The Rt Hon. the Lord Gove
Conservative
Life peer
M
Lord Gove's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Gove. His name is Michael Gove, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Pay & earnings · 2026
MP base salary
£0
/ £93,904 annual
0 days served — year-to-date
· annual rate £93,904
Declared outside earnings
£0
0 registered interests published in 2026
Total (salary + chair + declared)
£0
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.
Ministerial activity
Records on file
858
816 meetings ·
29 hospitality ·
1 gift ·
12 overseas trips
· 2014-08-01 → 2024-06-30
Recent meetings · latest 20 of 816
| Date | Met with | Purpose | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-22 | Balfour Beatty | To discuss infrastructure delivery and the planning system | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-05-20 | Lloyds Bank | To discuss the delivery of social rent homes | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-05-16 | Cambridge Ahead, Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge, Wellcome Sanger Institute, ARM, RAND Europe, Royal Papworth Hospital, Bicycle Therapeutics | To discuss infrastructure in the Cambridge City Region | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-05-15 | Tracy Brabin, Andy Burnham, Richard Parker, Dan Norris, Nik Johnson, Oliver Coppard, Claire Ward, David Skaith, Kim McGuinness | Meeting with metro mayors following their election | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-05-15 | Community Security Trust | To discuss tackling antisemitism | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-05-14 | Cllr Shaun Davies | To discuss Oflog and local government | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-04-29 | Grenfell Inquiry Counsel Meeting - Mark Davis, Doug Scott, Jason Beer KC, Mark Watson KC, Doug Scott | To discuss the Grenfell Inquiry | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-04-17 | Grenfell Inquiry Counsel Meeting - Mark Davis, Doug Scott, Jason Beer KC, Mark Watson KC, Doug Scott | To discuss the Grenfell Inquiry | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-04-17 | Britain Remade | Discussion on infrastructure policy | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-04-15 | Financial Times | To discuss levelling up | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-04-15 | Giles Bancroft, Michael Haines | To discuss counter-extremism | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-03-25 | Historic England | To discuss planning policy | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-03-21 | Adrian Packer, Tim Kiddell, Sharon Rainey, Trevor Avery, Angie Cohen, Bill Smith, Brain Scowcroft | To discuss the legacy of the Windermere Boys. | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-03-18 | Police Commissioners | To discuss anti-social behaviour | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-03-14 | Constitutional Reform Group | To discuss devolving throughout England | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-03-13 | Fiyaz Fughal | Meeting on extremism work. | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-03-11 | Toby Young | To discuss the extremism definition. | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-03-11 | Chief Rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis | To discuss the extremism definition. | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-03-07 | Archibishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby and Richard Sudworth, Keziah Patterson | To discuss the extremism definition. | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-03-07 | Ari Jesner | To discuss the extremism definition. | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
Recent hospitality · latest 20 of 29
| Date | Host | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-16 | Policy Exchange | Dinner | — |
| 2024-01-24 | Supporting Wounded Veterans | Drinks and Dinner | — |
| 2023-08-03 | — | Theatre Tickets - National Theatre - 'Grenfell: in the words of survivors' | — |
| 2023-05-05 | — | Tickets - exhibition Grenfell by Steve McQueen | — |
| 2023-03-26 | — | Tickets for England vs Ukraine Football Match | — |
| 2021-10-01 | — | Nil Return | — |
| 2021-06-18 | — | Football Tickets | — |
| 2020-09-04 | — | Breakfast | — |
| 2020-08-15 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2020-08-08 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2019-09-16 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2019-07-11 | — | Lunch | — |
| 2019-06-24 | — | Lunch | — |
| 2019-06-06 | — | Lunch | — |
| 2019-04-23 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2019-03-18 | — | Lunch | — |
| 2019-02-28 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2019-02-21 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2019-02-12 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2019-02-11 | — | Dinner | — |
Recent gifts
| Date | Gift | From / To | Outcome | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-26 | Engraved Silver Cup | Stamford Hill Community | Held by department | £1,000 |
Recent overseas travel
