Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom

Conservative

MP for Life peer

Parliamentary Office

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

Top Focus Areas

Ministry of DefenceDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial StrategyHome OfficeDepartment for Business, Innovation and SkillsDepartment for Transport

Parliamentary Career

Positions Held

Shadow Minister (Trade and Industry)

Department of Trade and Industry

Feb 2005 - Oct 2005

Shadow Secretary of State (Trade and Industry)

Department of Trade and Industry

Nov 2003 - May 2005

Shadow Chief Whip (Commons)

Whips Office (Commons)

Jun 1997 - Jun 2001

Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Procurement)

Ministry of Defence

Jul 1995 - May 1997

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Social Security)

Department of Social Security

Jul 1994 - Jul 1995

Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)

HM Treasury

Apr 1992 - Jul 1994

Constituencies

North East Hampshire

Elected 1 time

May 2010 - Mar 2015

North East Hampshire

Elected 3 times

May 1997 - May 2010

Wanstead and Woodford

Elected 2 times

Jun 1987 - May 1997

Registered Interests

No registered interests found.

Recent Votes

No voting records found

Committee Memberships

Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) BillCommons Administration CommitteeCommons Administration Estimate Audit and Risk Assurance CommitteeCommons Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (Lords)Lords Autism Act 2009 CommitteeLords Backbench Business CommitteeCommons Bishop's Stortford Cemetery BillCommons Built Environment CommitteeLords Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]Commons Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]: Programming sub-committeeCommons Business and Trade CommitteeCommons Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export ControlsCommons City of London (Markets) BillCommons Committee of PrivilegesCommons Committee of SelectionCommons Committee of Selection (Lords)Lords Committee on StandardsCommons Committees on Arms Export ControlsCommons Commons Reference Group on Representation and InclusionCommons Communications and Digital CommitteeLords Conduct CommitteeLords Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee)Joint Constitution CommitteeLords Controlled Drugs (Procedure for Specification) BillCommons Court of RefereesCommons Courts (Remote Hearings) BillCommons Culture, Media and Sport CommitteeCommons Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and DisinformationCommons Defence CommitteeCommons Defence Sub-CommitteeCommons

Recent Questions

43 questions on record

To ask His Majesty's Government in which year space weather was recognised as a risk sufficiently severe to feature in the National Risk Register.

Answered

To: Cabinet Office • 5 Dec 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede on 27 March (HL5807), what are the names of the companies where the UK taxpayer is the only shareholder which brought a private prosecution using common law power

Answered

To: Ministry of Justice • 31 Mar 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government how many police officers are currently assigned to the Operation Olympos investigation into the Post Office Horizon case; what ranks they hold; whether they are full time or part time; and where they are based.

Answered

To: Home Office • 24 Mar 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government whether any entity owned or partially owned by the Government has acted as a prosecutor in its own interests in the past five years.

Answered

To: Ministry of Justice • 14 Mar 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the World Food Programme's ability to scale up its humanitarian operation in Gaza.

Answered

To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office • 27 Mar 2024

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Positions Held

Shadow Minister (Trade and Industry)

Department of Trade and Industry

Feb 2005 - Oct 2005

Shadow Secretary of State (Trade and Industry)

Department of Trade and Industry

Nov 2003 - May 2005

Shadow Chief Whip (Commons)

Whips Office (Commons)

Jun 1997 - Jun 2001

Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Procurement)

Ministry of Defence

Jul 1995 - May 1997

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Social Security)

Department of Social Security

Jul 1994 - Jul 1995

Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)

HM Treasury

Apr 1992 - Jul 1994

Constituencies

North East Hampshire

Elected 1 time

May 2010 - Mar 2015

North East Hampshire

Elected 3 times

May 1997 - May 2010

Wanstead and Woodford

Elected 2 times

Jun 1987 - May 1997