The Lord Faulkner of Worcester
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Faulkner of Worcester's full title is The Lord Faulkner of Worcester. His name is Richard Oliver Faulkner, 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
5 Content(3.1%)
121 Not-Content(74.7%)
36 didn't vote(22.2%)
2026-04-23
Not-Content
152–207
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2026-04-13
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135–154
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2026-04-13
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65–173
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2026-04-13
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178–231
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2026-04-13
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69–332
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2026-03-26
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115–197
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2026-03-26
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64–140
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2026-03-25
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95–137
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2026-03-24
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80–166
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2026-03-05
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193–143
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2026-03-05
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194–140
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2026-03-05
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198–139
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2026-03-05
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208–142
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2026-03-05
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214–142
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2026-02-04
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62–295
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2026-01-12
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201–169
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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 25
2026-05-20
King’s Speech
My Lords, I start by declaring my railway interests, as I will be speaking a lot about the Railways Bill in my remarks this evening. All these interests are unpaid. They include presidency of the Heritage Railway Association and of the Cotswold Line Prom
2026-04-13
Rail Freight
My Lords, does my noble friend agree that one of the secrets of growing rail freight is to increase the versatility of freight locomotives? In that context, will he welcome the development of tri-mode freight locomotives—electric, battery or diesel—so th
2026-03-11
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 384, which is similar to the one tabled by the noble Earl, Lord Attlee, and debated in Committee on 15 January. Police charges for abnormal loads are a cause he very much made his own, as the noble Lord, Lord P
2026-03-04
Taiwan
My Lords, I declare an interest as the British Government’s trade envoy to Taiwan, a position I have held since 2016, having been appointed originally by the noble Lord, Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton, and reappointed by every Prime Minister since, incl
I apologise for interrupting the noble Lord, but a Division has been called. We look forward to hearing from him again in about 10 minutes.
It might be helpful to the Committee if I explain that we are considering only the first Motion on the agenda at this time. I shall call the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, to move his Motion when we have concluded this debate. We are debating them both,
2026-02-10
Arrangement of Business
My Lords, if there is a Division in the Chamber while we are sitting, and it is quite likely that there will be, this Committee will adjourn as soon as the Division Bells are rung and resume after 10 minutes.
2026-01-19
Northern Powerhouse Rail
My Lords, I thank every noble Lord who has spoken in this exchange and warmly welcome the Statement that was made last week in the other place. I congratulate the Minister on getting his head around the facts and being able to explain what is happening w
2026-01-15
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Earl, Lord Attlee, on tabling these important amendments, on working so hard on this clause over many years and on speaking so persuasively about it tonight. I have added my name to Amendment 413, as has his noble frien
2025-12-09
Armed Forces Chaplains (Licensing) Measure
My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Harris of Richmond, is taking part remotely, and I invite her to speak.
My Lords, I commend the regulations in front of us. I strongly support the points made by the noble Baroness, Lady Evans, on the question of the inclusion of the women’s game. It is an argument that I have heard on a number of occasions. The fact that th
2025-11-17
Employment Rights Bill
My Lords, I will be very brief. The House has heard me speak on this subject a number of times over the past 10 years, ever since the counsel’s opinion came through that the engagement of young people on heritage railways and tramways was illegal under t
2025-11-11
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
My Lords, we are debating Amendment 102 to Clause 45, and the noble Earl, Lord Howe, was in full flow.
2025-11-11
Police: Records
Would my noble friend consider meeting the Archives & Records Association to discuss some of these issues, in particular whether the records of police forces in England and Wales could be brought under Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act?
2025-11-11
Police: Records
My Lords, as my Question indicates, this issue has been around for over 13 years. Bishop James Jones’s devastating report called ‘The Patronising Disposition of Unaccountable Power’, published in 2017, said that this issue should be addressed as a matter
2025-11-11
Police: Records
To ask His Majesty’s Government whether they intend to bring police force records in England and Wales under legislative control and to make police forces subject to the supervision of the Keeper of Public Records under the Public Records Act 1958, as
2025-11-05
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
My Lords, I just say to noble Lords that it is very hard to hear the speeches from the Front Bench if there is a lot of chattering on my right.
2025-11-05
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
My Lords, I cannot call Amendment 47A, as it is an amendment to Amendment 47.
Clause 48: Refugee Convention: particularly serious crime
Amendment 48
2025-10-28
Employment Rights Bill
My Lords, I am almost lost for words. As the noble Lord, Lord Parkinson, said, this campaign has been running for almost 15 years. The first stage was when I took a Private Member’s Bill through your Lordships’ House to attempt to address the problems of
My Lords, there being an equality of votes, in accordance with Standing Order 55, which provides that no proposal to amend a Bill in the form in which it is before the House shall be agreed to unless there is a majority in favour of such amendment, I dec
2025-07-21
Employment Rights Bill
My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay, for making an excellent speech which I could very easily have made myself—there was nothing in it with which I disagreed. He rightly referred to the fact that he and I tabled
2025-07-16
Diplomatic Missions: Unpaid Charges
My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for that Answer and for the letters she wrote to me and to the noble Lord, Lord Bellingham, who I am pleased to see in his place, after he and I raised the scandal of unpaid debts and fines by diplomatic mission
2025-07-16
Diplomatic Missions: Unpaid Charges
To ask His Majesty’s Government what responses they have received to the letters sent by the Protocol Directorate of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in April and May to diplomatic missions and international organisations about unpaid
2025-07-15
Football Governance Bill [HL]
My Lords, I have two football interests I should declare: one is historical and the other current. The historical one is that I served as vice-chair of the Football Task Force 25 years ago and in one of the four reports that we produced, the case for a f
2025-07-01
Renters’ Rights Bill
My Lords, I understand that it has been agreed that a number of amendments are regarded as consequential on Amendment 8.