| Dates | Destination | Purpose | Total cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| — |
Nil Return
Nil Return
|
Nil Return | — |
| — |
New York, USA
Scheduled flight
|
To visit the US as Levelling Up Secretary of State | — |
| — |
Nil Return
Nil Return
|
Nil Return | — |
| — |
Nil Return
Nil Return
|
Nil Return | — |
| — |
Tel Aviv,Israel
RAF flight
|
To discuss COVID-status certification including meetings with the Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and Health Minister | — |
| — |
Brussels
RAF flight
|
Meeting of the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee | — |
| — |
Brussels
RAF flight
|
Meeting with Vice President Maroš Šefčovič, co-chair of the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee | — |
| — |
Brussels
RAF flight
|
Co-chair Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee | — |
| — |
Calais, France
RAF Plane
|
Visit to Calais to look at Borders for Brexit readiness | — |
| — |
NA
NA
|
NA | — |
| — |
USA (New York, Washington)
Flight
|
To discuss plastics, oceans, international wildlife trade and post Brexit international trade deals. | — |
| — |
Denmark, Faroe Islands and Iceland
Scheduled flight
|
To discuss fisheries and food | — |
Source: gov.uk ministerial transparency returns. Coverage:
HM Treasury and DSIT. Published quarterly under the Ministerial
Code; refreshed monthly on the 7th.
Constituencies represented
2010-05-06 → 2024-05-30
Surrey Heath
2005-05-05 → 2010-05-06
Surrey Heath
Party history
2005-05-05 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
2022-10-25 → 2024-07-05
Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
2022-10-25 → 2024-07-05
Minister for Intergovernmental Relations
2021-09-19 → 2022-07-06
Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
2021-09-19 → 2022-09-06
Minister for Intergovernmental Relations
2021-09-15 → 2021-09-19
Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
2020-02-13 → 2021-09-15
Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
2019-07-24 → 2020-02-13
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
2017-06-11 → 2019-07-24
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
2015-05-08 → 2016-07-14
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
2014-07-15 → 2015-05-08
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Chief Whip
2010-05-12 → 2014-07-15
Secretary of State for Education
Opposition posts
2007-07-03 → 2010-05-06
Shadow Secretary of State (Children, Schools and Families)
2005-05-10 → 2007-07-03
Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government) (Housing and Planning)
Committee memberships
2005-06-28 → 2007-01-22
European Scrutiny Committee
2016-10-31 → 2017-05-03
Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union
2022-10-25 → 2024-05-30
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
2021-12-08 → 2022-07-06
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
2020-02-13 → 2021-10-01
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.
Contact
Parliamentary office
govem@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s)
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Commons votes · 2026
No Commons votes recorded for 2026.
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
MPs who
backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading
date.
Historic bills (all-time)
20 bills
15 as lead sponsor
5 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2023-11-27 | |
| Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill | Sponsored | Committee stage | 2023-06-19 | |
| Renters (Reform) Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2023-05-17 | |
| Non-Domestic Rating Act 2023 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2023-03-29 | |
| Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2022-06-08 | |
| Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2022-05-11 | |
| Building Safety Act 2022 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2021-07-05 | |
| Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2021-05-12 | |
| Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2021-05-12 | |
| Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Act 2021 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2021-05-12 | |
| European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2020-12-30 | |
| Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill | Sponsored | Report stage | 2019-06-26 | |
| Wild Animals in Circuses Act 2019 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2019-05-01 | |
| Kew Gardens (Leases) Act 2019 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2019-04-25 | |
| Fisheries Bill | Sponsored | Report stage | 2018-10-25 | |
| Agriculture Bill | Sponsored | Report stage | 2018-09-12 | |
| Ivory Act 2018 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2018-05-23 | |
| Children and Families Act | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2013-02-04 | |
| Education Act 2011 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2011-01-26 | |
| Academies Act 2010 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2010-05-26 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.