The Lord Kempsell
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Kempsell's full title is The Lord Kempsell. His name is Ross John Kempsell, 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
36 Content(22.2%)
3 Not-Content(1.9%)
123 didn't vote(75.9%)
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
2026-01-05
Content
132–124
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
2026-05-14
King’s Speech
My Lords, I listened with great interest to the many excellent speeches in this debate and I commend, in particular, my noble friends Lord Jackson of Peterborough and Lord Moynihan of Chelsea for their outstanding contributions.
However, it is to anot
2026-03-24
Youth Unemployment
My Lords, what a disaster it is that under this Government we have 1 million young people in Britain who are not in education, employment or training—one in eight who cannot access the life opportunities which we in this Chamber all enjoyed. Will the Min
2026-03-18
Digital ID: Public Consultation
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his update. First, can I take him back to a slightly more fundamental question that we are yet to address in this exchange? Why do the Government feel it is necessary at all to have a consultation, given the visceral pu
2026-01-22
Retail and Hospitality Sector
My Lords, how perspicacious it was of my noble friend Lady Monckton to secure this vital business today. I join others in expressing my appreciation for her opening speech, which set the scene for this debate, replete as it was with illustrations and exa
2026-01-20
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I support Amendment 417, from the noble Lord, Lord Banner, to which I have attached my name. I think there is very little I can add to the technical, financial and legal arguments in support that have already been made from all sides of the Com
2026-01-20
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I declare my interest as a freelance journalist and, therefore, somebody who has a very great care for freedom of speech. What a pleasure it is to follow the speech of my noble friend Lord Blencathra, which so brilliantly summarised all the rea
2026-01-19
Northern Powerhouse Rail
My Lords, I thank the Minister for the update on this important cause. Let us assume that the cap will be busted. If that is the case, and the Treasury’s £45 billion envelope is broken, what assessment have the Government made of the impact on local auth
My Lords, what a privilege it is to follow the incisive questions of my noble friends who spoke before me and to add my support to the regret amendment in the name of my noble friend Lord Callanan, whose speech crystallised the litany of reasons that the
2026-01-07
Middle East and North Africa
I thank the Minister for all her valiant efforts on these intractable issues. Specifically on the fallout from the case of Mr el-Fattah, which dominated the agenda for so many days and now seems no longer to do so, the department is reviewing the process
My Lords, how can I add to the tour d’horizon we have had from the Benches on this side of your Lordships’ House, and indeed all sides, as we consider this group of amendments all about the moral and legal rights of the Chagossian people, who have been i
2025-12-04
Autumn Budget 2025
My Lords, this is quite rightly a wide-ranging debate and there is much to deal with when it comes to the Government’s handling of the economy, so I will confine myself to two points. One is an area that has been very gracefully elided and skated over by
My Lords, I am more than happy to associate myself with the amendments tabled in the name of my noble friend Baroness Goldie. We started the group by saying that your Lordships’ House would consider it expeditiously, so I will be brief.
My full sympat
My Lords, I will speak to the amendments in my name in this group, and I support the amendments in the name of my noble friend Lord Hannan, who masterfully adumbrated his litany of development ideas, as well as those in the names of the noble Baroness, L
My Lords, I declare my interest as the director of a number of small businesses, and I join in thanking my noble friend Lord Elliott for convening today’s debate. It has been extremely wide-ranging in its scope on the matter in front of your Lordships’ H
2025-09-03
Prostate Cancer
My Lords, I join with noble Lords in paying tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Mott, for convening this business and discussing an issue that is absolutely vital in order to save the lives of men across the UK. We are blessed in this House to have eloquent
2025-07-17
Online Communication Offence Arrests
I declare my interest as a freelance journalist and publisher and, therefore, as somebody who makes his living from freedom of speech. I join noble Lords in thanking the noble Lord, Lord Lebedev, for securing today’s timely and important debate. As I fin
2025-03-28
Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee Report
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord and all my fellow committee members in this debate. I add my thanks to all of them and to everyone involved with this post-legislative scrutiny work. I particularly thank the noble Baroness, Lady O’Grad
2025-01-27
Inheritance Tax, National Insurance and VAT
My Lords, I too thank the noble Lord, Lord Morrow, for securing this important and timely debate. Given the time constraints, I intend to confine my comments to the impact of VAT on independent schools in the nations and regions.
I suppose I could not
2025-01-15
Financial Assistance to Ukraine Bill
My Lords, I join in the expressions of welcome and praise for the noble Baroness, Lady Batters. I am sure that her excellent, touching maiden speech will have great resonance with working mothers everywhere. I know that the whole House looks forward to h
2024-11-18
Evaluation in Government Policy-making
My Lords, I thank the Minister for her gracious reply. Vast amounts of public money are spent every day, but far too little attention is given to assessing whether those spending decisions actually achieve their desired outcome through good evaluation. I
2024-11-18
Evaluation in Government Policy-making
To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to improve the use of evaluation in government policy-making.
