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The Lord Darroch of Kew KCMG

Crossbench Member of the House of Lords M
Lord Darroch of Kew's full title is The Lord Darroch of Kew KCMG. His name is Nigel Kim Darroch, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
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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

No Lords votes recorded for 2026.

Recent Hansard contributions · latest 3

2021-08-18 Afghanistan
My Lords, the outcome in Afghanistan is a tragedy for the Afghan people and a humiliation for the West. The immediate priorities are clear. We must honour our obligation to those Afghans who worked for us, a category that we should define widely. I agree
2020-12-30 European Union (Future Relationship) Bill
My Lords, I shall be voting in favour of this Bill. This is not because it is a great outcome—far from it—but because we are faced with a binary choice here between a poor deal and a no-deal outcome, which would be catastrophic for British interests.
2020-11-26 Comprehensive Economic Partnership (EUC Report)
My Lords, I am delighted and honoured to join your Lordships’ House. In my 42 years as a British diplomat, I sometimes sat in the official Box in this House on the deeply questionable basis that I could offer useful advice to the Minister at the Dispatch
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 · 33 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.

  • Speaking engagement, 15 June 2026, University of Cambridge Judge Business School and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, London
    registered 2026-06-18
  • Speaking engagement, 11 June 2026, Industrial Asset Management Council, London
    registered 2026-06-18
  • Speaking engagement, 19 May 2026, Nauta Capital, London
    registered 2026-06-18
  • Speaking engagement, 11 May 2026, Tsinghua/Cambridge Business School Entrepreneur Fellows Programme, London
    registered 2026-05-12
  • Speaking engagement, 23 April 2026, The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry Annual Conference, London
    registered 2026-05-12
  • Speaking engagement, 17 March 2026, Partners Capital Endowment and Foundation Investment Summit, London
    registered 2026-03-23
  • Speaking engagement, 26 February 2026, Marketing in Partnership Premier Miton Investment Conference, London
    registered 2026-03-04
  • Speaking engagement, 11 December 2025, Kepler Cheuvreux IR Summit 2025, London
    registered 2026-02-03
  • Speaking engagement, 27 January 2026, BlackRock investment conference, London
    registered 2026-02-03
  • Speaking engagement, 4 December 2025, Edelman Smithfield Investor Summit, London
    registered 2025-12-05
  • Speaking engagement, 1 December 2025, University of Cambridge Judge Business School and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, Cambridge
    registered 2025-12-05
  • Speaking engagement, 27 November 2025, Isle of Man Sporting and Dining Club (sponsored by Standard Bank), Isle of Man
    registered 2025-12-05
  • Speaking engagements, 20 and 21 November 2025, Guernsey Policy and Economic Group, Guernsey
    registered 2025-12-05
  • Speaking engagement, 18 November 2025, RiskMinds International conference, London
    registered 2025-12-05
  • Speaking engagement, 13 November 2025, TD Securities (investment bank), London
    registered 2025-12-05
  • Speaking engagement, 13 November 2025, Westminster Property Association, London
    registered 2025-12-05
  • Speaking engagement, 12 November 2025, NorthStandard (insurance), Windsor
    registered 2025-12-05
  • Speaking engagement, 10 November 2025, Ernst & Young Financial Reporting Outlook 2025 conference, London
    registered 2025-12-05
  • Speaking engagement, 4 November 2025, CREFC Europe (trade association for commercial real estate finance industry), London
    registered 2025-12-05
  • Consultancy services for Netflix series
    registered 2025-11-03
  • Speaking engagement, 16 October 2025, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, webcast
    registered 2025-11-03
  • Speaking engagement, 8 October 2025, Fieldfisher (law firm), London
    registered 2025-11-03
  • Speaking engagement, 30 September to 1 October 2025, J.P. Morgan/STANLIB Asset Management Offshore Summit, Cape Town, South Africa
    registered 2025-10-08
  • Speaking engagement, 18 September 2025, ClearBank, London
    registered 2025-10-08
  • Speaking engagement, 11 September 2025, Coalition for Global Prosperity, Northampton
    registered 2025-10-08
  • Speaking engagement, 7 July 2025, FTI Consulting, London.
    registered 2025-07-08
  • Speaking engagement, 2 July 2025, Tsinghua Entrepreneur Fellows Programme, Cambridge
    registered 2025-07-08
  • Speaking engagement and webinar, 26 June 2025, Cazenove Capital, London
    registered 2025-07-08
  • Speaking engagement, 24 June 2025, Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy annual conference, Birmingham
    registered 2025-07-08
  • Member, Advisory Network, FiveCast (artificial intelligence) (unremunerated but member has share options)
    registered 2024-07-05 · amended 2026-02-03
  • Adviser on European market to Dataminr (artificial intelligence) (interest ceased 12 February 2026)
    registered 2024-06-01 · amended 2026-03-06
  • Member, Global Advisory Board, Panterra.Global (strategic advice to governments, businesses and individuals)
    registered 2023-11-22 · amended 2026-02-03

Category 6: Gifts, benefits and hospitality

  • Accommodation and travel costs met by Seabright Live Ltd for speaking engagement at Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 4–5 August 2025
    registered 2025-08-07 · amended 2025-10-08
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

2019-11-11 → present
Crossbench current

Government posts

None recorded.

Opposition posts

None recorded.

Committee memberships

2025-01-30 → present
International Relations and Defence Committee

Contact

Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
 020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s)

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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.
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