The Lord Kestenbaum
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Kestenbaum's full title is The Lord Kestenbaum. His name is Jonathan Andrew Kestenbaum, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£1,484
5 days attended across 1 published month
Total claimed
£1,484
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
1 Content(0.5%)
30 Not-Content(15.9%)
158 didn't vote(83.6%)
2026-02-04
Not-Content
62–295
Not-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 8
2026-06-18
Child Poverty
My Lords, I pay tribute to my noble friend Lady Lister for securing this vital debate. The Government’s strategy on child poverty should inspire the nation. It has mobilised us all in common cause around what is clearly the fight of our lives: to finally
2026-05-19
King’s Speech
My Lords, it is with the greatest pleasure that I follow that excellent and very moving speech from my noble friend Lord Hobby. He is renowned as a person of strong values and deep conviction—two attributes that will serve him well in this Chamber. His
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, on an excellent opening to the debate. I am aware that she has recently taken over the chairing of the committee and will no doubt bring to that role her hard-earned reputation for penetrating ins
2024-10-31
Community and Voluntary Sector
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Morgan, for securing this important debate. I declare my interest as a trustee of Teach First.
This debate, coming as it does one day after the Budget, could not be more timely. Yesterday, we heard a passiona
2023-01-19
International Holocaust Memorial Day
My Lords, I pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Pickles, for securing this historic debate and for all his other formidable work. This memorial day is one which binds us all, irrespective of background, but I hope noble Lords will offer their forbearance
2022-11-03
Financial Markets: Stability
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Sharkey, for securing this vital debate, the urgency of which is of course prompted by an experiment in fiscal policy as calamitous as it was unprecedented.
Recent weeks offer a cautionary tale of how such mayhem
2018-10-17
Religious Intolerance and Prejudice
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Bourne, for introducing this debate. It is indeed timely following the Home Office data published yesterday, which reported a steep rise in religious hate crime.
Such reports are never just about the welfare and
2017-07-05
Balfour Declaration Centenary
My Lords, standing as we do the day after another great anniversary, it is fitting to reflect on President Woodrow Wilson’s words of 4 July 1920, when he famously said that the anniversary of an independence should be seen as a beginning, not a conclusio
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 · 7 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, Five Arrows Limited (asset manager)
registered 2025-06-25
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Member, Advisory Board, Celaretex Global (renewable energy investors focusing on geothermal energy)
registered 2024-03-01 · amended 2025-06-25
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Director, JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust plc (Investment Company)
registered 2023-10-02 · amended 2025-04-05
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Director, Windmill Hill Asset Management (investment manager)
registered 2013-04-05 · amended 2025-04-05
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Director, Graywood Limited (business development and strategic advice consultancy)
registered 2011-12-07 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (b)
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RIT Capital Partners plc (investment trust)
registered 2022-04-13 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 3: Land and property
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Residential property in London NW3 from which rental income is received
registered 2021-09-21 · amended 2025-04-05
Source: UK Parliament Members API (Lords register). Refreshed weekly.
Read the full
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for what each category covers and the disclosure thresholds.
Party history
2011-01-24 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2023-09-05 → 2024-05-30
Finance Bill Sub-Committee
2024-01-24 → 2026-01-27
Financial Services Regulation Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
kestenbaumj@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
External or private office
07837848456
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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)
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.