The Lord Holmes of Richmond MBE
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
M
Lord Holmes of Richmond's full title is The Lord Holmes of Richmond MBE. His name is Christopher Holmes, 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.
Lords votes · 2026
162 divisions
101 Content(62.3%)
4 Not-Content(2.5%)
57 didn't vote(35.2%)
2026-04-13
Not-Content
69–332
Not-Content
2026-03-25
Content
95–137
Not-Content
2026-03-05
Content
193–143
Content
2026-03-05
Content
194–140
Content
2026-03-05
Content
198–139
Content
2026-03-05
Content
208–142
Content
2026-03-05
Content
214–142
Content
2026-02-04
Not-Content
62–295
Not-Content
2026-01-05
Content
194–130
Content
2026-01-05
Content
168–178
Not-Content
2026-01-05
Content
210–131
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2026-01-05
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132–124
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
2026-06-22
Sporting Events Bill [HL]
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my friend the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson. As it is the first time I have spoken in Committee, I declare my technology interests as adviser to the Crown Estate, Endava plc and Simmons and Simmons LLP, and as no
2026-06-22
Sporting Events Bill [HL]
My Lords, it is a pleasure to take part in the debate on this group of amendments. I will speak to the two amendments in my name. The first, Amendment 39, is incredibly straightforward and simply seeks to exclude charities from the restricted advertiseme
2026-06-22
Sporting Events Bill [HL]
My Lords, it is pleasure to follow my friend, the noble Lord, Lord Bassam, and to take part in this group. I am physically and actually right behind my noble friend Lord Moynihan on these issues: it is a good provision, but it is the wrong position. It o
2026-06-22
Sporting Events Bill [HL]
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my friend, the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson. Broadcasting is such a critical part of the sporting experience. For most people broadcast is the sporting experience. When Andy Murray was performing so fabulously o
2026-06-22
Sporting Events Bill [HL]
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Hayward. Were I to imagine myself—as I never would—on the Bishops’ Bench, in approaching this set of amendments I would be very much reminded of the parable of the prodigal son.
The Bill rightl
2026-06-22
Sporting Events Bill [HL]
It is a pleasure to follow my friend, the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, and to support all the amendments in the name of my noble friend Lord Moynihan. It is such a pleasure to have him back in your Lordships’ House. The boat is now being steered a
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend. I shall speak to Amendment 96 in my name. It rehearses an issue that we discussed in Committee on Tuesday, but it is pertinent to this section. Essentially the point at issue is this: we have a Govern
My Lords, I am delighted to follow my noble friend Lord Harper. I intend to speak to Amendments 74 and 75 in my name. It would be only slightly reductive to say it is all about the slots. In many ways, this part of the Bill is the very heart of the indus
My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 63. I thank the noble Earl for the excellent way in which he introduced the group and covered the amendments with such eloquence. This is a very straightforward amendment whose purpose is clear: to have an immutable
2026-06-17
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 100 and the other amendments in my name. We have the Equality Act 2010, and the public sector equality duty, but it is clear that in social housing, as in so many other sectors of our society, these pieces of legislat
2026-06-17
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 63 in my name. I apologise to the noble Lord: I was just coming through the doors as he rose to his feet. It took me longer to get down the stairs than I was intending. It would have been easier if I had been swimming.
My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who contributed to this interesting debate. I also thank the Minister for his speedy response, which was Concorde-like in its pace of delivery and has landed us at the end of today’s proceedings in Committee. For now, I
My Lords, it is a pleasure to move Amendment 31 in my name and to speak to Amendment 32 and the other two amendments in my name in this group. It is worth reflecting that we have now been in Committee since 3.45 pm. We could have flown to Athens in that
I thank noble Lords who have taken part in this debate so far, not least my friends the noble Baronesses, Lady Grey-Thompson and Lady Brinton, who have done so much for disabled people for such a long period of time, despite suffering indignity and discr
My Lords, before my noble friend responds, far be it from me to get between two former Secretaries of State for Transport before a Transport Minister comes to respond to either of them, but I want to check something with my noble friend Lord Harper. Is h
My Lords, it is a pleasure to take part in Committee on the Bill. As it is my first intervention in Committee, I declare my technology interests as set out in the register, variously as adviser to the Crown Estate, Endava plc, and Simmons & Simmons L
2026-06-15
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate and thank the Minister for her response. My only comment is on the Minister’s statement that landlords and those in social housing should observe UK law. The difficulty is that, when it
2026-06-15
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 48 and all other amendments in my name in this group. All the amendments in this group, whether they concern AI, data or interoperable systems, are predicated on a number of straightforward questions. Do we believe tha
2026-06-15
Social Housing Bill [HL]
2026-06-15
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 101 and 104 in this group, which are in my name. Quite simply, they would impose equality impact assessments and ESG assessments, ensuring that, in this important area of work, local authorities and landlords are doin
2026-06-15
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, it is a pleasure to take part in this Committee. I apologise to noble Lords that I was not able to be in your Lordships’ House for Second Reading. I declare my relevant technology interests as set out in the register, variously as adviser to th
2026-06-09
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, what a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Leigh of Hurley and to hear some of his family history. I always suspected that he was a big fan of sofa government.
