The Lord Best OBE DL

Crossbench Member of the House of Lords M

Lord Best's full title is The Lord Best OBE DL. His name is Richard Stuart Best, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.

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Allowance claims · 2026

Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.

Party history

2001-06-04 → present

Crossbench current

Government posts

None recorded.

Opposition posts

None recorded.

Committee memberships

2002-11-13 → 2008-11-26

Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (Lords)

2004-05-10 → 2004-09-15

Draft Charities Bill (Joint Committee)

2007-11-13 → 2012-05-01

Economic Affairs Committee

2013-05-16 → 2014-05-14

Information Committee (Lords)

2013-05-16 → 2013-11-06

Olympic and Paralympic Legacy Committee

2014-06-12 → 2017-04-27

Communications and Digital Committee Chair +£14,876/yr

2018-10-16 → 2020-04-23

EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee

2021-04-14 → 2024-01-31

Built Environment Committee

2024-01-31 → present

Industry and Regulators Committee

Contact

Parliamentary office

best@parliament.uk
020 7219 6799 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

APPGs (2026) · 4 active officership(s) · 6 historic

Group	Role(s)	Funders	Officers in group	Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing and Care for Older People Subject Group	Co-Chair	Housing 21	4	2027-02-09
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing and Planning Subject Group	Officer	Royal Town Planning Institute	6	2023-11-13
All-Party Parliamentary Group on New Towns Subject Group	Co-Chair	Town and Country Planning Association	4	2027-03-12
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Shared Ownership Housing Subject Group	Officer	Field Consulting	6	2022-06-11

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.

Officer	Role	Party
Anna Dixon	Chair & Registered Contact	Labour
Lord Best	Co-Chair	Crossbench
Neil Coyle	Vice Chair	Labour
Lord Young of Cookham	Vice Chair	Conservative

Officer	Role	Party
David Simmonds	Chair & Registered Contact	Conservative
Lord Best	Officer	Crossbench
Damien Moore	Vice Chair	Conservative
Stephen McPartland	Vice Chair	Conservative
Ms Harriet Harman	Vice Chair	Labour
Andrew Lewer	Vice Chair	Conservative

Officer	Role	Party
Andrew Lewin	Chair & Registered Contact	Labour
Lord Best	Co-Chair	Crossbench
Lord Naseby	Officer	Conservative
Katrina Murray	Officer	Labour

Officer	Role	Party
Paul Bristow	Chair & Registered Contact	Conservative
Siobhain McDonagh	Vice Chair	Labour
Lord Best	Officer	Crossbench
Lord Naseby	Officer	Conservative
Nick Fletcher	Officer	Conservative
Ben Everitt	Officer	Conservative

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)

7 bills 1 as lead sponsor 6 as supporter

Bill	Role	Status	Introduced
Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023	Supported	Royal Assent	2022-06-15
Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018	Supported	Royal Assent	2017-07-19
BBC Licence Fee Bill [HL]	Sponsored	2nd reading	2017-07-12
Homelessness Reduction Act 2017	Supported	Royal Assent	2016-06-29
Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015	Supported	Royal Assent	2014-07-02
Mobile Homes Act 2013	Supported	Royal Assent	2012-06-20
Mortgage Repossessions (Protection of Tenants etc) Act 2010	Supported	Royal Assent	2009-12-16

Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at introduction. Sorted newest first.