The Earl of Stair
Crossbench
Member of the House of Lords
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The Earl of Stair's full title is The Earl of Stair. His name is John David James Dalrymple, and he was excluded from the House of Lords on 29 April 2026.
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
6 Content(3.7%)
2 Not-Content(1.2%)
154 didn't vote(95.1%)
2026-03-12
Content
26–134
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 2
2022-11-21
Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill
My Lords, I draw attention to my interests in agriculture, forestry and horticulture. Like many others, I am pleased to see this Bill, which has been welcomed by many in the industry of food production and farming.
There can be no doubt that global wa
2016-06-28
Renewable Energy
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Featherstone, for tabling this very relevant and important Question. Perhaps it is rather unfortunately timed, quite so soon after the events of last week. Much of the energy under discussion this evening origina
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 · 9 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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Director, Balker Farms Ltd
registered 2010-04-19 · amended 2025-04-05
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Director/Owner, Stair Estates
registered 2010-04-19 · amended 2025-04-05
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Director/Owner, Stranraer & Wigtownshire Free Press (local newspaper business)
registered 2010-04-19 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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Balker Farms Ltd
registered 2010-04-19 · amended 2025-04-05
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Stair Estates
registered 2010-04-19 · amended 2025-04-05
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Stranraer & Wigtownshire Free Press
registered 2010-04-19 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (b)
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Diageo plc (drinks)
registered 2019-02-01 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 3: Land and property
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Approximately three hectares of land in Dumfries and Galloway provided to HM Government for temporary storage of commercial vehicles should need arise following change of UK status on 1 January 2021; one year commercial lease is in place and rental payments are received
registered 2021-01-04 · amended 2025-04-05
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Farm and land in Scotland from which rental income is received
registered 2010-04-19 · 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
1998-01-22 → 2026-04-29
Crossbench
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2015-06-08 → 2016-08-31
Refreshment Committee (Lords)
2017-06-27 → 2020-04-23
EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee
2020-04-23 → 2021-03-31
EU Environment Sub-Committee
Contact
No contact details recorded.
APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s)
No APPG officerships found for this peer. (Officer matching is by name —
if the parliamentary register lists them under a slightly different
form, the join may miss; check
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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)
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.