The Lord Dobbs
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Dobbs's full title is The Lord Dobbs. His name is Michael John Dobbs, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£3,710
11 days attended across 1 published month
Overnight / accommodation
£567
Travel claims
£378
Attendance £378
Total claimed
£4,655
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
54 Content(28.6%)
3 Not-Content(1.6%)
132 didn't vote(69.8%)
2026-02-04
Not-Content
62–295
Not-Content
2026-01-12
Content
201–169
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
2026-06-23
G7 Summit
I welcome the words of the Lord Privy Seal about the need to engage all of civil society in the issue of what a dangerous world we live in. How does she reconcile that with the fact that, time after time, the heads of our armed services are saying that o
2026-06-09
Lord Mandelson Humble Address
My Lords, this is beginning to sound more like something out of “Mission Impossible”, with telephone messages destructing themselves after 30 seconds and other telephones being stolen in strange circumstances. This is getting to be a bit of a saga of exc
2026-06-02
Windrush Compensation Scheme
My Lords, every week I pass by that wonderful statue of the Windrush generation at Waterloo station. It is an inspiration, showing people who were invited here to come and be part of our community, and they have served this community incredibly well. We
2026-05-18
King’s Speech
My Lords, a little while ago, I became aware of the case of a young man charged with multiple counts of rape. He was arrested late at night in front of his weeping parents and taken away in a police van. It was five years before he came to trial.
The
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, this debate has become very personal at times, and perhaps I might indulge in that. First, I apologise to my noble friend Lord Sandhurst for trying to get in the way of his valedictory speech. He is a friend of mine and will remain so, and I sh
2026-03-24
Reducing Government Spending
I hope the House will forgive me, but I can scarcely keep up with the good news that the Minister keeps showering upon us, so may I ask him for an indication—not a guarantee or promise but an indication—that he will put his noble name to? One thing he ha
2026-02-02
Nationalised Passenger Rail Services
If the Minister was travelling on a successful South Western train this morning, he was on a different train from the one I was on. I ask him to look back: the very first breath that this Labour Government took was to give a record-breaking, inflation-bu
2025-12-04
Autumn Budget 2025
My Lords, I have a lot of personal regard for the Minister, and I listened to his speech carefully, but I did not hear a single word about unemployment, so allow me to help him.
Many of us, sadly, are old enough to remember the Government of Harold Wi
2025-11-21
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I will just follow up my noble friend’s remarks. He is a noble friend; I campaigned for him several times in his constituency when he was an MP, and I will remain a friend of his, I hope. I want very quickly to follow up on his remarks about what we migh
2025-09-12
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I speak as a cancer sufferer, as a man who applauds and supports the hospice movement and, I hope, as a conservative. I reject, as a matter of principle, the idea that the state can demand ownership of my body any more than it can own my spirit
2025-09-03
Prostate Cancer
The biopsy was not much fun. Stuck in those stirrups, my dignity dangling in the breeze, a charming lady nurse asked me if I was comfortable. We both agreed that that was a profoundly stupid question and laughed our way through the prodding and the pokin
2025-09-02
Friendly Wifi Certification
My Lords, while we are on the subject of provisions in this place, may I express the hope that at last the front door is more family-friendly than it used to be? I have also heard that we are now planning another potentially traumatic change in that area
2025-07-21
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
My Lords, perhaps I might impose for just a few moments on this matter. I think it is relevant to remark on a very significant anniversary for the Labour Party this month. I am not talking about the first anniversary of this Government; I am talking abou
2025-07-16
Afghanistan
I am afraid I am a little less sanguine about some of this than others. This catastrophic cock-up—and it was a cock-up, not a criminal event—is a direct consequence of us getting involved in a war in which we should never have got involved in the first p
2025-07-16
Afghanistan
My Lords—
2025-07-16
Female Genital Mutilation
To ask His Majesty’s Government how many cases of female genital mutilation have been reported in the past 10 years, and how many cases have been prosecuted.
2025-07-16
Female Genital Mutilation
My Lords, I thank the Minister for that information and his very encouraging response. Female genital mutilation means cutting off a young girl’s clitoris. It usually happens in a back room off some back street. It is being inflicted on thousands of chi
2025-07-15
Taxes
My Lords, I understand why the Minister refuses to give hypotheticals on forthcoming tax. However, this Government made a clear commitment not to introduce taxes on working people. They have looked very much like a fish on the end of a hook over the last
2025-07-02
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
My Lords, I shall make a very brief comment on the points of the noble Lord, Lord Kerr of Kinlochard, about the image of the House.
We know and accept that hereditary Peers are anomalous, but what about most of the rest of us? Let us be clear about th
2025-07-02
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
I had finished my remarks but will respond to say that I would love that to be the case.
2025-07-02
Peers’ Entrance Security Door
My Lords, last week when we were discussing this issue I made a silly mistake. I suggested that the wretched front entrance had cost as much as Grenfell Tower. I am sorry; I completely misread the briefing that I was given. I do not feel comfortable lea
My Lords, I welcome the emphasis on cost-effectiveness and timeliness, and welcome the mention by the noble Lord, Lord Harris, of frivolousness. Are there any lessons on restoration and renewal that we can take from the saga of our front door and the fen
2025-06-11
Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL]
My Lords, of course the Government have the right to do what they intend to do, but that does not make the Government right to do what they intend to do.
As a mark of our cross-party determination, we have pushed this in this House up to the limit—som
2025-06-11
Police Service
My Lords, I come from a family of four generations of police officers. I am proud to refer to that, as a matter of interest. The Labour manifesto promised to lower all sorts of crime, and I wish them well in fulfilling that promise. But the Police Federa
2025-06-11
Police Service
To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking in response to concerns expressed by the leaders of the Police Superintendents’ Association and the Police Federation of England and Wales that the police service is “in crisis”.
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Register of Interests · 6 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, Michael Dobbs Entertainment Ltd (see category 2(a))
registered 2012-06-09 · amended 2025-04-07
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Income from writing and broadcasting: Speeches (Specialist Speakers and others)
registered 2011-01-10 · amended 2025-04-05
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Income from writing and broadcasting: Television (BBC; various others)
registered 2011-01-10 · amended 2025-04-05
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Income from writing and broadcasting: Film (Media Rights Capital II LP; Bad Wolf Ltd; Universal Content Productions LLC; various others)
registered 2011-01-10 · amended 2026-01-28
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Income from writing and broadcasting: Books (Simon & Schuster); HarperCollins; Sourcebooks; Public Lending Right (PLR); Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS))
registered 2011-01-10 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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Sole owner with wife (each holding 50 per cent) of Michael Dobbs Entertainment Ltd
registered 2012-06-11 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2010-12-18 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2011-07-18 → 2012-03-12
Privacy and Injunctions (Joint Committee)
2015-06-08 → 2015-09-10
Communications and Digital Committee
2019-10-22 → 2019-10-29
Democracy and Digital Technologies Committee
2019-06-13 → 2019-07-15
Democracy and Digital Technologies Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
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Website
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)
1 bills
0 as lead sponsor
1 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| European Union (Referendum) Bill | Supported | Committee stage | 2013-06-19 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.