The Lord Mott OBE
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Mott's full title is The Lord Mott OBE. His name is Darren James Mott, 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
161 divisions
105 Content(65.2%)
6 Not-Content(3.7%)
50 didn't vote(31.1%)
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
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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
Content
131–127
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2026-01-05
Content
194–130
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2026-01-05
Content
168–178
Not-Content
2026-01-05
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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
2026-02-12
Donations to Political Parties
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Sikka, for securing this important debate. I will be positive. Legitimacy and transparency must be at the heart of political-party finance. I share the concerns about hostile foreign states trying to exert influence
2026-02-03
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 241 in my name. It would require the Secretary of State to commission and publish a report on the educational attainment of school-aged children with a parent in prison. This is a focused and proportionate amendment.
2026-01-16
Rare Cancers Bill
My Lords, I begin by thanking the honourable Member for Edinburgh South West for first introducing the Bill in the House of Commons, and the noble Baroness, Lady Elliott of Whitburn Bay, for bringing it to the House today.
Although I have campaigned e
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, who has been incredibly kind and generous to me since I first joined the Public Services Select Committee. I am sorry that he will be leaving us very shortly. I also pay tribute to and thank the noble
2025-10-31
Ukraine
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Barrow, on his maiden speech and look forward to many more of his speeches to come. I also congratulate and thank the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, for such a powerful opening, particularly in the light, perhaps,
My Lords, it is an honour to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie, in this important debate this evening. Summer is only just behind us, yet I have no doubt that minds of NHS leaders will already be turning to how to deal with winter pressures. The NH
My Lords, I congratulate the new Minister and wish her well in her—I hope—long career. As the noble Baroness, Lady Morris, pointed out, our committee has had some success with newly-appointed Ministers lasting a little longer than some colleagues.
The
My Lords, as someone who has spent the vast majority of their career helping to run election campaigns across the UK, I add my support to this common-sense technical legislation. It makes no sense that a voter in Scotland and Wales can apply online for
2025-09-03
Prostate Cancer
To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that GPs proactively discuss prostate cancer with men at the highest risk; and inform them of their right to a free prostate specific antigen test.
2025-09-03
Prostate Cancer
My Lords, around one in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point in their lives. In the UK, it is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men and, sadly, it causes around 12,000 deaths a year. Even more tragically, this number include
2025-07-16
Employment Rights Bill
My Lords, I add my support for Amendment 100 from my noble friend Lady Penn. I will be brief. The thing that struck me most about my noble friend Lord Harlech’s comments is that when I first returned to work after the birth of my first child, having take
2025-06-04
Special Educational Needs: Dyscalculia
My Lords, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bull, for securing this important debate but, more importantly, for making me aware of the many challenges that thousands of schoolchildren suffer from every single day.
2025-04-23
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
My Lords, I welcome the Second Reading of this important Bill. It is right that we scrutinise it carefully, and I am pleased to be following my noble friend Lord Bethell. This is a landmark piece of legislation, introduced by the previous Conservative Go
2025-03-17
Ukraine: UK Policy
My Lords, I refer the House to my support for the charity Ukrainian Action, which provides emergency support, humanitarian aid, recovery and reconstruction. It has recently launched a programme to help injured servicemen and women to rehabilitate.
How
2025-01-28
New Hospital Programme Review
My Lords, I welcome the £102 million that the Minister referred to for the upgrade to GP estates. May I ask how many of those will be in Cambridgeshire? Has any assessment been made of the pressure that the upgrade of those GP estates will take off the N
2024-11-28
COP 29
My Lords, I refer the House to my entry in the register of Members’ interests. I welcome the Statement today, but can the Minister reflect on the recent COP and those over the last few years and whether the format of discussion, debate and agreement is b
My Lords, I welcome the amendment that we are discussing today, particularly in reference to the Armed Forces veteran card. It was disappointing that it was not in place for the general election earlier this year, and I very much support what the Ministe
My Lords, it is a pleasure to take part in this debate on homecare medicine services. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Morris of Yardley, for opening this very important debate. I also thank her for being incredibly supportive since I joined the Select C
2024-04-25
Defence Spending
My Lords, I welcome the Statement on which my noble friend is responding today. Many important questions have been raised today. Will my noble friend give us an update on, and perhaps not forget, the accommodation that our Armed Forces personnel live in,
2024-02-14
Network North
My Lords, I welcome the investment in the north and the Midlands, particularly the improvement between Newark and Nottingham. I am very aware that East Anglia is not quite in the north of England but, if I may make a plug, can my noble friend the Ministe
My Lords, it is a pleasure to take part in this fifth day of Committee. I will speak to Amendments 148A and 148B, which pertain to an exclusion to the subscriptions chapter. Subscription contracts are becoming increasingly popular in our society. I suppo
2023-10-26
Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 11 September be approved.
Relevant document: 53rd Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. Considered in Grand Committee on 24 October.
