Lord Hayward Portrait

Lord Hayward

Conservative - Life peer

Became Member: 28th September 2015


1 APPG membership (as of 28 Mar 2025)
Rugby Union Football Club
6 Former APPG memberships
Plastic Waste, Psephology, Rugby Union, South Africa, Sport, Zimbabwe
National Plan for Sport and Recreation Committee
15th Oct 2020 - 24th Nov 2021
Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 Committee
13th Jun 2019 - 22nd Jun 2020
Political Polling and Digital Media Committee
29th Jun 2017 - 20th Mar 2018
Licensing Act 2003 Committee
25th May 2016 - 13th Sep 2016


Division Voting information

During the current Parliament, Lord Hayward has voted in 64 divisions, and never against the majority of their Party.
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Debates during the 2024 Parliament

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Sparring Partners
Baroness Twycross (Labour)
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
(17 debate interactions)
Baroness Taylor of Bolton (Labour)
(7 debate interactions)
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Legislation Debates
Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26
(17,499 words contributed)
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Lords initiatives

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


2 Bills introduced by Lord Hayward


A Bill to make provision for ensuring the secrecy of ballots cast in polling stations at elections; and for connected purposes

This Bill received Royal Assent on 2nd May 2023 and was enacted into law.


A Bill to enable competent adults who are terminally ill to be provided at their request with specified assistance to end their own life; and for connected purposes.

Lords - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading : House Of Lords
Thursday 9th June 2016

Lord Hayward has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting


Latest 5 Written Questions

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5 Other Department Questions
1st Apr 2025
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to his Written Answer on 19 September 2023 (HL9892), when he was informed that there was more up to date information than he provided in that Answer, as set out in his Written Answer on 5 March 2024 (HL2638).

I was recently made aware that the answer to HL9892 on 19 September 2023 used data collected from a study in 2019 which looked at the total number of vehicles accessing and leaving the Estate from both Carriage Gates and Black Rod's Garden. This data was used as it was from a study carried out by traffic consultants prior to the COVID pandemic and helped inform the implementation of the one-way system in January 2023. The study provided an average estimate of traffic movements on the Estate of circa 3,500 vehicle movements in sitting times, compared to 2,500 vehicle movements during recess periods.

Since the implementation of the one-way system in January 2023 counting has been carried out internally, and the system was refined to provide more precise figures, rather than an estimate. This data was used to answer the written question HL2638 on 5 March 2024, to give an average of 4,052 vehicles in sitting times and 2,285 in recess, based on the data collected in the 2023 calendar year. Unfortunately, it was not identified in HL2638 that this was based on 2023 figures rather than the original 2019 data.

1st Apr 2025
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to his Written Answer on 28 March (HL5836), between December 2023 and March 2025, what was the percentage increase in cost to Parliament of providing a traffic marshal service working 12 hours a day, 5 days a week and 50 weeks a year.

The cost of the provision of a marshal service at one marshal point for 12 hours a day, 5 days a week, 50 weeks a year has not changed between December 2023 and March 2025.

1st Apr 2025
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to his Written Answer on 28 March (HL5836), what was the cost in 2023 to Parliament including VAT of a traffic marshal service working 12 hours a day, 5 days a week and 50 weeks a year.

In December 2023, the cost of the provision of a marshal service at one marshal point for 12 hours a day, 5 days a week, 50 weeks a year would have been approximately £75K including VAT.

1st Apr 2025
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to his Written Answer on 28 March (HL5836), what is the cost to Parliament including VAT of a traffic marshal service working 12 hours a day, 5 days a week and 50 weeks a year.

Further to the Written Answer on 28 March 2025 (HL5836), the cost of the provision of a marshal service at one marshal point for 12 hours a day, 5 days a week, 50 weeks a year would be approximately £75K including VAT.

17th Mar 2025
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to his Written Answer on 19 December 2023 (HL926), what is the annual cost to Parliament of a traffic marshal on the Westminster estate.

It remains the case that Strategic Estates contracts for a service rather than paying individual marshals directly. Because working patterns and shifts are variable, it is not possible to identify accurately the annual cost of individual marshals on the Parliamentary estate. For financial year 24/25 the estimated total cost of traffic marshals to Parliament, excluding those marshalling the underground car park, is £606K excluding VAT. Illustratively, the cost of the provision of a marshal service at one marshal point for 12 hours a day, 5 days a week, 50 weeks a year would be approximately £63K excluding VAT. However, actual marshalling hours vary according to operational need, and this sum is not what an individual traffic marshal would receive in pay. In common with all of our contractors and sub-contractors working in London, we require that our traffic marshals are paid at least the London Living Wage.