I declare my interests as set out in the register as adviser variously to the
2026-06-08
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, it is a pleasure to take part in this Second Reading debate, and, in doing so, I declare my technology interests as adviser variously to the Crown Estate, Endava plc and Simmons & Simmons LLP. I congratulate the Minister on the clear and co
My Lords, I declare my relevant interests as adviser to the Crown Estate, Endava PLC and Simmons & Simmons LLP.
I congratulate the most reverend Primate not only on securing this debate but, much more importantly, on the short journey she has tak
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Register of Interests · 47 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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Speaking engagement, 20 May 2026, EducationScape Training and Technology Summit, London
registered 2026-05-28
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Speaking engagement, 7 May 2026, Digital Environment Research Institute research day, Queen Mary University of London
registered 2026-05-28
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Speaking engagement, 5 May 2026, Manulife (financial services), France
registered 2026-05-28
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Speaking engagement, 30 April 2026, London Business School, London
registered 2026-05-11
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Speaking engagement, 20 April 2026, Impact Advantage digital inclusion summit, Birmingham
registered 2026-05-11
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Speaking engagement, 15 April 2026, Global technology distribution council summit, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
registered 2026-05-11
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Speaking engagement, 2 February 2026, City and Financial, London
registered 2026-02-27
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Speaking engagement, 3 December 2025, UBS, virtual
registered 2026-01-02
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Speaking engagement, 3 December 2025, Tokenize 2025 summit, London
registered 2026-01-02
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Speaking engagement, 2 December 2025, Tokenize 2025 summit, London
registered 2026-01-02
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Speaking engagement, 26 November 2025, City & Financial Global, London
registered 2025-11-26
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Speaking engagement, 20 November 2025, ComplyAdvantage CATALYST conference, London
registered 2025-11-26
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Speaking engagement, 19 November 2025, TALiNT Partners conference, London
registered 2025-11-26
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Speaking engagement, 12 November 2025, City & Financial Global, London
registered 2025-11-26
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Adviser on AI, and data centre strategies and narrative, Submer Technologies Ltd (data-centre technologies and IT) (interest ceased 20 April 2026)
registered 2025-11-26 · amended 2026-05-20
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Speaking engagement, 23 October 2025, Spotify and Taylor Wessing, London
registered 2025-11-03
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Speaking engagement, 23 October 2025, London Block Chain conference, London
registered 2025-11-03
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Speaking engagement, 22 October 2025, Digital Manufacturing 2Day conference, Coventry
registered 2025-11-03
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Speaking engagement, 14 October 2025, Structured Credit Investor awards dinner, London
registered 2025-11-03 · amended 2026-05-20
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Speaking engagement, 14 October 2025, Future of Finance conference, London
registered 2025-11-03
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Speaking engagement, 13 October 2025, Digital Asset Summit, London
registered 2025-11-03
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Speaking engagement, 9 October 2025, Digital Assets Week, London
registered 2025-11-03
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Speaking engagement, 3 October 2025, Steeleye, London
registered 2025-11-03
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Speaking engagement, 1 October 2025, Amazon, London
registered 2025-11-03
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Advisor, Simmons and Simmons LLP (advice given on emerging technologies including AI and block chain)
registered 2025-11-03
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Non-executive director, Avalanche BVI Inc (blockchain)
registered 2025-10-01
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Non-executive director, Avalanche Foundation (blockchain)
registered 2025-10-01
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Speaking engagement, 17 September 2025, Travers Smith Future of Fintech 2025 conference, London
registered 2025-10-01
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Speaking engagement, 3 July 2025, South Hampshire College Group, online
registered 2025-07-11
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Speaking engagement, 3 July 2025, Henley Business School, Oxfordshire
registered 2025-07-11
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Speaking engagement, 2 July 2025, City Week 2025, London
registered 2025-07-11
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Member, Global Advisory Board, Endava plc (IT)
registered 2025-07-11
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Speaking engagement, 26 June 2025, Stablecoins Unblocked conference, London
registered 2025-06-30
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Speaking engagement, 24 June 2025, Freelancer and Contractor Services Association conference, online
registered 2025-06-30
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Speaking engagement, 18 June 2025, Taylor Wessing (law firm), London
registered 2025-06-30
