The Lord Evans of Rainow
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Evans of Rainow's full title is The Lord Evans of Rainow. His name is Graham Evans, 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
120 Content(74.1%)
6 Not-Content(3.7%)
36 didn't vote(22.2%)
2026-04-13
Not-Content
69–332
Not-Content
2026-03-25
Content
95–137
Not-Content
2026-03-05
Content
193–143
Content
2026-03-05
Content
194–140
Content
2026-03-05
Content
198–139
Content
2026-03-05
Content
208–142
Content
2026-03-05
Content
214–142
Content
2026-02-04
Not-Content
62–295
Not-Content
2026-01-12
Content
201–169
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
2026-06-18
Severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, for securing this important debate. I join others in paying tribute to the patients, families, clinicians, researchers and charities who have worked tirelessly to improve understanding of myalgic encephal
2026-06-17
State of Extremism Report
My Lords, I will give the Minister a case study that he has previously referred to. In university campuses, student union committees get elected on a platform of antisemitism, Holocaust denial and insisting on the sacking of a Jewish professor of economi
2026-06-11
Welfare Reforms and Youth Unemployment
My Lords, I am truly grateful to everyone who contributed with excellent speeches to this debate today. As the noble Lord, Lord Liddle, said, it has been a non-partisan debate, which means that I look forward to debating again when we get the Milburn re
2026-06-11
Welfare Reforms and Youth Unemployment
That this House takes note of the economic implications of the Government’s approach to welfare reforms and the current levels of youth unemployment.
2026-06-11
Welfare Reforms and Youth Unemployment
My Lords, I pay tribute to my noble friend Lord Younger on his 15 years’ service on the Front Bench. He was an outstanding public servant and is very much missed in your Lordships’ House.
All of us can remember our first job and the moment we got our
2026-06-01
Devolved Public Services: Funding
My Lords, Lord Barnett was an outstanding public servant as a Manchester Member of Parliament and a Treasury Minister under the Callaghan Government, and he was given the task to come up with this formula in 1978 to placate the Scottish nationalists. I h
2026-05-20
Self-employed: Paternity Leave
The Minister has said twice at the Dispatch Box that she will report back with a decision in early 2027. Will that be January or February 2027?
2026-05-19
VAT Relief: Business Donations
My Lords, what assessment have the Government made of VAT registration for high street businesses such as mini-markets, vape shops and the like? I recently bought a phone charger and was surprised not to see a VAT receipt, and that business—there are man
2026-04-21
Cancer Outcomes in the UK
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Patel, for securing this important debate. When I was a Minister, the noble Lord used to stand up and ask me extremely searching questions—well, they were searching questions to me—to which I did not always know the
My Lords, when will the Government respond to the House of Lords Select Committee report on social mobility? That response is overdue. I appreciate that the Minister may not have the answer, but perhaps she could write to me.
2026-03-24
Public Transport: Accessibility
My Lords, accessibility into Macclesfield station is severely curtailed for disabled people. The booking hall has been refurbished, which is most welcome, but it would be helpful if there was a completion date. Can the Minister look into this matter? The
My Lords, the Minister did not answer my noble friend’s question. How many other councils could be in this position on equal pay?
2026-03-13
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, Amendments 158 and 163 are in my name. I will speak also to Amendments 157 and 164, in the name of my noble friend Lord Ahmad, who cannot be with us here today. Amendment 157 in my noble friend’s name
“seeks to ensure that a doctor may not r
2026-03-11
Middle East: Defence
My Lords, I am most grateful to the Minister. The whole House is very lucky to have him as our Minister. If it took only six days for HMS Dragon to get ready, why was readiness not instructed on or after 11 February?