Amendment 9
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Register of Interests · 2 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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Chairman, Alderney Gambling Control Commission
registered 2013-02-04 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 3: Land and property
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Residential property in Oxford from which rental income is received
registered 2010-04-16 · amended 2025-04-05
Source: UK Parliament Members API (Lords register). Refreshed weekly.
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for what each category covers and the disclosure thresholds.
Party history
1999-07-14 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
2009-06-09 → 2010-05-06
Lords in Waiting (HM Household)
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2001-06-26 → 2002-11-07
House of Lords Offices Committee
2003-09-09 → 2004-07-22
Draft Gambling Bill (Joint Committee)
2007-02-19 → 2009-11-12
Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
2010-06-06 → 2015-03-30
Administration and Works Committee (Lords)
2012-06-25 → 2013-02-13
Rookery South (Resource Recovery Facility) Order 2011
2013-05-09 → 2017-04-27
Committee of Selection (Lords)
2013-05-16 → 2013-11-06
Olympic and Paralympic Legacy Committee
2021-01-28 → 2024-01-31
Procedure and Privileges Committee
2014-06-12 → 2015-03-30
Procedure and Privileges Committee
2015-06-08 → 2016-08-31
Information Committee (Lords)
2015-06-11 → 2016-03-15
Equality Act 2010 and Disability Committee
2015-06-12 → 2016-05-12
EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee
2024-10-31 → present
Ecclesiastical Committee
2015-12-22 → 2024-05-30
Ecclesiastical Committee
2017-03-06 → present
Lord Speaker's Advisory Panel on Works of Art
2017-06-27 → 2020-01-28
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
2017-06-29 → 2018-03-13
Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 Committee
2018-09-04 → 2019-04-30
SLSC Sub-Committee A
2019-02-25 → 2019-07-18
Draft Registration of Overseas Entities Bill (Joint Committee)
2019-07-01 → 2021-03-31
European Union Committee
2019-07-02 → 2020-04-23
EU External Affairs Sub-Committee
2020-04-23 → 2021-03-31
EU Goods Sub-Committee
2021-04-14 → 2023-01-31
European Affairs Committee
2023-01-31 → 2026-01-27
Built Environment Committee
2024-01-31 → present
Services Committee
2024-10-10 → 2025-01-15
Holocaust Memorial Bill Select Committee (Lords)
2026-01-27 → present
Public Services Committee
Contact
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Website
APPGs (2026) · 11 active officership(s) · 9 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Crossrail Group
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | — | 10 | 2022-11-15 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Museums
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | National Museum Directors’ Council | 9 | 2023-01-14 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Commemoration
Subject Group
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Officer | Commonwealth War Graves Commission | 4 | 2026-04-03 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and Commemoration
Subject Group
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Officer | Commonwealth War Graves Commission | 4 | 2027-04-03 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Argentina
Country Group
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Treasurer | — | 11 | 2024-05-29 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Heritage Rail
Subject Group
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Co-Chair | — | 4 | 2027-03-27 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Metal, Stone and Heritage Crime
Subject Group
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Co-Chair | — | 4 | 2024-10-23 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on War Heritage
Subject Group
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Co-Chair | — | 13 | 2024-06-11 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Light Rail Group
Subject Group
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Officer | Downtown in Business | 9 | 2022-05-30 |
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Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) All-Party Parliamentary Group
Country Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 23 | 2024-05-13 |
|
Channel Islands All-Party Parliamentary Group
Country, Area or Region Group
|
Officer | Government of Jersey and Government of Guernsey | 4 | 2027-01-03 |
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the
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the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.
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)
9 bills
8 as lead sponsor
1 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage Railways and Tramways (Voluntary Work) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 3rd reading | 2022-05-25 | |
| Heritage Railways and Tramways (Voluntary Work) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2020-01-14 | |
| Heritage Railways and Tramways (Voluntary Work) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2019-10-21 | |
| Heritage Railways and Tramways (Voluntary Work) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2017-07-11 | |
| Accessible Sports Grounds Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2015-05-28 | |
| Firearms (Amendment) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2013-05-13 | |
| Scrap Metal Dealers (Amendment) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2011-10-19 | |
| Sports Grounds Safety Authority Act 2011 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2010-06-30 | |
| Sports Grounds Safety Authority Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2009-02-04 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.