The Lord Sherbourne of Didsbury CBE
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Sherbourne of Didsbury's full title is The Lord Sherbourne of Didsbury CBE. His name is Stephen Ashley Sherbourne, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£5,935
17 days attended across 1 published month
Total claimed
£5,935
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
114 Content(60.3%)
4 Not-Content(2.1%)
71 didn't vote(37.6%)
2026-07-21
Content
173–234
Not-Content
2026-07-13
Content
41–118
Not-Content
2026-07-13
Content
142–138
Content
2026-07-13
Content
158–239
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
69–332
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
2026-01-05
Content
131–127
Content
2026-01-05
Content
194–130
Content
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
My Lords, I was privileged to be a member of the committee, but before I come to the report itself I want to focus on a curiosity: why was the Select Committee set up in the first place? The commitment in the Labour manifesto was very clear: to have a re
2026-07-16
Future Capability of the Armed Forces
My Lords, a week ago in the Times, Andy Burnham wrote that
“increasing our national security … will be my first priority”.
It made me ask: does he really mean this? This Government have had loads of top priorities. The current Prime Minister has sa
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter of Kentish Town, on bringing forward the Bill. I understand why she has done so, but I want to make a more general point about what effect the Bill might have.
One of the big problems we have ha
2026-05-18
King’s Speech
My Lords, like many other speakers, I want to focus today on a sentence that would have been unimaginable in a Queen’s Speech of 40, 30 or even 20 years ago. It is the sentence that begins:
“My Government will take urgent action to tackle antisemitism
2026-03-17
Spring Forecast Statement
My Lords, the Economist magazine got it right about the Chancellor’s speech on the spring forecast. It said that the Chancellor
“did not announce a single major policy decision that will help Britain break out of its malaise”.
The malaise is the OB
My Lords—
My Lords, is it the case that, in the course of the appointment of Lord Mandelson, the Prime Minister never spoke to him?
My Lords—
2026-03-05
Class Inequality in the Arts
The Minister just talked about the barriers that are denying access to the arts for disadvantaged pupils and students. For our information, can she helpfully spell out exactly what those barriers are and what precisely the Government are doing to remove
2026-02-05
US Department of Justice Release of Files
My Lords—
2026-01-08
Schools and Universities: Language Learning
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Chartres, who predictably gave us a unique perspective for this debate. We are very fortunate to have so many illustrious speakers in this debate and, in particular, two f
2025-12-17
Office for the Impact Economy
My Lords, I did not quite understand the Answer the Minister gave to the noble Lord, Lord Rook. I have gone to the website and I understand that the Office for the Impact Economy is going to act
“as a ‘front door’ for … impact economy relationships an
2025-11-26
Ministerial Code
My Lords, is there not in place an automatic system within government that, when a public appointment is being made by a Minister, checks whether a donation has been made to that Minister or to their political party in general?
2025-10-29
Youth Mobility Scheme
My Lords—
My Lords, I begin by congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Mattinson, on her most accomplished speech this morning. We are old friends and colleagues from another place, and although we have different political views, I look forward very much to heari
2025-03-13
United Kingdom: Global Position
My Lords, in an episode of “The Simpsons”, Homer Simpson says of the Economist magazine, “I don’t need to spend $4 a week to be told that Indonesia’s at the crossroads”. Today, we in the West really are at the crossroads, as my noble friend Lord Howard o
2024-11-11
Autumn Budget 2024
My Lords, Ministers, in trying to defend the Budget, keep saying in a rather pained way that they have had to take some very difficult decisions; the Minister said that today. Of course, that is what government is all about, and they should not be surpri
My Lords, how does the Minister measure productivity in the public sector?
2024-09-09
Pension Credit
My Lords, when the Government looked at the various candidates for cutting public expenditure, why did they choose winter fuel payments?
2024-07-22
King’s Speech (4th Day)
My Lords, I begin by giving a very warm welcome to the noble Lords, Lord Livermore and Lord Vallance, in their new ministerial posts. I also congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Vallance, on an excellent and very meaty maiden speech. In his absence, I also
2024-05-01
House of Lords: Reform
My Lords, I remind the House of one of the greatest reforms of the House of Lords, which I am sure the vast majority of noble Lords agree with, brought in by a Conservative Government—the Life Peerages Act in the 1950s.
2024-03-18
Spring Budget 2024
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Tugendhat. I echo many of the remarks made by other Members of the House, including the noble Lord, Lord Lamont, a former Chancellor of the Exchequer, the noble Lord, Lord Macpherson, a form
2024-03-11
Operation Conifer
My Lords, is not there a puzzle here, in that the Home Secretary, James Cleverly, is a decent and fair man? Surely he understands that it is unacceptable that a former Prime Minister, a man of great integrity, should still have these unsubstantiated alle
2024-01-17
Sir Edward Heath: Operation Conifer
Given that the reputation of the former Prime Minister has been tarnished, and my noble friend the Minister has set out the reasons why there should be no further inquiry, does he regard it as satisfactory that that reputation remains tarnished?
2023-11-29
Autumn Statement 2023
My Lords, it is always a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Desai. He always makes everything sound so seductive and simple.
This afternoon, we have heard many speeches from noble Lords welcoming the excellent provisions in the Autumn State
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Register of Interests · 11 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 2: Shareholdings etc. (b)
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Segro (real estate investment trust)
registered 2026-07-07
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Linde plc (industrial gases and engineering)
registered 2026-07-07
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Apple (technology)
registered 2025-10-24
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Alphabet (technology)
registered 2025-10-24
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Microsoft (technology)
registered 2025-06-24
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Jupiter Unit Trust (unit trust)
registered 2024-05-15 · amended 2025-04-05
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Janus Henderson (investment trust)
registered 2024-05-15 · amended 2025-04-05
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Nvidia Corporation (computer graphics)
registered 2021-11-12 · amended 2025-04-05
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Meta Platforms Inc (technology)
registered 2021-11-12 · amended 2025-04-05
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Intuitive Surgical Inc (surgical systems)
registered 2021-11-12 · amended 2025-04-05
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Mastercard Inc (financial services)
registered 2019-06-17 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2013-09-12 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2014-06-12 → 2017-04-27
Communications and Digital Committee
2014-12-11 → 2014-12-24
Insurance Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee
2015-06-17 → 2017-04-27
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
2016-01-28 → 2016-02-29
Trade Union Political Funds and Political Party Funding Committee
2017-06-27 → 2022-01-19
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
2018-09-04 → 2019-04-30
SLSC Sub-Committee B
2020-03-04 → 2023-01-31
Constitution Committee
2022-01-19 → 2025-01-30
Procedure and Privileges Committee
2023-02-22 → 2024-11-21
Restoration and Renewal Programme Board
2025-12-18 → present
Retirement and Participation Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
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APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s)
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Modern Languages
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | Chartered Institute of Linguists | 4 | 2027-01-09 |
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the
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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
0 as lead sponsor
1 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) (Amendment) Act 2019 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2018-03-13 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.