The Lord Hampton
Crossbench
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Hampton's full title is The Lord Hampton. His name is John Humphrey Arnott Pakington, 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
189 divisions
36 Content(19.0%)
49 Not-Content(25.9%)
104 didn't vote(55.0%)
2026-04-23
Not-Content
152–207
Not-Content
2026-03-26
Not-Content
115–197
Not-Content
2026-03-26
Not-Content
64–140
Not-Content
2026-03-12
Not-Content
26–134
Not-Content
2026-03-05
Content
193–143
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2026-03-05
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194–140
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2026-03-05
Not-Content
198–139
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2026-03-05
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208–142
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2026-03-05
Not-Content
214–142
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2026-02-04
Not-Content
62–295
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2026-01-12
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201–169
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2026-01-05
Not-Content
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
2026-09-17
Education and Skills Reform
My Lords, I declare my interest as a working teacher and I beg the House to wish me luck in teaching jollof rice to year 8s tomorrow. I broadly welcome this Statement and its ambitions, but I am slightly confused. The Becky Francis review promised us “ev
2026-09-16
Railways Bill
My Lords, I will briefly add my voice to Amendment 313, to which I have added my name. This is the first time I have spoken, so I thank the Minister and his staff for the very good meetings we have had so far.
This is incredibly important. My last two
2026-09-08
Railways Bill
My Lords, I added my name rather belatedly to Amendment 208 from the noble Baroness, Lady Leaman. She has put it so well that I will not detain your Lordships at all, except to say that I added my name. I am astonished that nobody else did, because it se
2026-09-07
Creative and Performing Arts Teaching Grants
My Lords, the reason that I was able to retrain as a design and technology teacher is that I have a graphic design degree. There is evidence that universities are already reducing their creative courses. How are we going to get the new generation of peop
2026-09-02
Schools: Mobile Phone Policy
My Lords, I am slightly confused here. I have taught in three schools but never in one that allows mobile phones. The Department for Education expects schools to implement a policy whereby pupils do not have access to their mobile phones throughout the s
2026-07-16
Key Stage 2 Exam Results
My Lords, I declare my interest as a teacher who has taught Pearson Edexcel at A-level. I will widen the Question a bit. The Government are complaining about Pearson and talking about the delays, but the annual Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance
2026-07-07
Railways Bill
My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Whitaker. I associate myself with the chorus of praise for my noble friend Lord Wilson of Dinton. It was fascinating to hear his memories and his opinions.
I am one of the rank of no
2026-07-01
Drink-Driving
My Lords, alcolocks take an hour to fit, they cost £200 to fit, paid for by the user and, as the noble Lord said, they work while they are being used. Why are we not using them to save lives?
My Lords, I join the chorus of congratulations to the noble Baroness, Lady Scott of Needham Market, and her committee for the excellent and relevant report. To inject a personal note, I am honoured and excited to be back in your Lordships’ House, this ti
2026-04-20
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I shall speak to Motion D on the phone ban. The Minister talked about strengthening guidance and Ofsted being able to inspect schools’ mobile phone policies, but I speak as a parent as well as a teacher when I say that parents do not understand
2026-03-26
Curriculum and Assessment Review
My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Freyberg for getting this important debate and declare, as ever, that I am a secondary school teacher. Several people have asked me recently why I always declare myself as a teacher, and I always answer, because I h
2026-03-25
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I will speak to Motion L1, and I am looking round to see where everybody is.
The Minister described Motion L1 as a “last resort” and, when we met them yesterday, the Bill team seemed to think that the example of a highly successful school ne
2026-03-25
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I will speak briefly to Motion K1 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Barran. I thank the Bill team and the Minister for our very useful meeting yesterday, and, as ever, I must declare my interest as a state school teacher.
When we talke
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Keeley, for securing this important debate and the committee on an excellent report. As ever, I declare my interest as a teacher.
The report talks about thinking critically about the content that we cr
2026-03-10
Special Educational Needs: Dyscalculia
My Lord, I declare my interest as a teacher, as ever. There is no clear national definition of dyscalculia. However many national schools hubs you have and however much teacher training there is, it is not going to be very good if we do not have a defini
My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 235BA, 235CB and 235CC, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Pidgeon, to which I have added my name. I associate myself with all the amendments in this group. I must also apologise that this is my first intervention in
My Lords, I congratulate the Government. As a teacher, I think this is an amazing document and I look forward to talking about it a lot more. Something I particularly love about it is the high expectation of families. A question that comes to me—one of m
2026-02-23
V-levels
My Lords, as an ex-head of department, I can assure everybody that it is the heads of department who get to choose the exams in a school. Schools are finding it really difficult with T-levels to link up with the employers; colleges are finding it much e
2026-02-10
Under-16s Energy Drinks Ban
My Lords, does the Minister agree with me—working, as I do, with children as a teacher—that there is a certain irony in banning sports drinks for sale to children yet allowing those drinks to sponsor sports teams?
2026-02-03
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
I will speak very briefly to Amendment 217. I know from my own teaching experience—and anyone who has seen the film documentary “Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis” will know—exactly how important it is that permanently excluded children are folded into
2026-02-03
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I have spoken on this issue so many times in this House that I am not going to repeat myself—really—except to say that I have never taught in a school that allows mobile phones either in school or on the way to school. I have taught in some of
2026-02-03
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I shall speak mainly to Amendment 206, but, as somebody who has taught more PSHE days than he cares to remember, I think I might make a few comments on this one. I have spoken many times about how I think we need to bring PSHE and citizenship m
2026-02-03
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 199, to which I have added my name. In this, I am channelling my inner Baroness Wolf of Dulwich—the noble Baroness sends her apologies that she cannot be in her place. This amendment attempts to rectify another exampl
2026-01-29
Erasmus+ Eligibility: Asylum Seekers
My Lords, I think we all know what I do for a living. I welcome our rejoining of Erasmus+ but, to follow on from the question asked by the noble Lord, Lord Mohammed of Tinsley, it is vital that state schools and people who do not have the opportunity to
2026-01-29
Erasmus+ Eligibility: Asylum Seekers
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Register of Interests · 2 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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Teacher, Mossbourne Community Academy (part of the Mossbourne Federation)
registered 2022-11-16 · amended 2026-06-09
Category 6: Gifts, benefits and hospitality
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As a member of All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts and Heritage the member receives regular hospitality and invitations to events which during the calendar year together may exceed £300 in value and which are paid for from funds registered in the Register of All-Party Parliamentary Groups
registered 2023-09-11 · amended 2026-06-09
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Party history
2022-10-25 → present
Crossbench
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2024-01-24 → 2024-11-14
Preterm Birth Committee
2025-01-30 → 2025-11-04
Social Mobility Policy Committee
2026-06-15 → present
Numeracy for Life Committee
2026-01-27 → 2026-04-29
Numeracy for Life Committee
2026-09-07 → present
Liaison Committee (Lords)
2026-09-07 → present
Committee of Selection (Lords)
Contact
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pakingtonj@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lord, London, SW1A 0PW
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APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s) · 1 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Apprenticeships
Subject Group
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Officer | Connect Public Affairs | 4 | 2026-11-29 |
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
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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)
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No bills sponsored or supported on record.
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year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.