The Lord Prentis of Leeds
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Prentis of Leeds's full title is The Lord Prentis of Leeds. His name is David Prentis, 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
3 Content(1.9%)
128 Not-Content(79.0%)
31 didn't vote(19.1%)
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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135–154
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2026-04-13
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65–173
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2026-04-13
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178–231
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2026-04-13
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69–332
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2026-03-26
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115–197
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2026-03-26
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64–140
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2026-03-25
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95–137
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2026-03-24
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70–132
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2026-03-24
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80–166
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2026-03-05
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193–143
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198–139
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208–142
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2026-03-05
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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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168–178
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2026-01-05
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210–131
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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 21
2025-06-16
Employment Rights Bill
Yes.
2025-06-16
Employment Rights Bill
My Lords, Amendment 253A concerns inducements relating to union membership or activities. This is a simple amendment to clarify Section 145 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992. The reason for this amendment rests in the dispu
2025-06-16
Employment Rights Bill
2025-06-10
Employment Rights Bill
My Lords, I speak in favour of the Employment Rights Bill unamended and declare an interest as I was general secretary of the UK’s largest union, UNISON, for over 20 years. It has over 1.3 million members; over 1 million of them women, mainly low paid.
2025-06-05
Employment Rights Bill
My Lords, many of my noble friends have spoken about the possible collapse of the social care system. The toxic combination of chronic underfunding and the dysfunctional market system means that thousands of elderly and disabled people do not get the ca
2025-06-05
Employment Rights Bill
I thank the noble Baroness for that comment.
The whole intention appears to be to limit the scope of any collective bargaining. It is as clear as day. Different forms of words can be come up with concerning who is involved, who should clear what, and
2025-06-05
Employment Rights Bill
I rise to speak in favour of the proposed school support staff negotiating body, as set out in the Bill. Noble Lords may remember that such a body was established in 2010. All the things that have been said in the Chamber today on this issue were talked
2025-05-21
Infected Blood Inquiry: Government Response
My Lords, I declare that I was a member of one of the expert groups that fed into the Infected Blood Inquiry, which looked into one of the darkest periods in the history of healthcare in our country. There was systemic failure and inertia, with blood pla
2025-03-27
Employment Rights Bill
My Lords, like others, I congratulate all those making their maiden speeches today; they were absolutely brilliant.
I too speak in favour of this Bill. How often have we heard myths extolling the virtues of a society with a light touch, a society wher
2024-07-19
King’s Speech
My Lords, like others, I welcome the noble Baroness, Lady Smith. What an impressive maiden speech. It is great to see her appointed to a ministerial position and I know that she will do a great job.
The gracious Speech was a breath of fresh air and a
2024-05-10
Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill [HL]
My Lords, the Bill before us is not a panacea for all the harms caused by our global economic system, but if passed it will be a significant milestone in the continuing work to offset the negative impacts of some companies on communities, the environment
My Lords, what happened at P&O was a dreadful abuse of employment rights—an abuse that was rightly condemned but one that, regrettably, is not limited to a few ruthless employers such as P&O. Employers across our economy, public sector and privat
My Lords, I speak in support of the amendment put forward by the noble Baroness, Lady Merron. As recently as 20 July this year, this House debated a report from our Public Services Committee, very aptly entitled Emergency Healthcare: A National Emergency
2023-11-30
National Health Service: 75th Anniversary
My Lords, 2023 is the year we celebrate 75 years of our National Health Service, and what is crystal clear, above anything, is the continuing strength of people’s attachment to our NHS. The vast majority of people—nine out of 10—believe that the NHS shou
2023-03-30
Social Care
My Lords, I declare an interest: I was the general secretary of Unison, the public service union, which represents over half a million health and social care workers—members who worked throughout the pandemic.
As we have heard today, despite all the i
2023-03-23
Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill
My Lords, I speak in support of this group of amendments, particularly Amendments 42 and 44, which, if agreed, would remove the unfettered power of the Secretary of State to amend, repeal or revoke primary legislation.
The strikes Bill is not a slight
2023-03-09
Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill
My Lords, I support Amendments 3 and 4 in the names of my noble friends Lord Collins and Lady O’Grady. Noble Lords will know that I have already expressed my opposition to the Bill and, in particular, my opposition to skeleton legislation such as this, w
2023-02-21
Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill
My Lords, I have to make two declarations of interest before I start. First, for over 20 years, until 2021, I was general secretary of UNISON, the public service union. Secondly, I currently serve as president of PSI, the recognised global body represent
2023-02-01
Employment Rights Legislation
I bring to your Lordships’ attention the Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations, which were passed in 2000. These EU regulations enabled the trade unions to win a court case on behalf of more than 100,000 part-time teachi
2023-02-01
Employment Rights Legislation
My Lords, in the very short time I have had the honour of being part of this House, I have witnessed the concerns many noble Lords have about the increasing use of statutory instruments. I have seen the potential for the use of SIs in the Retained EU Law
2023-01-12
Democracy Denied (DPRRC Report)
My Lords, it is an honour to speak in this important debate. I thank noble Lords from across the House for having been so welcoming to me over the last few weeks. I especially thank my noble friend Lady McIntosh of Hudnall, who is sitting next to me; she
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Register of Interests · 1 entries on file
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Party history
2022-11-18 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2023-01-31 → 2026-01-27
Public Services Committee
2026-01-27 → present
Economic Affairs Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
prentisd@parliament.uk
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
No written questions tabled in 2026.
Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
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No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
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Historic bills (all-time)
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year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
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