The Lord Shamash
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Shamash's full title is The Lord Shamash. His name is Gerald David Shamash, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£7,049
19 days attended across 1 published month
Total claimed
£7,049
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
2 Content(1.1%)
103 Not-Content(54.5%)
84 didn't vote(44.4%)
2026-09-08
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26–63
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2026-07-22
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64–95
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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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2026-03-26
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115–197
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2026-03-26
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64–140
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2026-03-24
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80–166
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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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2026-03-05
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194–140
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2026-03-05
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198–139
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2026-03-05
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208–142
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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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2026-01-05
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132–124
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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
2026-09-14
Representation of the People Bill
My Lords, first of all I congratulate my noble friend Lord Macintosh on his maiden speech. I also wish the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Lichfield very well in his retirement; I hope he has planned it properly so he will have a lot of fun.
The
My Lords, by the time you get to your feet and nine people have already spoken, an awful lot of things that you would want to say have already been covered. I repeat again that it was a delight and fun to be on the committee, which was charmingly chaired
2026-07-09
Foreign Interference in UK Politics
My Lords, I have just returned from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly, where I spent the last five days on behalf of the House. One of the issues that came up was that what is happening here is not unique to
My Lords, thank you for allowing me to speak in the gap. I declare an interest, having been the election lawyer to the Labour Party for many decades. I will talk about one small, narrow issue. One frustrating issue is the consolidation of the Representa
2026-06-22
HS2 Ltd: Consultants
My Lords, may I invite my noble friend the Minister and everyone else in the House to join me in 2037—I repeat: 2037—at the opening of HS2 to save 30 minutes getting to Birmingham? At the moment, that has cost us, as we have heard from the Minister, £102
2026-06-16
Defence Investment Plan
My Lords, I have £50 billion in my back pocket. In 11 years’ time, my noble friend the Minister and every Member of this House will be able to get to Birmingham 20 minutes faster. Some £102 billion is due to be spent on HS2 going forward. If we cancel th
2026-06-09
E-scooters and E-bikes
My Lords, I ought to declare an interest, in that I do not like electric bikes or electric scooters, so at least noble Lords know where I am coming from. Being stationary at a red traffic light and being overtaken by bikes that do not pay the slightest h
2026-03-16
UK Domestic Visitor Levy
My Lords, I ask a question by way of clarification. Will I have to pay this levy when I go up to watch my beloved Manchester United every week?
2026-02-06
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Thank you. I apologise to the Front Bench about that.
The problem was, in the later part of his life, his lungs began to give way. I remember him saying to me, in the last two or three months of his life, “I just wish somebody could help me so that I
2026-02-06
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Is the Committee prepared to hear me?
2026-02-06
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, can I address the Committee on a personal note? My late brother-in-law suffered from muscular dystrophy, a horrendous progressive disease that many noble Lords may have come across. In the last years of his life, he was pushed around in a wheel
2026-02-06
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I apologise. Yes, the word is “suffocated”—he was suffocating as his lungs began to fade.
2026-01-20
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, in my experience, the fastest and most dangerous group of cyclists are Deliveroo and Uber Eats riders. That would be the case because they have to get as many deliveries in as they can. In my experience, an awful lot of them wear face masks. I
2025-11-18
Election Law
My Lords, I remember attending the Law Commission, some 10 years ago if not more, when it promised to bring forward a new electoral registration Act, together with a review of the whole of election law. I declare my interest as the solicitor of the Labou
2025-11-14
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I listened very carefully to what the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, said. She has put an enormous amount of work into the background of this Bill. One thing she did not address was the wording of the change from “capacity” to “ability”. It seems
Tomorrow evening, Aston Villa will be playing Maccabi Tel Aviv. What steps are the Government taking to monitor the possible antisemitic statements that may appear in the press and, obviously, online?
2025-10-24
Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill
My Lords, thank you very much for allowing me to speak in the gap. I fully support this Bill and congratulate my noble friend Lord Brennan on it. The comments from the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan, and my noble friend Lord Mann have been fascinating. I have
2025-02-03
Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]
I am a complete newbie to a Special Public Bill Committee, but I particularly thank the noble Lord, Lord Anderson, for all his leadership and help in looking after all of us as Committee Members. This has gone through incredibly smoothly and I am persona
2025-02-03
Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]
The noble Lord, Lord Holmes, has a massive smile on his face at the moment, and it just strikes me immediately that, with proposed new subsection (2), he is using the Bill as a vehicle to try to get stuff in that he would not have got into other places.
2025-02-03
Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]
My Lords, I support what the noble Lord, Lord Sandhurst, said. When I was looking at the amendments last night, I wrote in the margin, on this amendment “restricts future developments”. I am not in favour of this amendment for that reason, as was ably pu
2025-02-03
Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]
I support what the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, and my noble friends Lord Bassam and Lord Stansgate have said. But my noble friend Lord Bassam’s question is crucial: how far back do we go? I look up in this Room and see Moses with his tablets. Are we
2025-02-03
Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]
My Lords, I also thank Matthew Burton and the clerks who have been involved in this behind the scenes. I am not in favour of this amendment. The way the Bill is drafted is very simple: by reading it, you understand exactly what it is about. Taking these
2024-12-18
Football Governance Bill [HL]
My Lords, I specifically remember this as it involved Manchester United. It is propitious that the noble Lord, Lord Johnson, has arrived as it was his brother, the then Prime Minister, who said “I would drop a legislative bomb on this proposal”. Do your
2024-12-16
Football Governance Bill [HL]
Do you think I should get up and answer that?
2024-12-16
Football Governance Bill [HL]
My Lords, I am a very happy Manchester United fan. The last few minutes of yesterday’s game were bliss; they reminded us of what happened in 1999 when we won the treble.
I rise to talk again in relation to supporters’ trusts. I have been pressing this
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Register of Interests · 5 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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Equity partner, Edwards Duthie Shamash Solicitors
registered 2024-03-18 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 3: Land and property
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Commercial property in London SE1 from which rental income is received
registered 2024-03-18 · amended 2025-04-05
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Flat in London NW5 from which rental income is received
registered 2024-03-18 · amended 2025-04-05
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House in London NW10 from which rental income is received
registered 2024-03-18 · amended 2025-04-05
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Two houses in London NW11 from which rental income is received
registered 2024-03-18 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2024-03-06 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2024-11-18 → 2025-02-03
Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee
2025-01-30 → 2025-10-20
UK Engagement with Space Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
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020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s)
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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.
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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)
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.