Affiliation
House: Lords
Constituency: Life peer
Status: Current member
Lord West of Spithead
LabLabour (Life Peer)
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Recent Votes
Recent recorded divisions
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Lords - 2026-03-26T00:00:00+00:00
Not ContentPassed
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Lords - 2026-03-24T00:00:00+00:00
Not ContentPassed
Pension Schemes Bill
Lords - 2026-03-19T00:00:00+00:00
Not ContentPassed
Crime and Policing Bill
Lords - 2026-03-18T00:00:00+00:00
Not ContentPassed
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026
Lords - 2026-03-12T00:00:00+00:00
Not ContentDefeated
Crime and Policing Bill
Lords - 2026-03-02T00:00:00+00:00
Not ContentPassed
Crime and Policing Bill
Lords - 2026-03-02T00:00:00+00:00
Not ContentDefeated
Crime and Policing Bill
Lords - 2026-03-02T00:00:00+00:00
Not ContentPassed
Recent Participation
Recent speeches in the feed
Strait of Hormuz: Mine Clearance
2026-04-13My Lords, I agree entirely with my noble friend the Minister that we must not let this war end with the Strait of Hormuz, a very important international waterway, being closed. It…
Strait of Hormuz: Mine Clearance
2026-04-13To ask His Majesty’s Government what assistance, if any, the UK has agreed to provide with mine clearance operations in the Strait of Hormuz.
Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address Motion
2026-03-17My Lords, I understand that the complexities of employment law mean that you have to pay someone some money when they work for you. Has anyone approached Mandelson, who has done d…
Gibraltar Treaty
2026-03-03My Lords, many years ago the commander-in-chief of a commando brigade invaded Spain when they were meant to be exercising in Gibraltar. That was quite embarrassing, but my questio…
Iran and the Middle East
2026-03-09My Lords, in 2003 the Prime Minister, Mr Blair, met the chiefs of staff just before the invasion of Iraq and we discussed our plan of action. At that meeting, we asked: what is th…
Atlantic Undersea Cables: Russian Subsurface Operations
2026-04-14My Lords, during the Cold War, I was a member of the “red tie” group, which consisted of intelligence officers, operations teams and the defence industry. Basically, we monitored…
BBC World Service: Sustainability
2026-03-17My Lords, what is the future for BBC Monitoring?