The Lord Fox
Liberal Democrat
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Fox's full title is The Lord Fox. His name is Christopher Francis Fox, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£6,678
18 days attended across 1 published month
Total claimed
£6,678
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Political donations made
Total donated (all years on record)
£12,530
6 donations across 1 distinct recipient
Matched donor name:
Lord Christopher Fox
| Date | Recipient | Type | EC Ref | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-30 | Liberal Democrats · Parliamentary Party In The Lords | Cash | C0337735 | £1,800 |
| 2016-12-31 | Liberal Democrats · Central Party | Cash | C0262455 | £2,630 |
| 2016-09-30 | Liberal Democrats · Parliamentary Party In The Lords | Cash | C0252122 | £1,800 |
| 2015-12-31 | Liberal Democrats · Central Party | Cash | C0239642 | £2,700 |
| 2015-09-30 | Liberal Democrats · Parliamentary Party In The Lords | Cash | C0210914 | £1,800 |
| 2015-02-20 | Liberal Democrats · closed 31/12/2023 - Bath and North East Somerset | Cash | C0165634 | £1,800 |
Showing the 6 most recent donations on record.
Source: Electoral Commission donations register
(search.electoralcommission.org.uk).
Match confidence: unique-surname.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
77 Content(40.7%)
28 Not-Content(14.8%)
84 didn't vote(44.4%)
2026-07-22
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64–95
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2026-07-21
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173–234
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2026-07-13
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158–239
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2026-04-13
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178–231
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2026-03-26
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115–197
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2026-03-25
Content
95–137
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2026-03-12
Not-Content
26–134
Not-Content
2026-03-05
Content
193–143
Content
2026-03-05
Content
194–140
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2026-03-05
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198–139
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2026-03-05
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208–142
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2026-03-05
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214–142
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2026-01-05
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131–127
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2026-01-05
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194–130
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2026-01-05
Not-Content
168–178
Not-Content
2026-01-05
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210–131
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
2026-09-15
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
2026-09-15
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, I shall move Amendment 30 and speak to Amendments 31, 32, 43, 44 and 45, which sounds daunting but they are all the same amendment. These amendments are in my name, and I am happy to say that they have been countersigned by the Minister. The ef
2026-09-15
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
2026-09-15
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, I thank the Minister wholeheartedly for his response to both my amendments. The response to Amendment 27 was more ambitious than I was proposing, so I am very happy with that. His response to Amendment 34 on resources has been more than fulsome
2026-09-15
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, in moving Amendment 27, I shall also speak to Amendment 34. They are both in my name. Amendment 27 would require payment disputes referred to the adjudication scheme to be resolved within 60 days unless the Small Business Commissioner considers
2026-09-15
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
2026-09-15
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, there are no amendments in my name in this group, but I will speak very briefly on Amendment 24, which, as we heard, seeks to remove the ban on retention, with the very worthy aim of helping ensure that resident-owned or resident-run blocks of
2026-09-15
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, the noble Lords, Lord Hunt and Lord Sharpe, were right to raise the issue of definitions in Committee. Rather than simply echo them, I decided to add something to the debate through Amendment 35, which sets out something of the Tower of Babel
2026-09-15
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, for his support for this amendment. One point of consternation or otherwise is that I would suggest that the supplier-marketplace relationship is a B2B relationship, not a B2C one. I am not sure where the argument that
2026-09-15
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, as we all know, economic activity is switching from familiar structures and supply chains to a situation where businesses market their goods or services via third-party online marketplaces or virtual intermediaries. The amendment would bring su
2026-09-15
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
2026-09-15
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, I feel a great wave of consensus flowing over me. I will speak to Amendment 8 in my name. As we discussed before the Recess, much of the consultation process proposed a 45-day limit, yet the Bill offers no easy route from the 60 days it propose
2026-09-15
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
2026-09-15
Speciality Steel UK
My Lords, I congratulate the Minister on his new role, which is fast becoming that of a steel baron. As I said from these Benches during the passage of the nationalisation Bill—which, as the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe, pointed out, focused on British Steel—
My Lords, the National Security and Investment Act 2021 allows the Government to scrutinise and intervene on certain acquisitions made by companies, including businesses which and investors who could harm our national security. The Act covers 17 sensitiv
2026-09-14
Hospitality Industry: VAT
My Lords, I do not believe the Minister had the pleasure of participating in the Employment Rights Bill, and I will not relitigate the entire debate, but the legislation undertakes to substantially change the zero-hours regulations that affect many of th
2026-09-14
Public Sector Fraud Authority
My Lords, does the Minister agree that whistleblowers have a big role in uncovering public sector fraud? Does she also agree that there is an awful lot more the Government could do both to encourage whistleblowers and to protect their identities? Will sh
My Lords, today has been “Frank Sinatra day”—regrets, there have been a few—and we are thankful to the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe, for this last one; it is the last but by no means least. It seemed a short time ago that we were discussing the issues raised
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 10 in my name. Before that, I commend the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, on Amendments 1 and 9. These seem to be eminently sensible suggestions. I wonder whether, if the Small Business Commissioner makes very clear their vie
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, these amendments are very much of the style that I had expected, knowing that the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, was involved in the Bill, and he certainly made his arguments. To some extent I think there is a mixed thing here, with some of it mandat
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
A lawyer steps up.
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
Simple—have a flat tax.
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
I am sorry to labour the point, but that use of structures is exactly what my amendment seeks to avoid, because it is through those structures that clever companies with very good corporate lawyers can remove profit that has been generated in this countr
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
Before the Minister sits down, I found his answer on Amendment 91 a bit disappointing, given that we went through the debate on the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act and came to a different conclusion. It is not clear to me why, in this circ
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, it is a real pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, given his continued involvement with the Small Business Commissioner. There are a lot of amendments in this group. In order not to overstay my welcome, I will not speak to his amendment
Source: hansard.parliament.uk via hansard-api. Snippets shown
verbatim from the search API; click any debate title for the full record.
Register of Interests · 1 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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Occasional lecturer on International Business Culture at Wroxton College of Fairleigh Dickinson University
registered 2019-02-11 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2014-09-11 → present
Liberal Democrat
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
2023-02-20 → present
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Business)
2017-06-16 → 2023-02-19
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)
Committee memberships
2015-06-08 → 2019-07-01
Science and Technology Committee
2019-07-01 → 2023-01-31
Economic Affairs Committee
2023-01-31 → 2026-01-27
International Agreements Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
020 7219 3215 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 3215 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
APPGs (2026) · 2 active officership(s) · 2 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
All-Party Parliamentary Motor Group
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | Motorsport Industry Association · RAC Foundation · Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders | 4 | 2027-01-04 |
|
Chemical Industry All-Party Parliamentary Group
Subject Group
|
Secretary | — | 4 | 2024-11-20 |
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
Showing
5
of 5 tabled
5 answered(100.0%)
4
departments
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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)
1 bills
0 as lead sponsor
1 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carer's Leave Act 2023 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2022-06-15 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.