2023-10-24
Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
That is true. I know there is one example in the Pickles review that I was on the ground for: in Bradford, at the 2005 general election. I think I am right in saying that it was not just fingerprints but analysis of signatures. The police were able to id
2023-10-24
Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
I will have to come back to the noble Lord on that in more detail. The point he made earlier concerns me. The potential for a bundle of ballot packs to be collected up and put through a door or letterbox is something that we really need to look at. I wil
2023-10-24
Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
Indeed. I would be happy to lay that out clearly in writing.
The noble Lord, Lord Scriven, asked probably the most interesting question of all. Overall, the legislation and changes are there to deter. We are obviously very aware of some of the problem
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Register of Interests · 15 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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Senior adviser (providing engagement and strategic advice), Adam Management Holdings Ltd (investments, acquisitions, commodities, technology and management consultancy)
registered 2025-11-12
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Non-executive Director, Aqualiner Limited (water utilities)
registered 2025-03-06 · amended 2025-04-08
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Non-executive Director, Securitaq Limited (sovereign cloud, AI and cybersecurity) (interest ceased 24 February 2026)
registered 2024-11-25 · amended 2026-03-31
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Chairman, Advisory Board, Trafalgar Strategy (strategic communications)
registered 2024-10-21 · amended 2025-04-05
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Non-executive Director, SW1 Media Limited (trading as Millbank Global) (strategic digital communications) (interest ceased 31 October 2025)
registered 2024-09-30 · amended 2025-11-03
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Non-executive Director, Atlantic Tech LLC (technical engineering company)
registered 2024-09-17 · amended 2025-04-05
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Strategic Adviser to the Board, Zapgo (UK-based electric vehicle charge point operator)
registered 2024-03-14 · amended 2025-04-05
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Mentor, Finito Education Limited (careers mentoring, coaching and guidance for school leavers, university graduates, college leavers, mature and overseas students)
registered 2024-03-05 · amended 2025-04-08
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Independent non-executive chair and director, Oxford Cannabinoid Technologies Holdings plc (trading as Octavian Thereapeutics) (biotech company developing prescription cannabinoid medicines) (interest ceased 30 June 2025)
registered 2024-02-29 · amended 2025-07-15
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Director, Mott Advisory Limited (member's consultancy); clients are JL Partners (research, insight and strategy); ZavFit Limited (fintech) (interest ceased 30 June 2025); Majoritas (training and consultation services in political sphere); Jukes (non-alcoholic beverages); Assiturus Ventures (management and financial services consultancy); Kingsley Capital Partners (private equity investor); Brimstone Site Investigation Ltd (unexploded ordnance (UXO) specialists)
registered 2023-07-19 · amended 2026-03-31
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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Mott Advisory Limited (member's consultancy)
registered 2023-07-19 · amended 2025-04-08
Category 3: Land and property
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Residential property in Nottingham from which rental income is received
registered 2023-07-19 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 6: Gifts, benefits and hospitality
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Guest at Reagan–Jackson Security Dialogue, Cambridge, 18–20 February 2026; accommodation and subsistence costs met by Henry Jackson Society
registered 2026-03-19
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On a visit to Jordan, 20–30 September 2025, the member and his wife received a tour guide, accommodation and in-country transport which was in part paid by the Jordan Tourism Board
registered 2025-11-03
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Guest of National Rifle Association on 25 July 2025 as participant in House of Lords vs House of Commons target rifle match at Bisley for the Vizianagram trophy; target shooting, professional instruction and lunch were provided
registered 2025-07-28
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Party history
2023-06-19 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
2023-06-02 → 2023-11-14
Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2024-01-31 → present
Public Services Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
mottd@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
APPGs (2026) · 3 active officership(s)
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Subject Group
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Officer | GK Strategy | 4 | 2026-11-16 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Prostate Cancer
Subject Group
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Officer | Prostate Cancer Research · Prostate Cancer UK | 4 | 2027-04-17 |
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Inclusion and Nurture in Education All-Party Parliamentary Group
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | Nurtureuk | 4 | 2027-03-05 |
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the
/appgs Top secretariat funders panel — click any funder
there to open its full relationship graph. Officer matching is name-based against
the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.
Written parliamentary questions · 2026
Showing
24
of 24 tabled
24 answered(100.0%)
6
departments
2026-03-17
Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Mothers
Answered
2026-03-17
Department of Health and Social Care
Infant Mortality and Maternal Mortality
Answered
2026-03-09
Department of Health and Social Care
Prostate Cancer: Radiotherapy
Answered
2026-03-09
Department of Health and Social Care
Glioblastoma: Health Services
Answered
2026-03-09
Department of Health and Social Care
Glioblastoma: Health Services
Answered
2026-02-23
Treasury
Hospitality Industry and Retail Trade: Employers' Contributions
Answered
Source: UK Parliament Members API. The amber "interest" tag is set
by Parliament's own system when the asking member has a register entry
it deems related — typically a paid role or directorship in the
sector being asked about. Click any "i" icon to see the full
question and the department's answer.
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.