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The Lord Booth

Conservative Member of the House of Lords M
Lord Booth's full title is The Lord Booth. His name is Sydney John Peter Booth, 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 37 Content(22.8%) 1 Not-Content(0.6%) 124 didn't vote(76.5%)
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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 11

2025-07-15 Taxes
I thank the Minister for his Answer, which is much as I expected. The Government recently had their first anniversary, which was marked by a series of U-turns. Will the noble Lord use his persuasive powers to ask his Treasury colleagues to get rid of the
2025-07-15 Taxes
To ask His Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to raise taxes this year.
2025-06-12 Cardiovascular Illnesses
My Lords, the idea for this debate came about at the end of January, when I was lying in a hospital bed, where I had been for nearly four weeks receiving treatment for my heart. Those were the later stages of what had been a long journey for me since 201
2025-06-12 Cardiovascular Illnesses
To ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to improve the detection, prevention and treatment of cardiovascular illness.
2025-06-11 Economic Growth
I will get to my question in a second. I believe the policies that came into effect in April will affect the British economy like an earthquake. My question is this. I live in south Cornwall, in a small-harbour fishing village. We no longer have any fis
2025-06-11 Economic Growth
I thank the Minister for his reply. On GDP growth, I doubt the 0.7% increase in the first quarter will be replicated later in the year. There is an old expression: one swallow does not make a summer. I suspect that that will be the case. Moody’s rating a
2025-06-11 Economic Growth
My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper, and I apologise to the House because I have only half a voice today.
2025-06-11 Economic Growth
To ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they have made on their economic growth mission, as set out in their Plan for Change (CP 1210).
2025-05-01 Arm’s-length Bodies
I thank the Minister for her Answer. I am somewhat confused because the Government have already committed to establishing, or are in the process of establishing, 26 new arm’s-length bodies. I have been trying to ascertain from the Government by Written A
2025-05-01 Arm’s-length Bodies
To ask His Majesty’s Government, following the announced abolition of NHS England, whether they propose to abolish any other arm’s-length bodies and if so which ones.
2024-07-23 King’s Speech
My Lords, as I rise to make my maiden speech today, I want to add my congratulations to the noble and learned Lord opposite on his excellent speech earlier. I start by offering my thanks for the welcome that I have received from your Lordships across the
Source: hansard.parliament.uk via hansard-api. Snippets shown verbatim from the search API; click any debate title for the full record.

Register of Interests · 3 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.

  • Director, Peterco Limited (property lettings)
    registered 2024-03-12 · amended 2025-04-05

Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)

  • Peterco Limited (property lettings)
    registered 2024-03-12 · amended 2025-04-05

Category 5: Overseas visits

  • Visit to Singapore with the APPG on Public Sector Efficiency, 31 January to 3 February 2026, for meetings about the APPG's Global Commission; travel, accommodation and subsistence costs met by Efficio Consulting Ltd
    registered 2026-02-25
Source: UK Parliament Members API (Lords register). Refreshed weekly. Read the full Lords Code of Conduct for what each category covers and the disclosure thresholds.

Party history

2024-03-07present
Conservative current

Government posts

None recorded.

Opposition posts

None recorded.

Committee memberships

2026-01-27present
Science and Technology Committee

Contact

Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s)

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Turnaround and Business Improvement
Subject Group
Officer The Institute for Turnaround 4 2027-07-09
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 11 of 11 tabled 10 answered(90.9%) 1 departments
2026-06-15
Department of Health and Social Care
Obesity: Drugs
Pending
2026-06-02
Department of Health and Social Care
Cardiovascular Diseases: Semaglutide
Answered
2026-04-13
Department of Health and Social Care
Blood Cancer: Medical Treatments
Answered
2026-04-13
Department of Health and Social Care
Blood Cancer: Medical Treatments
Answered
2026-04-13
Department of Health and Social Care
Blood Cancer: Immunotherapy
Answered
2026-04-13
Department of Health and Social Care
Cardiovascular Diseases: Semaglutide
Answered
2026-03-02
Department of Health and Social Care
Blood Cancer: Immunotherapy
Answered
2026-01-27
Department of Health and Social Care
Prescriptions
Answered
2026-01-07
Department of Health and Social Care
Food: Salt
Answered
2026-01-07
Department of Health and Social Care
Food: Salt
Answered
2026-01-07
Department of Health and Social Care
Food: Salt
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)

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.
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