The Viscount Chandos
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Viscount Chandos's full title is The Viscount Chandos. His name is Thomas Orlando Lyttelton, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£6,307
17 days attended across 1 published month
Overnight / accommodation
£882
Total claimed
£7,189
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
6 Content(3.2%)
161 Not-Content(85.2%)
22 didn't vote(11.6%)
2026-07-22
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64–95
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2026-07-21
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173–234
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2026-07-13
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142–138
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2026-07-13
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158–239
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2026-04-27
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58–138
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2026-04-23
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152–207
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2026-04-13
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27–89
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2026-04-13
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30–130
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2026-04-13
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46–117
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2026-04-13
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2026-04-13
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65–173
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2026-04-13
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2026-04-13
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69–332
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2026-03-26
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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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70–132
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2026-03-24
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80–166
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2026-03-12
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26–134
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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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2026-01-05
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131–127
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2026-01-05
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194–130
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2026-01-05
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168–178
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2026-01-05
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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
It is a privilege to have served on the committee that produced the report that we are debating today. I thank my noble friend Lady Taylor of Bolton for her exemplary introduction and even more for her remarkable skill in drawing out a unanimous conclusi
2026-09-10
Fiscal Outlook
My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Bridges of Headley, and I congratulate him on securing the debate. The challenges facing this country and many others globally because of the current fiscal outlook have been a consistent focus f
I congratulate my noble friend Lady Hayter of Kentish Town on her success in the ballot for Private Members’ Bills—I have asked her to advise me on my future selection of lottery numbers—and on her compelling introduction to this important and overdue Bi
2026-05-19
King’s Speech
My Lords, I will begin by marking the sad and sudden loss of the noble Lord, Lord Skidelsky, as did the noble Lord, Lord Horam, last Thursday. Professor Lord Skidelsky’s distinction as an economist and historian was a shining advertisement for the excell
2026-03-25
Media Freedom Coalition
My Lords, I declare my interest as chair of the Thomson Foundation. The Government have understandably prioritised work in this area in Ukraine, Gaza, Lebanon and Sudan. Does my noble friend the Minister agree that it is important that funding continues
2026-03-17
Spring Forecast Statement
My Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend the Minister for his characteristically clear and cogent introduction to today’s debate on the Spring Statement and the finance Bill, timed also to allow us to take into account the Chancellor’s Mais Lectur
2026-01-08
Broadcasting: Recent Developments
My Lords, I add my thanks and congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Fowler, to those of other Lords, with the added reason that I have spent the past 12 years trying to fill the noble Lord’s giant shoes as chair of the Thomson Foundation, which trains
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Elliott of Mickle Fell, for securing and introducing this debate, even if its timing in peak Budget purdah means that its scope is necessarily either backward-looking or about broad principles. In respondin
My Lords, I am delighted to be able to speak in this debate and have been privileged to be a member of the Industry and Regulators Committee that produced the report. My noble friend Lady Taylor of Bolton has introduced this afternoon’s debate with the s
2025-07-23
Financial Services Reform
My Lords, I welcome the Leeds reforms that have been announced, and I thank my noble friend the Minister for his comments. I am delighted that the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, agreed that the balance was being successfully struck between achieving
2025-05-15
Sanctions Implementation and Enforcement
I add my thanks and support for the Statement that my noble friend the Minister made, and raise a specific issue about this prospective use of frozen assets, whether the assets themselves or the income derived from them. A massive reconstruction challeng
2025-04-03
UK-US Trade and Tariffs
My Lords, I recognise that the Government’s priority must be to achieve the best possible outcome in relation to tariffs between the UK and the US. I am cautiously optimistic that this Government will do a great deal better than the Conservative Governme
I shall speak briefly to support the arguments and analysis of my noble friend Lord Eatwell and to remind your Lordships of the comments at Second Reading of the noble Lord, Lord Macpherson, who said that if we aggregate the reductions in employee nation
I thank my noble friend the Minister for her reply, but note that this is unchanged year on year, when, as she said, Allwyn committed to doubling or more. It pledged at the time of the licence being awarded to give £38 billion in the next 10 years, which
To ask His Majesty’s Government what they expect the National Lottery’s contribution to good causes to be in the first twelve months under the new operator, compared to the last twelve months under the previous operator.
