Lord Bates Sparring Partners during the 2019-2024 Parliament
2017-2019 Parliament
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2024 Parliament
Lord Bethell (Conservative)
(12 debate interactions)
Baroness Stedman-Scott (Conservative)
Opposition Whip (Lords)
(9 debate interactions)
Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist (Conservative)
Opposition Whip (Lords)
(8 debate interactions)
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Conservative)
(6 debate interactions)
Baroness Berridge (Conservative)
(6 debate interactions)
Baroness Williams of Trafford (Conservative)
Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
(6 debate interactions)
Baroness Penn (Conservative)
(6 debate interactions)
Baroness Thornton (Labour)
(5 debate interactions)
Lord Agnew of Oulton (Conservative)
(5 debate interactions)
Lord Greenhalgh (Conservative)
(4 debate interactions)
Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Conservative)
(4 debate interactions)
Lord Lansley (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
Lord Patel (Crossbench)
(3 debate interactions)
Baroness Evans of Bowes Park (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
Lord Keen of Elie (Conservative)
Shadow Minister (Justice)
(3 debate interactions)
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
Baroness Hamwee (Liberal Democrat)
(3 debate interactions)
Lord Grimstone of Boscobel (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
Lord Baker of Dorking (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
Lord Woolf (Crossbench)
(2 debate interactions)
Lord Ashton of Hyde (Non-affiliated)
(2 debate interactions)
Baroness Falkner of Margravine (Crossbench)
(2 debate interactions)
Baroness Brinton (Liberal Democrat)
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Home Affairs) (Victims and Abuse)
(2 debate interactions)
Lord True (Conservative)
Shadow Leader of the House of Lords
(2 debate interactions)
Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted (Liberal Democrat)
(2 debate interactions)
Lord Callanan (Conservative)
Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
(2 debate interactions)
Lord Clement-Jones (Liberal Democrat)
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Science, Innovation and Technology)
(2 debate interactions)
Baroness Goldie (Conservative)
Shadow Minister (Defence)
(2 debate interactions)
Lord Stevenson of Balmacara (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Lord Boateng (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Baroness Goudie (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Baroness Butler-Sloss (Crossbench)
(1 debate interactions)
Baroness Benjamin (Liberal Democrat)
(1 debate interactions)
Baroness Janke (Liberal Democrat)
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Work and Pensions)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord McFall of Alcluith (Lord Speaker)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Triesman (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Fox (Liberal Democrat)
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Business)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Conservative)
Shadow Minister (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Storey (Liberal Democrat)
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Education)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Wolfson of Tredegar (Conservative)
Shadow Attorney General
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Bishop of Manchester (Bishops)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Laming (Crossbench)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Paddick (Non-affiliated)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Stewart of Dirleton (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Pannick (Crossbench)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Wallace of Tankerness (Liberal Democrat)
(1 debate interactions)
Baroness Hollins (Crossbench)
(1 debate interactions)
Baroness Pitkeathley (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Viscount Younger of Leckie (Conservative)
Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)
(1 debate interactions)
Baroness Mallalieu (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Labour)
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Holmes of Richmond (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Baroness Barran (Conservative)
Shadow Minister (Education)
(1 debate interactions)
Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Conservative)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
(1 debate interactions)
Baroness Sugg (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Addington (Liberal Democrat)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Wallace of Saltaire (Liberal Democrat)
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)
(1 debate interactions)
Earl of Courtown (Conservative)
Opposition Deputy Chief Whip (Lords)
(1 debate interactions)
Baroness Bull (Crossbench)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Kerr of Kinlochard (Crossbench)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Dubs (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Green of Deddington (Crossbench)
(1 debate interactions)
Baroness Uddin (Non-affiliated)
(1 debate interactions)
Baroness Altmann (Non-affiliated)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Cormack (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Hendy (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Shutt of Greetland (Liberal Democrat)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Blencathra (Conservative)
Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
(1 debate interactions)
Viscount Trenchard (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Baroness Stroud (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Baroness Wheeler (Labour)
Captain of the King's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard (HM Household) (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Lords)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Duncan of Springbank (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Mackay of Clashfern (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour)
Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Sharkey (Liberal Democrat)
(1 debate interactions)