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The Lord Popat

Conservative Member of the House of Lords M
Lord Popat's full title is The Lord Popat. His name is Dolar Amarshi Popat, 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.

Political donations made

Total donated (all years on record) £305,151
21 donations across 2 distinct recipients
Matched donor names: Lord Dolar Popat · Lord Dolar Popat · Lord Popat · Lord Dolar Popat
Date Recipient Type EC Ref Amount
2022-08-09 Conservative and Unionist Party · North Derbyshire Cash C0561646 £3,750
2021-05-25 Conservative and Unionist Party · Central Party Cash C0548917 £25,000
2019-11-23 Conservative and Unionist Party · Bolsover Cash C0479293 £3,000
2017-06-29 Conservative and Unionist Party · Central Party Cash C0330953 £4,000
2017-05-04 Conservative and Unionist Party · Central Party Cash C0319386 £25,000
2017-05-04 Conservative and Unionist Party · Central Party Cash C0330853 £25,000
2015-11-20 Conservative and Unionist Party · Central Party Cash C0239883 £18,000
2015-05-05 Conservative and Unionist Party · Central Party Cash C0203410 £50,000
2015-04-02 Conservative and Unionist Party · Central Party Cash C0203503 £1,000
2015-03-24 Conservative and Unionist Party · Central Party Cash C0194125 £1,000
2015-03-17 Conservative and Unionist Party · Central Party Cash C0194064 £54,200
2015-02-03 Conservative and Unionist Party · Wolverhampton West Cash C0194630 £1,500
2013-07-02 Conservative and Unionist Party · Central Party Cash C0094139 £2,000
2013-03-15 Conservative and Unionist Party · Central Party Cash C0087424 £24,000
2012-11-06 Conservative Friends of India Non Cash NC0084899 £1,001
2012-05-25 Conservative Friends of India Cash C0079181 £10,000
2011-10-13 Conservative and Unionist Party · Central Party Cash C0066935 £9,000
2011-09-30 Conservative and Unionist Party · Central Party Cash C0053732 £2,100
2011-06-29 Conservative and Unionist Party · Central Party Cash C0041287 £7,600
2010-11-02 Conservative and Unionist Party · Central Party Cash C0026770 £13,000
Showing the 20 most recent donations on record. Source: Electoral Commission donations register (search.electoralcommission.org.uk). Match confidence: unique-surname.

Party history

2010-07-10present
Conservative current

Government posts

2013-01-092015-05-07
Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

Opposition posts

None recorded.

Committee memberships

2012-05-292013-01-08
Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Committee

Contact

Parliamentary office
popatd@parliament.uk
020 7219 0295 · 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 for Trade and Investment
Subject Group
Vice Chair 15 2024-01-21
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Zambia
Country Group
Vice Chair 8 2024-06-25
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Rwanda
Country Group
Co-Chair 8 2023-06-04
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Weddings
Subject Group
Vice Chair 11 2023-09-19
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.

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)

1 bills 0 as lead sponsor 1 as supporter
Bill Info Role Status Introduced
Pensions (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill Supported 1st reading 2023-12-06
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at introduction. Sorted newest first.
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