The Rt Hon. the Lord Newby OBE
Liberal Democrat
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Newby's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Newby OBE. His name is Richard Mark Newby, 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.
Political donations made
Total donated (all years on record)
£31,519
11 donations across 1 distinct recipient
Matched donor names:
Lord Richard Newby · Lord na Newby
| Date | Recipient | Type | EC Ref | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-30 | Liberal Democrats · Parliamentary Party In The Lords | Cash | C0337756 | £1,800 |
| 2016-12-31 | Liberal Democrats · Central Party | Cash | C0262548 | £8,680 |
| 2016-09-30 | Liberal Democrats · Parliamentary Party In The Lords | Cash | C0252210 | £1,800 |
| 2015-12-31 | Liberal Democrats · Central Party | Cash | C0239624 | £4,300 |
| 2015-06-30 | Liberal Democrats · Parliamentary Party In The Lords | Cash | C0203957 | £2,148 |
| 2015-03-30 | Liberal Democrats · Parliamentary Party In The Lords | Cash | C0165582 | £2,148 |
| 2014-12-31 | Liberal Democrats · Parliamentary Party In The Lords | Cash | C0146261 | £2,001 |
| 2014-09-30 | Liberal Democrats · Parliamentary Party In The Lords | Cash | C0107361 | £3,441 |
| 2013-09-30 | Liberal Democrats · Parliamentary Party In The Lords | Cash | C0093820 | £1,800 |
| 2012-09-30 | Liberal Democrats · Parliamentary Party In The Lords | Cash | C0083767 | £1,800 |
| 2011-09-30 | Liberal Democrats · Parliamentary Party In The Lords | Cash | C0052681 | £1,600 |
Showing the 11 most recent donations on record.
Source: Electoral Commission donations register
(search.electoralcommission.org.uk).
Match confidence: unique-surname.
Ministerial activity
Records on file
12
12 meetings ·
0 hospitality ·
0 gifts ·
0 overseas trips
· 2014-01-01 → 2014-12-01
Recent meetings
| Date | Met with | Purpose | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-12-18 | — | Discussion of UK financial capability strategy | cabinet-office |
| 2014-12-04 | — | Discussion of regional devolution in relation to retail property market | cabinet-office |
| 2014-11-26 | — | Discussion of debt waiver schemes | cabinet-office |
| 2014-10-28 | — | Discussion on pensions legislation | cabinet-office |
| 2014-10-23 | — | Update from organisations work in Rwanda | cabinet-office |
| 2014-10-16 | — | Update from the organisation | cabinet-office |
| 2014-04-01 | — | Meeting regarding increasing the number of Chinese students in the UK | cabinet-office |
| 2014-01-01 | — | Regulation of credit | cabinet-office |
| 2014-01-01 | — | Future potential client events | cabinet-office |
| 2014-01-01 | — | Mortgage protection packages | cabinet-office |
| 2014-01-01 | — | Potential energy imports schemes | cabinet-office |
| 2014-01-01 | — | Regulation of debt management programmes | cabinet-office |
Source: gov.uk ministerial transparency returns. Coverage:
HM Treasury and DSIT. Published quarterly under the Ministerial
Code; refreshed monthly on the 7th.
Lords votes · 2026
162 divisions
85 Content(52.5%)
15 Not-Content(9.3%)
62 didn't vote(38.3%)
2026-04-23
Not-Content
152–207
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
178–231
Not-Content
2026-03-26
Not-Content
115–197
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
Content
62–295
Not-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
2026-05-21
Offshore Oil and Gas: Venting and Flaring
Could the noble Lord follow up that answer and explain to the House in what respects sanctions are being increased?
2026-04-23
Steel Sector
My Lords, I return to energy prices, which are obviously one of the main constraints for the growth of the British steel industry. Earlier in the week, the Government announced that they are breaking the link between gas and electricity prices, with a vi
2026-03-10
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
My Lords, as a relatively new Member of your Lordships’ House, I was the Liberal Democrat Bill Whip on the House of Lords Bill in 1999. I therefore had my apprenticeship in how legislation goes through under the tutelage of the noble Baroness, Lady Jay,
2026-01-29
UK-EU Customs Union
I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. I say to the noble Lord, Lord Frost, that he will be disappointed if he expects us to stop talking about the issue, but we are going to stop talking about it now.
