The Lord Redesdale
Non-affiliated
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Redesdale's full title is The Lord Redesdale. His name is Rupert Bertram Mitford, 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
73 Content(45.1%)
18 Not-Content(11.1%)
71 didn't vote(43.8%)
2026-04-23
Not-Content
152–207
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
178–231
Not-Content
2026-03-26
Not-Content
115–197
Not-Content
2026-03-05
Content
193–143
Content
2026-03-05
Content
194–140
Content
2026-03-05
Content
198–139
Content
2026-03-05
Content
208–142
Content
2026-03-05
Content
214–142
Content
2026-02-04
Content
62–295
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 25
2026-06-17
Thames Water
My Lords, I must apologise to the House. Apparently, Members have to be more specific about their interests. I am a senior shareholder in the Water Retail Company. Are Defra and Ofwat looking at the implications for the non-household sector if Thames Wat
2026-06-17
Thames Water
My Lords, I declare my interest as set out in the register. Thames Water bills went up around 40% to pay for the current AMP cycle. However, the present company structure means that it will not be able to make the investment to meet the targets under the
2026-02-12
Environment Agency: Waste Crime
My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Sheehan for initiating this debate and for the work she did on the committee.
I will speak first as an amateur archaeologist. That seems a bit random, but I say that because our job as archaeologists is to find t
2025-01-14
Listed Historic Buildings
The right reverend Prelate raised the social good done by listed places of worship, of which half churches are listed—including, of course, the majority of all food banks that take place at those premises. Is the Treasury looking at understanding through
2024-11-27
Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]
My Lords, it is worth mentioning because we have raised the issue and it is picked up whenever we discuss the danger. The actual danger of good batteries is extremely low. The problem is in the waste stream when they are hit by water or crushed. That is
2024-11-27
Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]
My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 55 and 56 in my name. I start by commending my noble friend on the work he has done, over many years, in dealing with fire safety and issues around lithium-ion batteries; indeed, he had a Private Member’s Bill on lith
2024-11-25
Domestic Solar Panels
My Lords, the Government have pushed for solar panels on roofs, but they have not got a strategy on batteries associated with those panels—it seems to be left up to the individuals. Can the Government say whether they are going to bring forward a storage
2024-10-08
Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his extremely kind words, especially about the Private Member’s Bill I have taken forward on lithium-ion safety. In this regard, I thank my noble friend Lord Foster for his years of work. Indeed, if he had been successf
2024-09-06
Lithium-ion Battery Safety Bill [HL]
My Lords, I start with utter shock and surprise that the Minister could ask me to go down that route. It seems to be traditional on every Private Member’s Bill for that to be added at the end of each speech.
The Minister has made a very comprehensive
2024-09-06
Lithium-ion Battery Safety Bill [HL]
The simple answer is no, I am afraid. Obviously, there will be a new generation of sodium batteries with their own problems, but they will, I hope, be extremely safe when brought to market.
There is a growing awareness of the fire risk from faulty bat
2024-09-06
Lithium-ion Battery Safety Bill [HL]
My Lords, House of Lords Private Members’ Bills are rarely successful in reaching the statute book. I should know—I have introduced quite a few over the years. Their purpose is often to raise the issues in the Bill and encourage the Government to bring f
2024-09-06
Lithium-ion Battery Safety Bill [HL]
That the Bill be now read a second time.
2024-05-22
South West Water: Brixham Contamination
My Lords, there is quite justifiable anger at the way that some companies, including Macquarie, have dealt with taking money away from water companies. The problem highlighted in the south-west is that there is an enormous amount of anger in the country
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, for initiating this debate today; it is incredibly topical. The only problem with being quite so topical is that it is so close to the start date that it is quite difficult to see what exa
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply; members of the committee still believe, I think, that more could be done with the response. However, now that I have the opportunity to make a second speech, I will not fall into that trap, as many noble Lor
My Lords, I start my speech introducing Sowing the Seeds: A Blooming English Horticultural Sector by thanking the noble Baroness, Lady Fookes, because, without her persistence in lobbying for a horticultural committee, it would never have been formed in
That this House takes note of the Report from the Horticultural Sector Committee Sowing the seeds: A blooming English horticultural sector (Session 2022–23, HL Paper 268).
