The Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick CBE

Crossbench Member of the House of Lords M

Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick's full title is The Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick CBE. His name is Michael John Hastings, 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

2005-10-12 → present

Crossbench current

Government posts

None recorded.

Opposition posts

None recorded.

Committee memberships

2007-04-23 → 2009-11-12

Communications and Digital Committee

Contact

Parliamentary office

contactholmember@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

APPGs (2026) · 3 active officership(s) · 2 historic

Group	Role(s)	Funders	Officers in group	Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group for London as a Global City Subject Group	Officer	Excel · London Chamber of Commerce and Industry	8	2024-11-15
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Media Literacy Subject Group	Co-Chair	The Student View	7	2024-03-23
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Mentoring Subject Group	Co-Chair	The Diana Award	7	2022-01-08

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
Paul Scully	Chair & Registered Contact	Conservative
Dawn Butler	Co-Chair	Labour
Florence Eshalomi	Officer	Labour (Co-op)
Nickie Aiken	Officer	Conservative
Sir Robert Neill	Officer	Conservative
Dr Rupa Huq	Officer	Labour
Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick	Officer	Crossbench
Lord Mountevans	Officer	Conservative
Lord Mountevans	Officer	Crossbench

Officer	Role	Party
Kirsty Blackman	Chair & Registered Contact	Scottish National Party
Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick	Co-Chair	Crossbench
John Nicolson	Vice Chair	Scottish National Party
Lord McNicol of West Kilbride	Vice Chair	Labour
Dame Siobhain McDonagh	Vice Chair	Labour
Lord Knight of Weymouth	Vice Chair	Labour
Dame Caroline Dinenage	Officer	Conservative

Officer	Role	Party
Dr Lisa Cameron	Chair & Registered Contact	Conservative
Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick	Co-Chair	Crossbench
Lord Rennard	Vice Chair	Non-affiliated
Fleur Anderson	Vice Chair	Labour
Ian Paisley	Vice Chair	Democratic Unionist Party
Alexander Stafford	Officer	Conservative
Jim Shannon	Officer	Democratic Unionist Party

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)