The Lord Harrington of Watford
Non-affiliated
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Harrington of Watford's full title is The Lord Harrington of Watford. His name is Richard Irwin Harrington, 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
41 Content(25.3%)
2 Not-Content(1.2%)
119 didn't vote(73.5%)
2026-04-13
Not-Content
69–332
Not-Content
2026-03-05
Content
194–140
Content
2026-03-05
Content
198–139
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2026-03-05
Content
208–142
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2026-03-05
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214–142
Content
2026-01-12
Content
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
Content
168–178
Not-Content
2026-01-05
Content
210–131
Content
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
2026-06-04
UK Electricity Prices
Sorry, I stand corrected: 12p. The noble Lord is right. In China, it is 3p. What does this really mean? Is it just a number? Having been on a presentation with the chief executive officer of Nissan, I can tell the Committee that that company pays more fo
2026-06-04
UK Electricity Prices
My Lords, I declare an interest as chairman of Make UK, which represents 26,000 manufacturing businesses in the UK. I declare it not just because it is in the register; I am speaking in this debate because the unfair policy for pricing energy is affectin
2026-02-05
Jobs Market
My Lords, I do my best in these questions not to give Ministers—particularly this Minister—a hard time. However, in my capacity as chairman of Make UK, which has 26,000 manufacturing companies, I speak to a lot of employers. They find, first, that in th
2026-02-05
Jobs Market
My Lords—
2026-02-05
Jobs Market
My Lords—
2026-02-05
Jobs Market
My Lords—
2026-02-05
Youth Unemployment
My Lords, I declare—
2026-02-05
Youth Unemployment
My Lords—
2026-01-14
New Medium Helicopter Contract
My Lords, maybe I can enlighten the Minister about the export prospects for the contract with Leonardo, which amounts to about 500 aircraft by 2040 for about £400 million. Leonardo—I declare my interest as chair of Make UK, which has 1,100 defence member
2026-01-13
Youth Guarantee Scheme: Evaluation
My Lords, I declare my interest as chairman of Make UK, which has 26,000 manufacturing companies that belong to it and is a major apprenticeship provider. As the Minister is very aware, because we have spoken to her on the subject, currently, apprentices
2025-12-04
Autumn Budget 2025
My Lords, I should mention my entry in the register of interests—I am chairman of Make UK. But that is more than an entry into a register, because it is really what my whole speech is about today.
Make UK represents 26,000 manufacturing companies in t
2025-10-15
Modular Nuclear Programme
My Lords, I declare my interest as chairman of Make UK, which has about 26,000 manufacturers as members, including most of those in the nuclear sector. In 2017, I was the nuclear Minister and made a big announcement that the Government were going to get
2025-06-24
UK Infrastructure: 10-year Strategy
My Lords, I shall do my best to comply with the spirit of cross-party consensus day. I should first declare from the register that I am chairman of Make UK, which has more than 20,000 member companies in manufacturing and infrastructure. I commend the Go
2025-05-06
Energy Prices: Energy-intensive Industries
My Lords, I am chairman of Make UK, which represents 27,000 manufacturing businesses in the UK, which I think by mutual acclaim amount to between 10% and 15% of GDP. Our members are extremely worried because they face a 50% premium—at the absolute minimu
2025-01-29
Royal Albert Hall Bill [HL]
My Lords, I do not know quite what to say. I will try to keep my comments brief, because I do not want to incur the wrath of the noble Baroness, Lady Anderson, telling me to keep quiet. I shall try to be as brief as I can, but this is a serious matter to
2024-09-10
Foreign Direct Investment to the UK
My Lords, I requested this debate on a subject on which I spent most of last year and produced what is somewhat modestly called the Harrington Review of Foreign Direct Investment—it is probably the only volume that will ever bear my name, so it means a l
2024-09-10
Foreign Direct Investment to the UK
To ask His Majesty’s Government what measures they intend to implement to attract more foreign direct investment to the United Kingdom.