2024-10-25
Ukraine
My Lords, I join in the sentiments of praise for the maiden speech of the noble Lord, Lord Spellar. I certainly look forward to his future contributions.
Throughout the debate we have heard so much about the echoes of history and of former conflicts.
2024-10-09
Public Sector Productivity
My Lords, I join in the thanks expressed to my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe for securing this important and timely debate, especially before the Budget. I will also, in the spirit expressed by the noble Lord, Lord Londesborough, keep my remarks produc
2024-09-05
Independent Schools: VAT Exemption
My Lords, in the debate on the gracious Speech before the Summer Recess, I suggested that the Government’s proposal to impose VAT on school fees would ultimately narrow opportunities across the country rather than widen them. What I did not predict is th
2024-07-19
King’s Speech
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Ramsey of Wall Heath. I welcome the constructive tone of the debate today as we begin our work in this new Parliament. It is also a pleasure to pay tribute to my noble friend Lady Monckton of
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Register of Interests · 17 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 Fellow, Policy Exchange (think tank) (income paid to Hyannis Strategy Limited)
registered 2025-09-09
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Regular columnist, The London Standard
registered 2025-07-22
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Director, Aura Farm Media Group (online and social media publishing; the member is not salaried but may draw ad hoc dividends)
registered 2025-02-24 · amended 2025-04-05
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Founder, Arcani Intelligence Ltd (media advice, business intelligence and due diligence; the member is not salaried but may draw ad hoc dividends)
registered 2024-04-25 · amended 2025-04-05
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The member receives fees for freelance journalism and editing work (Telegraph, Daily Mail, Guido Fawkes and others) and broadcast appearances (GB News) (all fees paid to Hyannis Strategy Limited)
registered 2023-09-21 · amended 2025-09-09
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Senior Adviser, WJL Partners LLP (communications and management advice to corporate CEOs) (interest ceased 30 January 2026)
registered 2023-08-21 · amended 2026-01-30
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Director and CEO, Maple Research Limited (business intelligence and due diligence; the member was not salaried but may draw ad hoc dividends) (interest ceased 3 December 2025)
registered 2023-08-21 · amended 2025-12-20
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Hyannis Strategy Limited (personal service company providing the member's services in communications, media, management advice and journalism; the member is not salaried but may draw ad hoc dividends; all clients are listed in category 1) (a client was the Office of Boris Johnson Limited (private office of the former Prime Minister) (interest ceased 31 August 2025))
registered 2023-08-21 · amended 2025-09-09
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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Aura Farm Media Group (online and social media publishing)
registered 2025-02-24 · amended 2025-04-05
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Arcani Intelligence Ltd (media advice, business intelligence and due diligence)
registered 2024-04-25 · amended 2025-04-05
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Hyannis Strategy Limited (see category 1)
registered 2023-08-21 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 4: Sponsorship
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The member may receive occasional support in parliamentary work from an executive assistant or a researcher, employed by Arcani Intelligence Ltd
registered 2023-10-31 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 5: Overseas visits
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Visit to Gibraltar, 9–11 September 2025, for Gibraltar Day; costs of travel and accommodation met by government of Gibraltar
registered 2025-09-09
Category 6: Gifts, benefits and hospitality
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Ticket to Bloomberg Africa Business Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, provided by Bloomberg L.P., 17–18 November 2025
registered 2025-11-27
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Ticket for and accommodation at Gateway Gulf investment conference, Manama, Bahrain, provided by Bahrain Economic Development Board, 31 October to 3 November 2025
registered 2025-11-27
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Ticket to Manama Dialogue defence and security conference, Bahrain, provided by International Institute of Strategic Studies and government of Bahrain, 31 October to 2 November 2025
registered 2025-11-27
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Guest at Google Future Forum, Oxfordshire, 23–24 October 2025; travel, accommodation and subsistence costs met by Google UK
registered 2025-10-23
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Party history
2023-07-11 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2024-01-24 → 2025-03-28
Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee
2025-01-30 → present
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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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 Music
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | UK Music | 4 | 2027-01-10 |
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
36
of 36 tabled
36 answered(100.0%)
10
departments
2026-04-27
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
UK Relations with EU: Costs
Answered
2026-04-27
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
UK Relations with EU: Costs
Answered
2026-04-13
Department for Business and Trade
Department for Business and Trade: Brussels
Answered
2026-01-30
Cabinet Office
National School of Government and Public Services: Finance
Answered
2026-01-19
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Identity Cards: Digital Technology
Answered
2026-01-14
Department of Health and Social Care
National Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce
Answered
2026-01-14
Department of Health and Social Care
National Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce
Answered
2026-01-14
Department of Health and Social Care
Maternity Services: Negligence
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)
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.