2026-03-10
Special Educational Needs: Dyscalculia
My Lords, early identification of dyscalculia is so important. From personal experience, a quick and easy way to spot a child with this condition is at reception: when they write out numbers, they write them the wrong way round. Perhaps that is a quick a
2026-03-05
PFAS
My Lords, rural community pubs are very much a force for good, not just for the local rural communities they serve but also for the wider communities in towns and cities. Does the Minister agree with that statement, and does her department agree that div
2026-03-04
Security Update
My Lords, further to the excellent question from the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, the Chinese make British Army uniforms. On the point about the content of those uniforms, can the Minister let the House know why the Chinese are making British Army uniforms?
2026-02-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, my Amendment 144 relates to those tabled by my noble friend Lord Frost, who has made many of the points I was about to make. To add to what my noble friend has said, he used the word “paperwork” all the way through his remarks, and he outlined
My Lords, it is my great privilege to serve in the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme, as do many other noble Lords. I was recently provided with a uniform for a trip to the Falkland Islands. I was somewhat surprised to see that that uniform was made in C
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2026-02-23
Free Speech Complaints Scheme
My Lords, I wonder if the Minister can give us an indication of when the Government will respond to your Lordships’ House’s special report into social mobility. It has been sat on the Secretary of State’s desk for a long time now.
2026-02-12
Security of Candidates, MPs and Elections
My Lords, I pay tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Royall, and the work that she does on this commission. This is also a reminder of those MPs who have been murdered: Airey Neave, who was murdered on the Parliamentary Estate by the IRA, which also murde
2026-02-11
Electric Vehicles: Transition
Going back to rural areas and the electric vehicle charging infrastructure, is the Minister aware that, if you have a drive, you will have to dig it up to put new cabling in because older housing stock is not capable of taking the new power? In rural are
2026-02-06
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Shamash, mentioned a very moving story from his family regarding Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and I have a similar story but from a slightly different angle. My cousin Stephen was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy
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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.
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Director, GTE Consultants Limited (company owned with wife which provides advice on UK and global current affairs)
registered 2022-12-05 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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GTE Consultants Limited (company owned with wife which provides advice on UK and global current affairs - see category 1)
registered 2022-12-08 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 5: Overseas visits
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Contributions to member and his wife's travel, accommodation and associated costs as part of the Lords and Commons cricket team visit to Australia, 26 December 2025 to 5 January 2026, made by Horatius Advisory Limited and Deltroit Asset Management (UK) LLP
registered 2026-01-21
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Party history
2010-05-06 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
2023-01-01 → 2024-07-05
Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
Opposition posts
2024-09-01 → 2024-11-10
Opposition Whip (Lords)
Committee memberships
2011-11-14 → 2013-03-25
Administration Committee
2012-10-29 → 2015-03-30
Work and Pensions Committee
2025-01-30 → 2025-11-04
Social Mobility Policy Committee
2026-01-27 → present
Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
Contact
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APPGs (2026) · 8 active officership(s) · 1 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Cricket
Subject Group
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Officer | — | 4 | 2027-02-22 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Football Supporters
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2027-01-03 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Smart Towns and Regions
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2027-04-17 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on ClimateTech
Subject Group
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Officer | Startup Coalition | 4 | 2027-04-16 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion
Subject Group
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Officer | National Black, Asian, Mixed Race, and Minority Ethnic Transplant Alliance (NBTA) | 4 | 2027-02-14 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Grief Support and the Impact of Death on Society
Subject Group
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Officer | AtaLoss | 4 | 2026-07-19 |
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Football All-Party Parliamentary Group
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | Fair Game | 4 | 2027-01-04 |
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Football Club All-Party Parliamentary Group
Subject Group
|
Officer | iNHouse Communications | 4 | 2026-03-25 |
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the
/appgs Top secretariat funders panel — click any funder
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the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.
Written parliamentary questions · 2026
Showing
3
of 3 tabled
3 answered(100.0%)
2
departments
2026-01-15
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Palestine: Curriculum
Answered
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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)
2 bills
2 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drug Driving (Assessment of Drug Misuse) Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2013-06-19 | |
| National Commonwealth Military Day Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2013-03-12 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.