is particularly refreshing, and good,
2023-07-24
Advanced Artificial Intelligence
The noble Baroness has illustrated very eloquently the extent to which we already live in and are totally embraced by a technological system. I add my congratulations to my noble friend on securing this debate at a time when we stand on the brink of a tr
2023-01-17
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
My Lords, we have had a survey of the vast canvas set out by this Bill, especially from the Minister. Like many of your Lordships, I have many interests in the themes that have already been raised, but your Lordships cannot bear it now. I will draw atten
2020-07-15
Channel Islands Measure
My Lords, I am very glad to follow those comments by the noble Lord, Lord Kirkhope. He raises some very pertinent questions, which I shall attempt to address as someone who chaired this commission, as the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Birmingham s
2020-06-11
Covid-19: Recovery Strategies
My Lords, as other noble Lords have said, there is obviously a risk that, as the lockdown eases, we shall be tempted to return to those old ways of thinking and behaving which are at the root of so many of our environmental distresses. However, in order
2020-02-13
Tree Pests and Diseases
My Lords, many noble Lords have already spoken with great practical experience—I think of the noble Lord, Lord Carrington—and my education has been vastly improved by membership of your Lordships’ Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. It was on that
2019-07-17
Interfaith Dialogue
Does the Minister agree that British universities, with their diverse student and staff bodies, are particularly hopeful and unexploited places in which to do precisely what the noble Lord proposes? Is she aware of the work done, for example, by the Lond
My Lords, it is indeed an excellent report, which analyses the reasons why the world order is shifting. However, behind the turbulence, the growth of great powers and the decline of others, two great factors have led to profound shifts in human history:
2019-01-17
Brexit: Stability of the Union
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Lisvane, recalled the irritation of Governments when Parliament entered a kind of seminar state. However, I have found this seminar immensely instructive and have learned a great deal.
I follow the noble Lord, Lord Judd,
2018-07-24
Standing Orders (Public Business)
I am a member of the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee and we have already decided to meet twice rather than once a week. That was this morning.
2018-06-28
Disabled People
My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their warm welcome and am grateful for the practical support I have received from the officers and staff. I am humbled by the knowledge and wisdom represented in your Lordships’ House and I am very conscious that it is a
2018-05-10
Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013
My Lords, I am glad to support the noble Lord, Lord Faulkner, and the noble Baroness, Lady Browning, as I did in a previous incarnation as chairman of the church buildings division, first and foremost to celebrate the passage of an Act which has made a d
2018-01-29
Russia
My Lords, I am glad to follow the noble Lord, Lord Judd. I declare an interest in that until the beginning of this year I chaired the liaison group between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Church of England.
Our understandable concern with current
2018-01-29
Environment: 25-year Plan
My Lords, in following the noble Lord, Lord Framlingham, I have to say that there is a considerable ivy problem in Wiltshire as well and I echo his concern about that. I declare an interest as an ambassador for the World Wide Fund for Nature and someone
2017-12-08
Education and Society
My Lords, having been recycled in your Lordships’ House, this is in the nature of a second maiden speech and perhaps, with two maiden speeches, I might be described as extra virgin, double pressed. It is an extraordinarily timely debate, most eloquently
2016-07-12
Iraq Inquiry
My Lords, it is humbling to follow such a powerful and authoritative voice. I am also grateful to the Minister for the constructive way he introduced this debate and invited us to think about the lessons we can apply now. Sir John Chilcot recommends more
2016-07-11
Volunteering: Young People
My Lords, bearing in mind the more than 1 million young people—ethnically very diverse and from every part of the country—in Church of England schools, will the Minister authorise a direct conversation with the national society about the virtues of volunt
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Register of Interests · 3 entries on file
Declarations under the Lords Code of Conduct. Free text — no monetary values, no hours worked. A declaration that an interest exists, not a claim about its size.
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
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Occasional contributions to Country Life, The Spectator and The Church Times and occasional work for the BBC, payments for which may exceed £1,000 in a calendar year
registered 2023-05-11 · amended 2025-07-08
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Member, House of Lords Appointments Commission (interest ceased 31 August 2025)
registered 2019-07-12 · amended 2025-09-03
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Occasional lecturer, Abercrombie & Kent
registered 2018-11-16 · amended 2025-07-08
Source: UK Parliament Members API (Lords register). Refreshed weekly.
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Party history
2017-11-07 → present
Crossbench
current
1995-12-05 → 2017-03-31
Bishops
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2018-05-15 → 2022-01-19
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
2018-09-04 → 2019-04-30
SLSC Sub-Committee A
2024-09-05 → 2025-01-30
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
2022-01-19 → 2024-05-30
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
Contact
Parliamentary office
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APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s) · 3 historic
Not currently an officer of any active APPG. Was officer of 3 group(s) historically — those rotated off in later snapshots.
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.