The Lord Murray of Blidworth
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Murray of Blidworth's full title is The Lord Murray of Blidworth. His name is Simon Peregrine Gauvain Murray, 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
78 Content(48.1%)
3 Not-Content(1.9%)
81 didn't vote(50.0%)
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
2026-06-22
Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office
My Lords, I sit on the Joint Committee on Human Rights with the noble Lord, Lord Alton. In our report on transnational repression, published some 10 months ago, one of the recommendations was that those perceiving themselves to be the victims of transnat
2026-05-18
King’s Speech
My Lords, in the gracious Speech His Majesty said only this about the thorny topic of immigration and asylum:
“Legislation will be introduced to increase confidence in the security of the immigration and asylum systems”—
nothing else. That is per
My Lords, I find myself in the happy position again of agreeing with the Government. I commend them for these regulations, which go some way to addressing the risk of abuse of our asylum support system. These changes are a good start, but they could go f
2026-04-14
Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules
My Lords, I know what a lonely place the Government Dispatch Box can be when one is introducing a firm bit of immigration legislation. One notes immediately the surreal disconnection between the Overton window of the views in this House and the views in
My Lords—
2026-03-13
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I thank everyone who has spoken on this adjourned group. I propose to adopt the enviable style of my noble friend Lord Effingham and not refer to everybody’s speeches. I would, however, pick up just one point from our discussion on 27 February,
2026-03-10
Victims and Courts Bill
My Lords, it gives me great pleasure to say that I agree entirely with the noble Lord, Lord Marks—not something I perhaps say terribly frequently in this Chamber.
There is one material distinction between the proposed new clause the noble and learned
2026-02-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
2026-02-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, it is a long time since I last spoke on this Bill, at about 3.20 pm on Friday 12 September, the first day of Second Reading. In that speech I outlined my concerns about the panels proposed in Clause 17. It gives me great pleasure to introduce
2026-02-24
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
2026-02-24
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
My Lords, what an excellent debate showing your Lordships’ House at its best, with superb speeches on both sides of the argument. It would be invidious to list them, so I will not. I thank the Minister for her reply and her tolerance of my points through
2026-02-24
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
My Lords, I will speak to all my amendments in this group, which is all of them barring Amendment 203. I thank my noble friend Lord Naseby, who has signed all my amendments.
The amendments all do the same thing: they would remove from the necessary pl
2026-02-09
Victims and Courts Bill
2026-02-09
Victims and Courts Bill
My Lords, I thank the noble Lords who have spoken in the debate. I am particularly grateful for the comments about Amendments 16 and 28 from the noble Lord, Lord Meston, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas, and the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton.
Of
2026-02-09
Victims and Courts Bill
My Lords, my Amendments 16, 25 28 and 33 arise from the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, of which I am a member. The Joint Committee has written to the Ministry of Justice on a number of occasions regarding these issues and has so
My Lords, we are told by the media that four-star generals and admirals have written to President Trump saying:
“A base held under lease, subject to international arbitration, political pressure, or third party treaty obligations, is inherently less s
2026-01-13
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I find myself in complete agreement with the noble Lord, Lord Walney, and in particular I draw attention to the excellent work of Professor Ekins and Policy Exchange in this area.
As the noble Lord, Lord Faulks, observed in his opening remar
My Lords, I wish to address just one point made by the noble Lord, Lord Beamish. He said that the previous Government would inevitably have done a deal. Plainly, this is not so. As my right honourable friend Tom Tugendhat made clear in the debates on thi
2025-11-20
Asylum Policy
My Lords, I say to the Minister and the Home Secretary that this set of measures is to be welcomed, but I am afraid that it does not quite go far enough. I have one specific question for the Minister on the Statement. The Home Secretary said this in the
2025-11-20
Litter on Canal Towpaths
My Lords, I shall not repeat at length the points so eloquently made by my noble friends Lord Evans and Lord Trenchard. I will, however, make one or two slightly different points.
As my noble friend Lord Trenchard has identified, litter by canals can
Will the Minister confirm that, in those proceedings to which she just referred, the United Kingdom was not a party and made no submissions?
The noble Lord seeks to justify his intervention but fails to do so. Because of the way the treaty is drafted and the way Article 18 operates, the treaty can come into force only when this legislation is implemented. That is unusual, but it has the effec
My Lords, for fear of treading on the toes of my noble friend Lord Hannan, I want to add to the debate that took place a moment ago concerning the intervention by the noble Lord, Lord Purvis of Tweed, on my noble friend Lord Callanan’s amendment. I invit
2025-11-18
Budget: Press Briefings
Mr Sam Coates on Sky News said that this Budget had “unravelled” before it had been given. Does the Minister agree?
2025-11-17
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
As the noble Baroness will agree, the sales-people who run these sampling rooms are entitled to market their goods. What she just read out is clearly marketing puff—to coin a phrase. I do not think it suggests any abuse of the regulation and it certainly
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Register of Interests · 2 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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Barrister, 39 Essex Chambers, and LLP member
registered 2022-11-16 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 5: Overseas visits
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Visit to Israel and Palestinian Authority, 4–9 January 2026, on factfinding political delegation; costs of travel, accommodation and hospitality met by Conservative Friends of Israel Limited
registered 2026-01-16
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Party history
2022-10-21 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
2022-10-30 → 2023-11-13
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
2022-10-07 → 2022-10-29
Minister of State (Home Office)
Opposition posts
2024-11-11 → 2025-01-15
Shadow Minister (Home Office)
Committee memberships
2024-09-05 → present
Human Rights (Joint Committee)
2024-01-31 → 2024-05-30
Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Contact
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APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s)
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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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
0 as lead sponsor
2 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Nationality (Regularisation of Past Practice) Act 2023 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2023-05-24 | |
| Illegal Migration Act 2023 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2023-03-07 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.