The Lord Sahota
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Sahota's full title is The Lord Sahota. His name is Kuldip Singh Sahota, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£5,565
15 days attended across 1 published month
Overnight / accommodation
£675
Travel claims
£724
Attendance £724
Total claimed
£6,964
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
4 Content(2.1%)
146 Not-Content(77.2%)
39 didn't vote(20.6%)
2026-07-21
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173–234
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2026-07-13
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41–118
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2026-07-13
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142–138
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2026-07-13
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158–239
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2026-04-27
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58–138
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2026-04-23
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152–207
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2026-04-13
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27–89
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2026-04-13
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30–130
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2026-04-13
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2026-04-13
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2026-04-13
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69–332
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2026-03-05
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193–143
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2026-03-05
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194–140
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2026-03-05
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2026-03-05
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208–142
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214–142
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2026-02-04
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62–295
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2026-01-12
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201–169
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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
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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
2026-09-16
Business Rates Avoidance Schemes
My Lords, years ago, when I was a council leader, we had some instances where there were really large buildings lying empty, so the landlords would have to pay some form of business rent on them. What they did was put a desk and a chair inside for a char
2026-09-14
Representation of the People Bill
My Lords, I welcome this Bill because the integrity of our democracy is increasingly under threat, not only from foreign money and misinformation, but from politicians who deliberately seek to divide people by race, religion and immigration status. I wan
2026-09-09
National Infrastructure Projects: Devolution
My Lords, West Mercia has a police commissioner but no mayor. That area of Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin—where I used to be the leader—Herefordshire and Worcestershire is known as a devolution desert. What is the Government’s plan for that particular ar
2026-09-09
Funeral Directors: Regulatory Regime
My Lords, some communities prefer to have open-air funeral pyres. What is the Government’s policy on that?
2026-09-01
Public Office (Accountability) Bill
My Lords, it is a real honour to follow the noble Lord, Lord Carlile. What I want to say has mostly been said but, still, I shall continue. I support the Bill because it addresses one of the most important principles in public life: when a state is respo
2026-07-09
UK Migration
I thank the Minister for that. I congratulate the Government on reducing net migration from, as the Minister said, its peak of 900,000 to 171,000, an impressive reduction of approximately 82%. However, despite this significant progress, a recent opinion
2026-07-09
UK Migration
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the number of people migrating into the UK in each of the last five years.
2026-07-08
Police Leadership Commission Report
My Lords, I read this report from cover to cover. It acknowledges that ethnic-minority officers have a poorer retention rate and slower progression because they continue to face discrimination within their organisation. Some 20 years ago, when I was on t
2026-06-24
Edinburgh Anti-Muslim Attacks
My Lords, the Edinburgh incident happened last week. In Belfast the week before that, people were driven out of their homes because they were immigrants. A couple of weeks ago, a Sikh was attacked in the West Midlands; and a couple of months ago, two fem
2026-06-18
Child Poverty
My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Lister for bringing this debate to your Lordships’ House. I begin by congratulating the Government on taking the historic decision to remove the two-child benefit limit. This is a bold and compassionate measure that
2026-06-18
Transnational Marriage Abandonment
My Lords, in recent months, I came across a very strange case in my community. A couple who had lived here for about three or four years had a child, and they were working and paying their taxes and so on. They then went on holiday to India and took thei
2026-06-11
Antisemitism
My Lords—
2026-06-08
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on the Financial Services and Markets Bill, in particular to consider the implications for local authorities, local communities and the people who we are here to serve. At a time when high s
My Lords, when a skilled worker applies for a job in the UK, he pays thousands of pounds to the Home Office in fees, and then he pays thousands of pounds in surcharge every year to the National Health Service. He pays his taxes, national insurance and co
My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Forbes of Newcastle for bringing forward this important debate. It is a subject that matters deeply to me, not only as a politician but as someone from a ethnic minority background who has experienced these issues p
2026-06-01
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, I am another former council leader. When I was leader of Telford and Wrekin Council in Shropshire, we took a bold and innovative decision to address the growing shortage of good-quality, affordable homes for local people. Rather than simply dis
2026-05-20
Supermarkets: Voluntary Price Caps
My Lords, first, I congratulate the Government on bringing inflation down to 2.8% and removing the 5p fuel duty. If the Government had a quiet word with the supermarkets making excessive profits of billions and billions of pounds, telling them to take it
2026-05-18
King’s Speech
My Lords, I will focus my remarks on the proposed changes to settlement rights for overseas workers. I recognise the need to balance compassion with control and fairness with sustainability. However, I must express my deep concern regarding the proposal
2026-05-18
Local Government Pension Fund
My Lords, I congratulate the Government on planning to reintroduce the pension scheme for local councillors, which was abolished in 2015 by the noble Lord, Lord Pickles, when he was the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government in the other
2026-04-21
Midwives: Graduate Guarantee
My Lords, given that the National Health Service is always short of nurses and midwives, do the Government have any plans to bring in any overseas nurses and midwives to fill the jobs?
2026-04-16
Local Resilience Forums
My Lords, the West Mercia area has an elected police commissioner at the moment, but we have no elected mayor in Hereford and Shopshire. What is the Government’s plan for devolution here? Will we be offered a mayoral deal to run the police?
My Lords, on the settlement policy, does my noble friend the Minister accept that extending the qualifying period for indefinite leave to remain from five to 10 years for care workers and other workers represents a breach of trust? They came here at our
2026-03-10
Equality Act 2010: Section 106
My Lords, what specific measures will the Government take to address disparity in the representation of underrepresented groups in roles across public sector organisations, and how will the progress be monitored and reported?
My Lords, I speak passionately in support of this landmark trade agreement between the country of my birth and my adopted country. This comprehensive economic and trade agreement represents a defining moment in our post-Brexit trade policy and stands as
2026-03-04
Local Government Reorganisation
My Lords, in 2015, the previous Government abolished the pension for local councillors— I believe that the noble Lord, Lord Pickles, was responsible for that. Do the Government have any plan to reintroduce the pension for councillors?
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Register of Interests · 1 entries on file
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Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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Kuldip Sahota Production Ltd (film production)
registered 2023-02-08 · amended 2025-07-10
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Party history
2022-11-02 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2023-01-31 → 2023-10-26
Horticultural Sector Committee
2024-09-05 → 2026-01-27
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
2023-01-31 → 2024-05-30
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
Contact
Parliamentary office
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APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s) · 1 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Customer Service
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | The Institute of Customer Service | 4 | 2026-04-10 |
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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)
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported on record.
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.