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The Rt Hon. the Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom

Conservative Member of the House of Lords M
Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom. His name is James Norwich Arbuthnot, 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

1987-06-11present
Conservative current

Government posts

1995-07-061997-05-01
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Procurement)
1994-07-201995-07-06
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Social Security)
1992-04-151994-07-20
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)

Opposition posts

2005-02-012005-10-31
Shadow Minister (Trade and Industry)
2003-11-082005-05-10
Shadow Secretary of State (Trade and Industry)
1997-06-112001-06-07
Shadow Chief Whip (Commons)

Committee memberships

2001-07-302006-01-26
Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament
2002-06-192003-07-16
House of Lords Reform (Joint Committee)
2005-07-112014-04-28
Defence Committee Chair +£12,500/yr
2005-07-112014-04-28
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2026-01-27present
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2010-01-132014-06-16
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2011-01-172011-03-08
Armed Forces Bill Committee
2019-07-022020-04-23
EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee
2020-04-232021-03-31
EU Security and Justice Sub-Committee
2020-10-152021-11-24
Risk Assessment and Risk Planning Committee Chair +£15,928/yr

Contact

Parliamentary office
arbuthnotj@parliament.uk
020 7219 3000 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

APPGs (2026) · 6 active officership(s) · 3 historic

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Energy Security
Subject Group
Vice Chair 4 2025-06-27
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Future Generations
Subject Group
Officer 4 2027-03-04
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Grid Networks
Subject Group
Officer Stephenson-Mohl Group 4 2027-01-09
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cyber Security
Subject Group
Officer Wychwood Consulting Ltd 15 2024-05-20
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Digital Identity
Subject Group
Officer Wychwood Consulting Ltd is paid by Yoti Ltd to act as the group's secretariat 4 2027-01-11
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Post Offices
Subject Group
Vice Chair 4 2025-05-27
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

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.
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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