The Lord O'Shaughnessy
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord O'Shaughnessy's full title is The Lord O'Shaughnessy. His name is James Richard O'Shaughnessy, 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.
Ministerial activity
Records on file
88
78 meetings ·
5 hospitality ·
0 gifts ·
5 overseas trips
· 2016-06-01 → 2026-05-01
Recent meetings · latest 20 of 78
| Date | Met with | Purpose | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-12-18 | — | To discuss Life Sciences | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2018-12-18 | — | To discuss Life Sciences | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2018-12-10 | — | To discuss Life Siences | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2018-12-06 | — | To discuss EU Exit | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2018-12-06 | — | To discuss Life Sciences | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2018-12-05 | — | Introductory meeting | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2018-12-05 | — | To discuss Genomics | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2018-12-05 | — | Joined the SRM Program (Intro meeting) | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2018-12-03 | — | Life sciences and research | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2018-11-28 | — | To discuss Life Sciences | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2018-11-28 | — | To discuss Life Sciences | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2018-11-26 | — | To discuss NHS data | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2018-11-20 | — | Introductory meeting | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2018-11-19 | — | To discuss Life Sciences | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2018-11-15 | — | To discuss NHS Data | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2018-11-14 | — | To discuss genomics | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2018-11-12 | — | To discuss Research | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2018-11-12 | — | To discuss EU Exit and Life Sciences | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2018-11-05 | — | To discuss EU Exit and Life Sciences | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2018-11-05 | — | To discuss Mental Health and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards | department-of-health-and-social-care |
Recent hospitality
| Date | Host | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-18 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2018-06-12 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2018-05-31 | — | Lunch | — |
| 2018-04-25 | — | Breakfast | — |
| 2016-06-05 | — | Dinner | — |
Recent overseas travel
| Dates | Destination | Purpose | Total cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| — |
Luxembourg
Scheduled flight
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Attending EU Health Council | — |
| — |
Brussels
Eurostar
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Attending Digital Day. | — |
| — |
Philadelphia
Scheduled flight
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To attend the Advamed Conference | — |
| — |
Vienna
Scheduled flight
|
To attend the Austrian Health Informal | — |
| — |
Brussels, Belgium
Eurostar
|
Attend the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (Health Council) of the European Union | — |
Source: gov.uk ministerial transparency returns. Coverage:
HM Treasury and DSIT. Published quarterly under the Ministerial
Code; refreshed monthly on the 7th.
Lords votes · 2026
162 divisions
19 Content(11.7%)
1 Not-Content(0.6%)
142 didn't vote(87.7%)
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
2026-01-16
Rare Cancers Bill
My Lords, before beginning my speech, I draw attention to my entry in the register of interests, particularly my involvement with Cambridge University Health Partners, Newmarket Strategy and Health Data Research UK, and in particular as a patron and advi
2021-03-04
COVID-19 Vaccine Certification
My Lords, last month the Ada Lovelace Institute published a report on the potential of vaccine passports. Among other recommendations, it called for the Government to engage with the public on this topic in order to build trust and legitimacy and also to
I am grateful to my noble friend for his Answer. Since my noble friend Lady Cumberlege published her landmark review, another 150 babies have been born suffering harm from in utero exposure to sodium valproate, to add to the 18,000 children—18,000, my Lo
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the report by the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review First Do No Harm, published on 8 July 2020, what plans they have to bring forward a redress scheme for women and families who have b
2021-02-22
Questions for Written Answers
My Lords, there are a number of Ministers and former Ministers in this House. We all know how seriously they and their officials took and take the prompt and thorough answering of Written Questions. Surely, delays would have taken place only if there wer
2021-02-09
Covid-19: Over-75s
My Lords, as well as the direct health impacts that the pandemic has brought on older people, there are the indirect effects of increasing loneliness and isolation, which can have a devastating impact too. As the country emerges from lockdown, will my no
2021-02-04
Covid-19 Update
My Lords, in asking my noble friend the Minister about schools, I declare my interests as set out in the register. Last week, Public Health England confirmed that the health risks to and from the primary school population were very low, and that teachers
2021-01-25
Social Capital
My Lords, while young people have mainly been spared the ravages of disease during the pandemic, they have suffered the economic and social consequences of the pandemic response, which we have had to follow, probably more than anyone else. Does my noble
2021-01-21
Medicines and Medical Devices Bill
My Lords, there is not much more to say that has not already been said by other noble Lords. I just wanted to use this opportunity to thank and pay tribute to particular groups. The Bill team and private office, which have worked so hard to produce this
2021-01-19
Health: Brain Tumours
My Lords, I declare my interest as a patron of the Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission. I thank my noble friend for his sincere engagement with the challenge of improving the quality of brain cancer research since my Oral Question last year. He has taken t
2021-01-14
Medicines and Medical Devices Bill
My Lords, it is a privilege to be able to support and put my name to the amendment in the name of my noble friend Lady Cumberlege. As has so often been the case in this Bill, where she leads, others follow, and I entirely endorse everything that she and
2021-01-12
Medicines and Medical Devices Bill
My Lords, I will make three quick points about the government amendments in this group, which I broadly welcome. The first relates to Amendments 4 and 42, where the Minister has clearly listened carefully to the forceful arguments made by my noble friend
2021-01-12
Medicines and Medical Devices Bill
My Lords, I join other noble Lords in expressing my sincere thanks to my noble friend the Minister for the progress that we have made. In all fairness to him, he said that since Second Reading he was listening, but we all know that it is sometimes possib
2021-01-11
Grassroots Sporting Fixtures and Facilities
My Lords, I want to carry on the theme of grass-roots sport for schoolchildren. I live in London and when we were in tier 4, before the national lockdown, guidance went out from the department about what sort of activities could continue, but it caused g
2021-01-07
Covid-19 Update
My Lords, as the PM’s Statement yesterday made clear, this lockdown is sadly necessary to avoid medical catastrophe, but he was also clear that it comes with significant costs, not least to schoolchildren, who face a year of disrupted education—I declar
2020-11-19
Brain Tumour Research
I am grateful to my noble friend for that Answer. Nearly three years ago, this House was witness to one of the most courageous and moving speeches in its long history when Baroness Jowell argued for better support for people who, sadly, like her, die fro
2020-11-19
Brain Tumour Research
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what financial support they are providing for research into therapies and treatments for people with brain tumours.