2024-03-14
Gas-fired Power Stations
My Lords, I have a question about baseload capacity. Under the present Government, the number of larger generators on the grid has fallen quite considerably. Due to that, we will obviously need gas-fired power stations in the short term. However, there i
My Lords, I want to support the Government on a couple of points, which I know the Minister will find surprising. Is it just me, or is it cynical to suggest that the date for the cut-off was set not for after this Government, nor for the next Government,
2023-09-06
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
My Lords, I will speak to three amendments in my name—Amendments 261, 262 and 263. These are probing amendments, on which I hope the Minister can give some clarification, as this is very much a Pepper v Hart moment, where ambiguity over wording in the Bi
Well, there is a danger of anaphylactic shock from a creature whose main food source is nuts.
We did this work through trapping. I had a fantastic Geordie, Mr Paul Parker, who knew more about grey squirrels than anybody at the end of the period. He wa
My Lords, I start by thanking noble Lords for taking part in this debate just before recess, when everybody is keen to get away. But the number of speakers, and the short time that each then has to speak, shows that a lot of people take this issue very s
To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking (1) to promote and protect woodland cover, and (2) to control grey squirrels.
2023-04-21
Ecology Bill [HL]
My Lords, this is a simple Bill. It started off with far more clauses, but we removed most of them to allow just one simple provision: to reverse the catastrophic decline we are seeing in nature in the UK. The UK is one of the most naturally depleted co
2023-04-21
Ecology Bill [HL]
That the Bill do now pass.
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Register of Interests · 8 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, River Water Strategic Investments Limited (interest ceased 3 December 2025)
registered 2025-07-09 · amended 2025-12-03
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Director, Muinin Holdings Limited
registered 2025-06-24
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Director, Cogent Action (consultancy, working to help companies in areas of sustainability and carbon reduction)
registered 2024-05-16 · amended 2025-04-05
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Director, Carbon Net Zero Limited (environmental consultancy working with companies on carbon offsetting)
registered 2023-03-31 · amended 2025-04-05
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CEO, The Water Retail Company Limited (interest ceased 9 July 2025)
registered 2016-07-18 · amended 2025-07-09
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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The Water Retail Company Limited
registered 2017-01-13 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 3: Land and property
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Redesdale Estate, Northumberland, including farmland and commercial and residential property
registered 2010-05-12 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 6: Gifts, benefits and hospitality
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Two tickets received from WRC Consulting Services Inc to attend the Oval, England versus the West Indies, 10 June 2025
registered 2025-06-24
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Party history
2025-06-25 → present
Non-affiliated
current
1991-06-06 → 2025-06-24
Liberal Democrat
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
1993-11-23 → 1997-04-08
Science and Technology Committee
2002-11-25 → 2005-05-07
Works of Art Committee (Lords)
2003-12-04 → 2007-10-30
Refreshment Committee (Lords)
2023-01-31 → 2023-10-26
Horticultural Sector Committee
Chair
+£16,900/yr
2024-01-31 → present
Finance Committee (Lords)
Contact
Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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APPGs (2026) · 3 active officership(s) · 2 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Archaeology Group
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2026-07-26 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Intelligent Energy
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2023-05-30 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Holiday Parks and Campsites
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2021-11-13 |
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the
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there to open its full relationship graph. Officer matching is name-based against
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)
6 bills
6 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lithium-ion Battery Safety Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2024-07-29 | |
| Ecology Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2022-05-25 | |
| Dog Control Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2010-05-26 | |
| Dog Control Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2008-12-12 | |
| Leasehold Information Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2007-02-01 | |
| Development Orders (Microgeneration) (formerly Energy Efficiency and Microgeneration) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | Committee stage | 2006-12-13 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.