Motion agreed.
2026-01-29
UK-EU Customs Union
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to introduce this debate. It will see a number of comings and goings. We welcome the noble Lords, Lord Doyle, Lord Docherty and Lord Pitt-Watson, and the noble Baroness, Lady Gill, and say farewell to the noble Lord, Lord
2026-01-29
UK-EU Customs Union
That this House takes note of the case for a UK-EU customs union and the impact of connections with the EU single market on the United Kingdom economy.
2025-10-16
Telegraph Media Group: Ownership
My Lords, will the Secretary of State, as part of her consideration, keep open the possibility of invoking the National Security and Investment Act in this case, given the indirect involvement of China in the consortium bidding for the Telegraph?
2025-07-22
Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025
My Lords, I never in my wildest dreams thought my last speech as leader of the Liberal Democrats in your Lordships’ House would be to express my concern about the future of the Daily Telegraph. Politics is a funny business.
The arguments that we have
2025-07-21
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
My Lords, the Bill, which has occupied 51 hours of your Lordships’ time, is exceptionally short. It has occupied that much time because it has been used as an opportunity to discuss virtually every possible aspect of the future composition and powers of
2025-07-09
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
The noble Lord seems to forget that I moved an amendment for an elected House of Lords and, unless my recollection is faulty, he chose not to support it.
2025-07-09
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Strathclyde, described the preamble as “fine words”. He will know the saying, “Fine words butter no parsnips”. Well, these words have buttered no parsnips for over a hundred years and, personally, I have had enough of fine
2025-07-09
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
Surely the noble Lord’s amendment requires a statutory instrument to cover every single recommendation of the Select Committee.
2025-07-09
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
My Lords, the noble Lord will not be surprised to know I do not agree with him. We discussed this before and my view, oft repeated, is that we should, wherever we can, proceed without legislation. We can do that with a number of the issues we are debatin
2025-07-09
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Burns, for his amendment and the way he introduced it. He raised four very substantial issues—much more substantial than most of the issues we have spent most of the day debating. Should there be a maximum size of t
2025-07-09
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
My Lords, I declare an interest in that I have been a Member of your Lordships’ House for 28 years. I am extremely grateful to my noble friend for sparing me from the noose he is gently preparing for others. I absolutely agree with him that we need to m
2025-07-09
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
My Lords, I strongly support the principle behind this amendment. We have debated the concept at some length and, in my view, it is essential that we now move to a position where there is a rule that means that people who play no part after a period ceas
2025-07-09
Black Rod
My Lords, when Sarah Clarke first came to be interviewed to be David Leakey’s successor, the majority view of the panel—of which I was one—was one of curiosity, but no great expectation. How could someone who was non-military and, heaven forfend, a woman
2025-07-02
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
My Lords, I thought that the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, had summed up the situation at the end of Committee very well when he said that there was a broad agreement across the House that we needed to act on attendance, participation and retirement. I re
2025-07-02
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
My Lords, I am extremely grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. It is normally the case that at this point, one says that it has been an extremely interesting debate. Despite us having debated this many times, it has been a very inte
2025-07-02
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
Across Yorkshire, and to say to people, “I am standing for election here to fight for the things that I believe in on the economy, the health service and so on; and I am doing so because I think there should be a group of people who represent the whole o
2025-07-02
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
Doors across Yorkshire—and Europe; I am quite ambitious, really. Nothing would have given me more pleasure than to knock on doors across Europe—
2025-07-02
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
If we had succeeded with the Clegg Bill and I had been summarily evicted from your Lordships’ House, nothing would have given me greater pleasure than to knock on doors across Europe—
2025-07-02
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
Of course, that would be debated as part of that process; I accept that.
