Lord Ashton of Hyde Portrait

Lord Ashton of Hyde

Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary

Joined House of Lords: 25th July 2011

Left House: 29th April 2026 (Excluded)


Lord Ashton of Hyde is not an officer of any APPGs Lord Ashton of Hyde is not a member of any APPGs
Deputy Chairman of Committees (Lords)
12th Jun 2023 - 29th Apr 2026
Deputy Speaker (Lords)
16th Apr 2024 - 29th Apr 2026
International Relations and Defence Committee
31st Jan 2023 - 30th May 2024
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
31st Jan 2023 - 12th Jun 2023
Deputy Chairman of Committees (Lords)
3rd Oct 2019 - 20th Oct 2022
Procedure and Privileges Committee
3rd Oct 2019 - 20th Oct 2022
Services Committee
3rd Oct 2019 - 20th Oct 2022
Committee of Selection (Lords)
3rd Oct 2019 - 12th Oct 2022
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
26th Jul 2019 - 6th Sep 2022
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
3rd Jul 2017 - 26th Jul 2019
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
17th Jul 2016 - 3rd Jul 2017
Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
15th Jul 2014 - 20th Jun 2017
Insurance Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee
19th Nov 2014 - 24th Dec 2014
The Arctic
12th Jun 2014 - 15th Jul 2014

Lords Debates - Bills Introduced - Written Questions

Commons Page Hansard Page Lord Ashton of Hyde (MP)

Division Voting information

Lord Ashton of Hyde has voted in 1076 divisions, and 2 times against the majority of their Party.

25 Jan 2012 - Welfare Reform Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Ashton of Hyde voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 34 Conservative Aye votes vs 96 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 270 Noes - 128
8 Nov 2011 - Procedure of the House (Proposal 9) - View Vote Context
Lord Ashton of Hyde voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 2 Conservative Aye votes vs 113 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 173 Noes - 173
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All Debates

Speeches made during Parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. For ease of browsing we have grouped debates into individual, departmental and legislative categories.

Sparring Partners
Lord Stevenson of Balmacara (Labour)
(109 debate interactions)
Lord Clement-Jones (Liberal Democrat)
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Science, Innovation and Technology)
(78 debate interactions)
Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Labour)
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
(39 debate interactions)
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Department Debates
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
(984 debate contributions)
Home Office
(99 debate contributions)
Leader of the House
(98 debate contributions)
Scotland Office
(96 debate contributions)
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Legislation Debates
Digital Economy Act 2017
(51,799 words contributed)
Data Protection Act 2018
(37,198 words contributed)
National Citizen Service Act 2017
(18,338 words contributed)
Telecommunications Infrastructure (Relief from Non-Domestic Rates) Act 2018
(3,744 words contributed)
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Lords initiatives

These initiatives were driven by Lord Ashton of Hyde, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.

1 Bill introduced by Lord Ashton of Hyde

National Citizen Service Act 2017
Introduced: 11th October 2016
Government Bill

A Bill to make provision for the national citizen service.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 27th April 2017 and was enacted into law.

Act of Parliament - Explanatory Note - Bill Debates - Official Page

Lord Ashton of Hyde has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting

Lord Ashton of Hyde has not asked any Written Questions in the current parliament