My Lords, it gives me the greatest pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Elliott’s maiden speech, to which I will return a bit later. First, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Aberdare, for allowing us to have this debate. Of all the many speeches, I will re
2023-11-29
Autumn Statement 2023
My Lords, I join the long line of people welcoming my noble friend to the Treasury and the Front Bench today. I have a lot of respect for her personally and she has done the jobs she has held within government extremely well. Before she was in this House
2023-10-24
Israel/Gaza
My Lords, this is a difficult speech for me to make, because we have heard so many wonderful speeches today. I particularly mention the noble Lord, Lord Bilimoria, who spoke before me; having tears in one’s eyes is not really a good way to start a speech
2023-10-19
Royal Albert Hall Bill [HL]
The trustees recognise that. The noble Lord’s point is one for any cultural institution of any sort. They are conscious of that point, and the number of performances that are put on effectively by the charity which would not be financially viable to be p
2023-10-19
Royal Albert Hall Bill [HL]
I thank the noble Lord for that. He made it clear that he felt that his Benches would not be able to support the Bill in its current form, but I do not think that is particularly important today, because I think the last time a Private Bill such as this
2023-10-19
Royal Albert Hall Bill [HL]
My noble friend makes his point clearly and with great lucidity, as ever.
Quite a few points were made about the Covid loan—as has been said, it was given according to the decision of an independent committee that DCMS, I presume, appointed for all th
2023-10-19
Royal Albert Hall Bill [HL]
Other than the fact that ongoing conflicts are discussed—it is not the conflicts that have come out in that council meeting, it is future conflicts. However, I accept there is an argument. I would argue, of course, that it is nothing whatever to do with
2023-10-19
Royal Albert Hall Bill [HL]
My Lords, I have never been in a debate where I have been complimented so much at the beginning of everyone’s speech and then had almost everything I said disagreed with afterwards. I thank noble Lords for their contributions. The noble Baroness, Lady Fr
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Register of Interests · 13 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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Chairman and director, GeoPura Ltd (hydrogen generators)
registered 2026-02-26
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Adviser, Arada London (property development)
registered 2026-01-27 · amended 2026-02-26
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Non-executive chair, Make UK (supporting UK manufacturers)
registered 2024-12-14 · amended 2026-02-26
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General business advice to Midlands Midforge Ltd (fund to invest in businesses spun out of Midlands universities)
registered 2024-11-25 · amended 2026-02-26
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Director, Cluster Partners Ltd (urban regeneration)
registered 2024-10-02 · amended 2026-02-26
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Chairman, Advisory Group, UKREiif (UK's Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum) held annually in Leeds (interest ceased 1 December 2025)
registered 2024-09-24 · amended 2026-01-27
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Non-executive chairman and director, Regal Holdco Ltd (property development) (interest ceased 1 December 2025)
registered 2024-07-11 · amended 2026-02-26
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Senior Adviser on corporate transactions, Stephenson Harwood (solicitors)
registered 2024-02-02 · amended 2026-02-26
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Senior Adviser on mergers and acquisitions, Canaccord Genuity (investment banking and financial services)
registered 2022-12-16 · amended 2026-02-26
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (b)
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RH Advisory Ltd (service company)
registered 2022-09-12 · amended 2025-04-05
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Harvington Properties Ltd (property development)
registered 2022-04-06 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 3: Land and property
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50% share of commercial property and two flats (from one of which rental income is received) in London W12
registered 2022-04-06 · amended 2025-04-05
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50% share of commercial property in London WC1X
registered 2022-04-06 · amended 2025-04-05
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for what each category covers and the disclosure thresholds.
Party history
2024-08-18 → present
Non-affiliated
current
2019-10-30 → 2024-08-17
Conservative
2019-09-04 → 2019-10-29
Independent
2010-05-06 → 2019-09-04
Conservative
Government posts
2022-03-15 → 2022-09-04
Minister of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
2022-03-15 → 2022-09-04
Minister of State (Home Office)
2017-06-14 → 2019-03-25
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)
2016-07-17 → 2017-06-14
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
2015-09-14 → 2016-07-17
Parliamentary Under Secretary for Home Office (Jointly with Department for Communities and Local Government and Department for International Development)
2015-09-14 → 2016-07-17
Parliamentary Under Secretary for Department for Communities and Local Government (Jointly with Home Office and Department for International Development)
2015-09-14 → 2016-07-17
Parliamentary Under Secretary for Department for International Development (Jointly with Home Office and Department for Communities and Local Government)
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2010-07-12 → 2012-11-05
International Development Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
harringtonr@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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.
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
1 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prevention of Social Housing Fraud Act 2013 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2012-06-20 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.