2020-11-19
Medicines and Medical Devices Bill
I shall speak to the amendments in reverse order, starting with Amendment 123 in the name of my noble friend Lady Cumberlege. As she said, these amendments deal with the here and now and with the future, and it is important that we start with the here an
2020-11-19
Medicines and Medical Devices Bill
My Lords, when I was preparing for today’s debate and I saw where I was in the speaking list, I anticipated that there would not be much left to say by the time we got to me. I was wondering what I might be able to add to support my noble friend Lady Cum
2020-11-17
Medicines and Medical Devices Bill
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble and learned friend Lord Mackay of Clashfern in talking to my noble friend Lady Cumberlege’s important amendment. It is impossible to match the passion and forensic skill with which she introduced her amendme
2020-11-17
Medicines and Medical Devices Bill
My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 108. In doing so, I remind noble Lords of my interests as listed on the register and my membership of the First Do No Harm All-Party Group, set up by my noble friend Lady Cumberlege. It seems that the debate and discus
2020-11-04
Medicines and Medical Devices Bill
I apologise for my email ineptitude.
I am grateful to my noble friend for her response. I was not planning to do so, but I have to again underline the points made by the noble Lord, Lord Hunt. We have trapped ourselves in a vicious, rather than a virt
2020-11-04
Medicines and Medical Devices Bill
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Patel, for moving this amendment. I also pay tribute to my noble friend Lord Lansley for laying the amendment and for creating the template for the innovative medicines fund—the Cancer Drugs Fund—in the first place.
2020-10-28
Medicines and Medical Devices Bill
My Lords, I speak in support of the intention of Amendment 27 in the names of the noble Lords, Lord Patel and Lord Hunt of Kings Heath. As noble Lords know, I made my views on the Brexit approach of working with other regulators clear on the first day in
2020-10-28
Medicines and Medical Devices Bill
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow that excellent exposition of his and other amendments by the noble Lord, Lord Kakkar. I want particularly to speak in support of amendments aimed at putting post-marketing reporting requirements for medical devices on
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Register of Interests · 11 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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Senior partner, Newmarket Strategy Limited (healthcare and life sciences consultancy)
registered 2025-02-03 · amended 2025-04-05
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Director and Chair, Cambridge University Health Partners
registered 2025-02-03 · amended 2025-04-05
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Director, Albion Enterprise VCT plc (venture capital trust)
registered 2025-02-03 · amended 2025-04-05
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Director, Newmarket Strategy Limited (healthcare and life sciences consultancy)
registered 2025-02-03 · amended 2025-04-05
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Director, Newmarket Strategy Holdings Limited
registered 2025-02-03 · amended 2025-04-05
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Director, Oracle Bidco Limited (holding company for Newmarket Strategy)
registered 2025-02-03 · amended 2025-04-05
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Director, Oracle Midco Limited (holding company for Newmarket Strategy)
registered 2025-02-03 · amended 2025-04-05
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Director, Oracle Topco Limited (holding company for Newmarket Strategy)
registered 2025-02-03 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (b)
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Albion Enterprise VCT plc (venture capital trust)
registered 2025-02-03 · amended 2025-04-05
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Newmarket Strategy Holdings Limited
registered 2025-02-03 · amended 2025-04-05
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Oracle Topco Limited (holding company for Newmarket Strategy)
registered 2025-02-03 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2015-10-01 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
2018-01-08 → 2018-12-31
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
2016-12-21 → 2018-01-08
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health)
2016-12-21 → 2017-06-20
Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2020-10-15 → 2021-11-24
Risk Assessment and Risk Planning Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
oshaughnessyj@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s) · 3 historic
Not currently an officer of any active APPG. Was officer of 3 group(s) historically — those rotated off in later snapshots.
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)
2 bills
1 as lead sponsor
1 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2018-07-03 | |
| Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Act 2017 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2016-09-15 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.