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Lord Best Sparring Partners during the 2010-2015 Parliament
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2015-2017 Parliament
Baroness Hanham (Conservative)
(31 debate interactions)
Lord Freud (Conservative)
(17 debate interactions)
Lord McKenzie of Luton (Labour)
(15 debate interactions)
Baroness Hollis of Heigham (Labour)
(8 debate interactions)
Earl Attlee (Conservative)
(8 debate interactions)
Lord Jenkin of Roding (Conservative)
(8 debate interactions)
Lord Beecham (Labour)
(7 debate interactions)
Lord Tope (Liberal Democrat)
(6 debate interactions)
Lord Marland (Conservative)
(6 debate interactions)
Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Labour)
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
(5 debate interactions)
Lord True (Conservative)
Shadow Leader of the House of Lords
(5 debate interactions)
Lord Greaves (Liberal Democrat)
(4 debate interactions)
Baroness Smith of Basildon (Labour)
Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal
(4 debate interactions)
Baroness Whitaker (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Earl of Lytton (Crossbench)
(3 debate interactions)
Baroness Hamwee (Liberal Democrat)
(3 debate interactions)
Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Lord Faulks (Non-affiliated)
(3 debate interactions)
Lord Shipley (Liberal Democrat)
(3 debate interactions)
Baroness Wilkins (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour)
Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
(2 debate interactions)
Earl of Listowel (Crossbench)
(2 debate interactions)
Lord Howarth of Newport (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Lord Deben (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Lord Graham of Edmonton (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Lord Wallace of Saltaire (Liberal Democrat)
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)
(2 debate interactions)
Lord McNally (Liberal Democrat)
(2 debate interactions)
Baroness Stowell of Beeston (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Lord Knight of Weymouth (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Baroness Maddock (Liberal Democrat)
(2 debate interactions)
Lord Shutt of Greetland (Liberal Democrat)
(2 debate interactions)
Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Conservative)
Shadow Minister (Treasury)
(2 debate interactions)
Lord Newby (Liberal Democrat)
(2 debate interactions)
Lord Colwyn (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Baroness Noakes (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Burnett (Liberal Democrat)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Cameron of Dillington (Crossbench)
(1 debate interactions)
Earl Howe (Conservative)
Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Stoneham of Droxford (Liberal Democrat)
Liberal Democrat Lords Chief Whip
(1 debate interactions)
Baroness Greengross (Crossbench)
(1 debate interactions)
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Borrie (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Low of Dalston (Crossbench)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Bishop of Oxford (Bishops)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Taylor of Holbeach (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord German (Liberal Democrat)
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Home Affairs) (Immigration)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Faulkner of Worcester (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Hunt of Chesterton (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Newton of Braintree (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Earl Cathcart (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Whitty (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Lucas (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Reay (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Palmer of Childs Hill (Liberal Democrat)
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Work and Pensions)
(1 debate interactions)
Baroness Andrews (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Brougham and Vaux (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Teverson (Liberal Democrat)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Davies of Oldham (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Baroness Tyler of Enfield (Liberal Democrat)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Sassoon (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Baroness Howe of Idlicote (Crossbench)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Smith of Leigh (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Baroness Turner of Camden (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)