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The Rt Rev. the Lord Bishop of Winchester

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The Lord Bishop of Winchester's full title is The Rt Rev. the Lord Bishop of Winchester. His name is Philip Ian Mounstephen, 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.

Party history

2023-11-15present
Bishops current

Government posts

None recorded.

Opposition posts

None recorded.

Committee memberships

2026-01-27present
Communications and Digital Committee

Contact

Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London
External or private office
Bishop's Office, Wolvesey, Winchester, SO23 9ND
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APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s)

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea
Country, Area or Region Group
Vice Chair 4 2027-02-08
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the /appgs Top secretariat funders panel — click any funder there to open its full relationship graph. Officer matching is name-based against the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.

Written parliamentary questions · 2026

Showing 2 of 2 tabled 2 answered(100.0%) 1 departments
2026-04-13
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Rwanda: Armed Forces
Answered
2026-04-13
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Armed Conflict
Answered
Source: UK Parliament Members API. The amber "interest" tag is set by Parliament's own system when the asking member has a register entry it deems related — typically a paid role or directorship in the sector being asked about. Click any "i" icon to see the full question and the department's answer.

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)

1 bills 0 as lead sponsor 1 as supporter
Bill Info Role Status Introduced
Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill Supported 1st reading 2023-12-11
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at introduction. Sorted newest first.
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