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Speaking engagement, 18 June 2025, DigiAssets conference, London
registered 2025-06-30
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Speaking engagement, 13 June 2025, Terra Forum conference, London
registered 2025-06-30
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Member, Technology and Science Advisory Committee, The Crown Estate
registered 2025-06-30
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Adviser, Members Capital Management (advice given was on strategic issues across capital markets, asset management, digital assets and financial technology) (interest ceased 20 November 2025)
registered 2024-10-29 · amended 2025-11-27
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Adviser on fintech and financial inclusion to Ecospend Ltd (open banking technologies) (interest ceased 30 November 2025)
registered 2023-04-14 · amended 2025-11-27
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Adviser, BPP University (advice given on diversity and inclusion; environmental, social, and corporate governance; and fintech)
registered 2023-02-09 · amended 2025-10-30
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Director, Calcaneum UK Limited (new technologies advisory; clients listed below)
registered 2022-07-19 · amended 2025-04-07
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Director, CHedserve Ltd (professional education)
registered 2014-05-16 · amended 2025-04-05
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Director, CHconserve Ltd (company to manage the member’s advisory work; clients listed below)
registered 2014-05-16 · amended 2025-04-07
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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Calcaneum UK Limited (new technologies advisory; clients listed in category 1)
registered 2022-07-19 · amended 2025-04-07
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CHedserve Ltd (professional education) (see category 1)
registered 2017-06-13 · amended 2025-04-05
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CHconserve Ltd (company to manage the member’s advisory work) (see category 1)
registered 2015-01-13 · amended 2025-04-05
Source: UK Parliament Members API (Lords register). Refreshed weekly.
Read the full
Lords Code of Conduct
for what each category covers and the disclosure thresholds.
Party history
2020-10-12 → present
Conservative
current
2019-07-24 → 2020-10-11
Non-affiliated
2013-09-13 → 2019-07-23
Conservative
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2014-06-12 → 2015-02-04
Digital Skills
2015-06-08 → 2015-06-23
Information Committee (Lords)
2015-06-11 → 2016-03-16
Social Mobility Committee
2016-05-25 → 2017-03-25
Financial Exclusion Committee
2017-06-29 → 2018-03-13
Artificial Intelligence Committee
2018-05-17 → 2019-03-26
Intergenerational Fairness and Provision Committee
2019-06-13 → 2022-06-16
Democracy and Digital Technologies Committee
2021-05-13 → 2024-01-31
Science and Technology Committee
2022-12-12 → 2023-02-20
Electronic Trade Documents Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee
2024-11-18 → 2025-02-03
Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee
2025-01-30 → present
Communications and Digital Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
holmesc@parliament.uk
020 7219 8617 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 8617 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Website
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APPGs (2026) · 6 active officership(s) · 9 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Assistive Technology
Subject Group
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Officer | Policy Connect | 4 | 2025-06-04 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Challenger Banks and Building Societies
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | Allica Bank · Barndoor Strategy · Metro Bank · Perenna | 9 | 2023-06-26 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Data and Emerging Technologies
Subject Group
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Officer | Policy Connect | 4 | 2027-06-10 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Data Analytics
Subject Group
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Officer | Policy Connect | 4 | 2025-06-04 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Technology and National Security
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | Centre for Emerging Technology and Security | 5 | 2023-11-21 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Subject Group
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Officer | Braintree Ltd · Elastacloud Ltd · Harvey Nash PLC · Lockheed Martin UK · Salesforce UK Limited · Samsung Electronics UK Ltd · Vodafone Limited | 11 | 2021-05-21 |
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
Showing
2
of 2 tabled
2 answered(100.0%)
2
flagged: member has interest
1
departments
2026-02-23
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Digital Technology: Human Rights
interest
Answered
2026-02-04
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence: Safety
interest
Answered
Source: UK Parliament Members API. The amber "interest" tag is set
by Parliament's own system when the asking member has a register entry
it deems related — typically a paid role or directorship in the
sector being asked about. Click any "i" icon to see the full
question and the department's answer.
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)
6 bills
5 as lead sponsor
1 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 1st reading | 2025-03-04 | |
| Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 3rd reading | 2023-11-22 | |
| British Sign Language Act 2022 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2021-06-16 | |
| Unpaid Work Experience (Prohibition) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2020-01-13 | |
| Unpaid Work Experience (Prohibition) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2017-06-27 | |
| Unpaid Work Experience (Prohibition) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2016-06-07 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.