The Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay's full title is The Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay. His name is Stephen Graeme Parkinson, 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
79 Content(48.8%)
2 Not-Content(1.2%)
81 didn't vote(50.0%)
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
2026-01-12
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
2026-06-22
Sporting Events Bill [HL]
My Lords, this boils down to a question of balance and proportion. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Foster, and the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, for their amendments and for sparking this debate. I know they are sincere and consistent in rai
2026-06-22
Sporting Events Bill [HL]
I am grateful to the Minister and the noble Lord, Lord Addington, for their comments. As the noble Lord said, there is an element of risk here, but, as we know, this is a proven risk. In 2012, 2022 and earlier this year, we saw the deliberate targeting
2026-06-22
Sporting Events Bill [HL]
My Lords, it is a pleasure to open this first group of amendments in our debates in Committee on the Bill, not least because I was unable to speak at Second Reading. I was physically present but mentally less so, as I had just arrived back on a red-eye f
2026-06-22
Sporting Events Bill [HL]
2026-06-22
Sporting Events Bill [HL]
My Lords, in many senses, we have outperformed a World Cup football squad tonight, because we have hit the target ahead of schedule for this first day in Committee, and we have done it without a hydration break.
Let me begin with the two amendments I
2026-06-22
Sporting Events Bill [HL]
My Lords, my noble friend Lord Hayward issued a useful corrective. Just as there is no such thing as government money but only taxpayers’ money, there is no such thing as free-to-air broadcasting; we pay for it through some means or another. It is a time
2026-06-22
Sporting Events Bill [HL]
I thank my noble friend, who has rowed in the Boat Race, for his constructive and very good challenge. We are looking for a way of broadening the Bill in a rational way. He is right to draw the distinction with events that are internationally renowned. A
2026-06-22
Sporting Events Bill [HL]
My Lords, maybe I can set my noble friend Lord Fuller’s mind to rest. Along with colleagues in the shadow DCMS team, I have spoken to a number of the major sporting bodies, which are keen, as some of our noble friends said, to avail themselves of some of
2026-06-22
Sporting Events Bill [HL]
My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her response, particularly the reassurances she has given and the explanation about ticketing powers, transport restrictions and so on. As she rightly said, these are probing amendments, but they are probing wi
2026-06-22
Sporting Events Bill [HL]
My Lords, I rise to move Amendment 9 and in doing so, I also speak to Amendments 10, 11 and 12, which stand in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Markham. These four amendments address two related but distinct concerns about the regulation-making p
2026-06-22
Sporting Events Bill [HL]
My Lords, I add my voice in appreciation to the most reverend Primate, not just for this excellent and timely debate but for her service as our archbishop. Stepping into a role that stretches back more than 1,400 years and has been held by more than a d
2026-06-04
EU-UK Cultural Exchange Arrangements
My Lords, we all want to see better cultural exchange, not just with the 27 members of the EU but with 200 countries around the world. Issues of visas, cabotage and carnets are not restricted to the European Union. What work are the Government doing on t
2026-06-04
National Arts Bank
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord John of Southwark, for securing this debate and for outlining it so powerfully. I congratulate him too on the impressive record that he and his colleagues in Southwark were able to rely on. I am a Southwark resident
2026-04-27
National Museums and Galleries
My Lords, I am sorry to hear that this is a policy under active consideration in Whitehall. As the Minister said, it is a complex matter. As the Government look at this, will she ensure that they look at all the implications and practicalities, such as h
2026-04-20
Charity Giving
My Lords, as the report makes clear, this is the first reduction in giving for five years. If the British public were still giving at the level they were a decade ago, another £12.5 billion would be available to charities across the country. The Minister
My Lords, like others, I commend the Government for their Amendment 2. We had a good debate about this in Committee, with significant support from across your Lordships’ House for the Government to expand the list of strategic competences in this way. As
My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Keeley, for introducing this debate. I thank her and her fellow members of your Lordships’ Communications and Digital Committee for their hard work in producing this report on media literacy.
Th
2026-03-11
Crime and Policing Bill
2026-03-11
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lords, Lord Addington and Lord Pannick, the noble Baroness, Lady Pidgeon, in her absence, as well as to my noble friend Lord Cameron of Lochiel, for their support on the amendment. I am grateful to the Minister for hi
2026-03-11
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I fear I am a wholly inadequate substitute for my noble friend Lord Attlee, who has now retired from your Lordships’ House after 35 years of dedicated service. During that time, he raised many important issues relating to haulage, including in
2026-03-09
Crime and Policing Bill
2026-03-09
Crime and Policing Bill
2026-03-09
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for that response and I thank him again for the time that he and his officials gave me last week to discuss this in detail. I am grateful too to the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Norwich, the noble and
2026-03-09
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, as I explained in Committee, I support the aims that the Government are seeking to achieve through Clause 137, which creates a new offence of climbing on memorials. Although there is a long history of statues forming part of peaceful protest an
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Register of Interests · 3 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 6: Gifts, benefits and hospitality
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Ticket and hospitality received for Harry Styles concert at Wembley Stadium from Spotify, 19 June 2026
registered 2026-06-22
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Ticket and hospitality received for Laurence Olivier Awards at Royal Albert Hall from the Society of London Theatre, 12 April 2026
registered 2026-04-13
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Two tickets and hospitality for British Grand Prix received from Silverstone Circuit, 5 July 2025
registered 2025-07-07
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Party history
2019-10-08 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
2023-02-07 → 2024-07-05
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
2022-10-30 → 2023-02-06
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
2021-09-30 → 2022-09-20
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
2020-02-13 → 2022-09-20
Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
Opposition posts
2024-09-01 → present
Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport)
Committee memberships
2019-10-29 → 2020-02-18
Gambling Industry Committee
2021-07-22 → 2021-11-18
Charities Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee
2022-10-20 → 2022-10-25
Communications and Digital Committee
2022-12-12 → 2023-02-20
Electronic Trade Documents Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee
2026-05-13 → present
Lord Speaker's Advisory Panel on Works of Art
Contact
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APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s)
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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of 14 tabled
14 answered(100.0%)
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departments
2026-02-23
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme
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2026-02-23
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme
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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)
4 bills
1 as lead sponsor
3 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Media Act 2024 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2023-11-08 | |
| Online Safety Act 2023 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2022-03-17 | |
| Charities Act 2022 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2021-05-26 | |
| Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2020-11-24 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.