My Lords, we are all grateful to my noble friend Lady Thornton for securing this debate and for her powerful introduction to it. I also congratulate my three noble friends who have held their premieres today so impressively—not so much a maiden over as a
2025-01-23
Economic Growth
My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Horam, even though it is nearly 40 years since I could describe him in parliamentary terms as a friend. I am very pleased to be able to speak in the important debate which the noble Lord, L
My Lords, I shall speak briefly on this group, particularly Amendments 4 and 5, but the arguments that I make really apply to many of these early groups because each one is a special plea. My noble friend Lord Davies of Brixton asked, “How can you speak
It is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Bray, for the first time. I would suggest that she look back at the speech of the noble Lord, Lord Macpherson, who set out some notable former Conservative Chancellors who raised taxes early in their te
2024-12-10
Opera
My Lords, my noble friend Lord Murphy of Torfaen has done a great service to this House, opera and WNO in securing this debate and introducing it so compellingly—a case of a good revival being a great substitute for a cancelled first run. Although I was
2024-11-11
Autumn Budget 2024
My Lords, there was much comment about the new Government’s first Budget not being delivered until 117 days after they took office—one of the longest intervals in recent history. George Frideric Handel may, famously, have written “Messiah” in 24 days, wi
2024-10-25
Ukraine
My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Robathan, said, there is a limit to what can be added, as nearly the 30th speaker, to a debate where there is such a heartening and profound level of consensus on all sides of the House, particularly as I am acutely cons
My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Hollick on securing this debate and his outstanding introduction. This report, Who Watches the Watchdogs?, is the crowning glory of his term as the inaugural chair of the Industry and Regulators Committee, to
2024-09-09
Budget Responsibility Bill
My Lords, this is a short Bill, which, as it is—in my view, rightly—designated as a money Bill, your Lordships’ House cannot amend. I propose to speak briefly. I add my voice in support of the Bill and of the persuasive reasoning set out by my noble frie
2024-07-22
King’s Speech (4th Day)
My Lords, I enthusiastically welcome my noble friend Lord Vallance of Balham to this House and to the Government Front Bench and congratulate him on his inspiring maiden speech. I have high hopes and confidence in the ability of him and my other noble fr
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Register of Interests · 7 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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Director, Digbeth Loc Studios Limited (film and television studios)
registered 2025-10-17
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Chair, Investment Committee for Family Office, WFO Services Limited (operating arm of family office, providing administrative and investment services to a family)
registered 2021-05-10 · amended 2025-04-05
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Director, The Theseus Agency Limited (brand and media company representation)
registered 2018-07-17 · amended 2025-04-05
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Director, RSMB Television Research Ltd (market research)
registered 2010-05-14 · amended 2025-04-05
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Director, Scopetime Limited (consultancy)
registered 2010-05-14 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (b)
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The Theseus Agency Limited (brand and media company representation)
registered 2021-05-10 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (c)
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HarbourVest Global Private Equity (private equity fund of funds)
registered 2024-05-24 · amended 2025-04-07
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Party history
1981-11-24 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2003-12-04 → 2006-11-08
Works of Art Committee (Lords)
2015-06-08 → 2016-08-31
Information Committee (Lords)
2017-10-18 → 2018-03-13
Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 Committee
2018-07-19 → 2019-03-26
Intergenerational Fairness and Provision Committee
2019-07-01 → 2023-01-31
Economic Affairs Committee
2020-09-08 → 2023-01-31
Finance Bill Sub-Committee
2023-01-31 → 2026-01-27
Industry and Regulators Committee
2025-12-18 → present
Retirement and Participation Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s)
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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.