If I could proceed, I was saying that I believe that, under our proposals, people should be elected on a regional basis, so that they could look to the common interests of a wide
2025-07-02
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
My Lords, we on these Benches have argued consistently for a written constitution, which has been opposed by the rest of the political establishment. We would definitely support a written constitution, but, in the absence of a written constitution, Parli
2025-07-02
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
I am not sure the noble Lord is right about that. We do not have a written constitution now, but we have conventions that enable us to deal with difference—
Source: hansard.parliament.uk via hansard-api. Snippets shown
verbatim from the search API; click any debate title for the full record.
Register of Interests · 3 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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Remuneration from the Parliamentary Office of the Liberal Democrats (POLD) in respect of duties and responsibilities as Leader of the Liberal Democrat Peers in the House of Lords
registered 2017-06-21 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 3: Land and property
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Flat in Lambeth, London, owned jointly with wife, from which rental income is received
registered 2010-04-20 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 4: Sponsorship
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The member receives advice and technical assistance from BFC Marcomms Ltd in relation to his use of social media to support his parliamentary work and other political activities
registered 2017-02-13 · amended 2025-04-05
Source: UK Parliament Members API (Lords register). Refreshed weekly.
Read the full
Lords Code of Conduct
for what each category covers and the disclosure thresholds.
Party history
1997-09-25 → present
Liberal Democrat
current
Government posts
2012-05-09 → 2015-05-07
Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard (HM Household) (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Lords)
2012-05-09 → 2015-05-07
Lords Spokesperson (HM Treasury) (Whip)
Opposition posts
2015-05-27 → 2016-09-13
Liberal Democrat Lords Chief Whip
Committee memberships
1998-12-07 → 2001-05-11
Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England
2026-01-27 → present
Economic Affairs Committee
2001-06-28 → 2003-11-20
Economic Affairs Committee
2002-01-24 → 2015-03-30
Ecclesiastical Committee
2011-07-20 → 2011-12-13
Draft Financial Services Bill (Joint Committee)
2012-05-09 → 2015-03-30
Joint Committee on Security
2012-05-14 → 2025-07-25
Committee of Selection (Lords)
2012-05-16 → 2019-05-09
Committee for Privileges and Conduct (Lords)
2012-05-16 → 2025-07-25
Procedure and Privileges Committee
2012-05-16 → 2016-09-13
Sub-Committee on Leave of Absence
2012-05-16 → 2016-08-31
Administration and Works Committee (Lords)
2012-06-20 → 2015-03-30
Refreshment Committee (Lords)
2014-11-19 → 2014-12-24
Insurance Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee
2016-09-01 → 2016-10-27
Finance Committee (Lords)
2016-10-12 → 2025-07-25
House of Lords Commission
2016-10-12 → 2019-10-29
Liaison Committee (Lords)
2024-07-22 → 2025-07-25
Restoration and Renewal Client Board
2022-10-17 → 2024-05-30
Restoration and Renewal Client Board
Contact
Parliamentary office
newbyr@parliament.uk
020 7219 8501 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 8501 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s) · 1 historic
Not currently an officer of any active APPG. Was officer of 1 group(s) historically — those rotated off in later snapshots.
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)
13 bills
4 as lead sponsor
9 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opticians Act 1989 (Amendment) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2017-07-10 | |
| Opticians Act 1989 (Amendment) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2016-06-08 | |
| Finance Act 2015 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2015-03-23 | |
| Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2015 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2015-03-03 | |
| Taxation of Pensions Act 2014 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2014-10-14 | |
| Insurance Act 2015 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2014-07-17 | |
| National Insurance Contributions Act 2015 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2014-07-17 | |
| Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2014 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2014-07-07 | |
| Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2013-12-18 | |
| Public Service Pensions Act | Supported | Royal Assent | 2012-09-13 | |
| Infrastructure (Financial Assistance) Act 2012 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2012-09-06 | |
| Small Charitable Donations Act 2012 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2012-06-21 | |
| Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2010-06-30 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.