The Earl Russell
Liberal Democrat
Member of the House of Lords
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Earl Russell's full title is The Earl Russell. His name is John Francis Russell, 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
110 Content(58.2%)
32 Not-Content(16.9%)
47 didn't vote(24.9%)
2026-07-21
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173–234
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2026-07-13
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158–239
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2026-06-09
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13–66
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2026-04-23
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152–207
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2026-04-13
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2026-03-26
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115–197
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2026-03-12
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26–134
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2026-03-05
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193–143
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214–142
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2026-02-04
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62–295
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131–127
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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
2026-09-17
Agriculture: Mental Health Pressures
My Lords, it is a pleasure to speak in this debate. I am grateful to the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Hereford for securing it and for the compassion and clarity with which he opened it. Combined with his rural knowledge, it gave us a very good i
2026-09-17
Saudi East-West Oil Pipeline
My Lords, I too welcome the Minister. Again, it is fossil fuels that prove insecure in supply and volatile in price. The attack on this pipeline, carrying 4% of global oil, will pile further pressure on prices already inflated as we head into winter. We
2026-09-17
Climate Change: Food Supply Resilience
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the implications of climate-related extreme weather for the resilience of the UK’s food supply.
2026-09-17
Climate Change: Food Supply Resilience
My Lords, the National Audit Office is concerned about our food security: 2026 is on track to be our worst harvest, and our five worst harvests have all been since 2020. A major El Niño event will make matters worse. Add in global conflict, and we have a
2026-09-16
Railways Bill
My Lords, I apologise to the Committee for the fact that I was not able to attend Second Reading. It is always a pleasure to go after the noble Baroness. I will speak to my Amendments 93, 111 and 313, on which I have worked with Peers for the Planet. I t
2026-09-10
Jodrell Bank Observatory: Funding
My Lords, on these Benches we too welcome the statement made in the other place by the Prime Minister. However, the details of how that support will be provided are not clear at this time, and the industry is concerned. Physics-powered business generated
2026-09-07
Jackdaw and Rosebank Oil and Gas Fields
My Lords, I too congratulate the noble Baroness on her appointment, and I look forward to working opposite her. I also pay tribute to the outgoing noble Lord, Lord Whitehead.
I know the Minister is unable to comment before the decision, so instead I a
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, for securing this debate, and I welcome his contribution. I will focus on energy and climate. This Government have an opportunity for a reset. The British people support change, but this Government have to do
My Lords, more than 3 million customers are now in energy debt or arrears, owing a total of around £6 billion, with an average debt of approximately £1,800 per household. No household should be trapped indefinitely by energy debt accumulated during an ex
2026-07-23
Electricity Bills: VAT Removal
My Lords, may I take a moment to welcome the noble Baroness, Lady Curran, and thank the outgoing noble Lord, Lord Whitehead? We look forward to his continuing contributions. We support this measure. As a day-one action, it is welcome—it will save about £
2026-07-15
Maximum Temperature for Indoor Workplaces
My Lords, we are on our third heatwave this year, so I very much welcome this Question. I thank the noble Baroness for her Answer and I recognise that numerous consultations are under way. What consideration have the Government given to the deployment of
My Lords, I thank the Minister for the way in which he introduced these regulations. It is almost like double déjà vu because we have considered the Northern Ireland regulations and we considered these ones very recently. We had a good debate on them las
2026-07-14
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill
My Lords, we on these Benches broadly support this Bill. It contains three sensible if modest measures responding to the real pressures households and business face because of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, and we will not oppose them. Our wish
2026-07-14
State of Climate and Nature
My Lords, we welcome this Statement. The science is absolutely certain that human-induced climate change is beyond doubt. What has changed is how fast the impacts are arriving on our very own doorsteps. This summer’s heatwaves in May and June caused as m
I thank the Minister for introducing these regulations, which we on these Benches welcome warmly. As the Minister is all too aware, I have raised the issue of waste crime in the House several times. I am genuinely pleased that these regulations are arriv
2026-07-13
Clean Water Bill: Chalk Streams
My Lords, I understand that the Government are on the verge of planning the NPPF. Does the Minister agree that it is more important that this is got right than got out quickly? She talked about making sure that we do something about the run-off from road
My Lords, once we reach three degrees of warming, no one can take on the risks, so there will be no more insurance and:
“The financial sector as we know it ceases to function”.
Those are the conclusions of Günther Thallinger of Allianz, who warns
We certainly do not see larger farmers as the enemy, but we are aware that small farms have particular problems in accessing these grants. So I kindly ask the Minister: what further measures are the Government taking to make sure that smaller farmers hav
My Lords, I thank the Minister for the clarity with which the instrument was introduced. The capacity market has served us well, and we welcome this examination and updating of its functionality so that it can continue to do so long into the future.
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I welcome the Answer from the noble Baroness. Last Wednesday was the London Ambulance Service’s busiest ever day for life-threatening emergencies, and at least six NHS trusts declared critical incidents. Nine in ten of our NHS buildings are ill-equipped
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the resilience of NHS infrastructure to extreme heat; and what steps they are taking to ensure that NHS buildings are adequately equipped to withstand prolonged periods of extreme heat.
2026-06-29
Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026
My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing these regulations and all those who have spoken.
Extreme heat records and regret amendments appear to be competing with one another for frequency at the present time. Last week, the UK broke the record fo
2026-06-25
Waste Management Carriers: Regulation
My Lords, I thank the Minister for genuine progress that has been made; there is obviously more to do. My noble friend mentioned Bickershaw, a huge site mere metres from a school and from houses. The Government’s own record shows that there are at least
2026-06-24
Hares: Close Season
My Lords, on animal welfare issues, I declare an interest as a dog owner. Some 45% of dog owners report that their dogs feel fear from fireworks, and the majority of people who have horses similarly find that fireworks affect their animals. Can the Minis
2026-06-23
Carbon Budget Order 2026
My Lords, we debate the seventh carbon budget on a day when our warming climate is making itself known. The Conservative Party may feel that fighting climate change is no longer urgent or possible, but the extreme heat begs to differ.
We support the c
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Register of Interests · 4 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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Board Member and Director, The Water Retail Company Limited
registered 2024-05-21 · amended 2025-04-05
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Professional Freelance Photographer
registered 2023-07-19 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (c)
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Residential holdings in London E11
registered 2023-07-19 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 3: Land and property
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Residential holdings in London SW4 from which rental income is received
registered 2023-07-19 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2023-06-19 → present
Liberal Democrat
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
2024-01-09 → present
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Energy and Climate Change)
Committee memberships
2023-07-12 → 2024-01-31
Built Environment Committee
2024-01-31 → present
Environment and Climate Change Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
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020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s)
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Plastics
Subject Group
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Co-Chair | — | 4 | 2026-10-17 |
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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10
of 10 tabled
10 answered(100.0%)
4
departments
2026-04-20
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Climate Change
Answered
2026-04-15
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Strait of Hormuz: Tankers
Answered
2026-03-26
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Solar Power: Agriculture
Answered
2026-03-25
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Gas Fired Power Stations
Answered
2026-03-25
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Gas Fired Power Stations
Answered
2026-03-25
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fly-tipping: Ashford
Answered
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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.
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.