Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Born
1949
School
City of Oxford High School for Boys
State grammar
University
University of Leeds
In office
11.1 years
Longer than 94% of ministers
OfficeOther workEducation
In government
KS
Appointed by Keir Starmer
1 post · 2024–2025
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Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero
GB
Appointed by Gordon Brown
3 posts · 2007–2010
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Minister for Sustainable Development, Climate Change Adaptation and Air Quality
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Minister for Sustainable Development, Climate Change Adaptation and Air Quality
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, MoJ
TB
Appointed by Tony Blair
4 posts · 1998–2007
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Minister for NHS Reform
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, DWP
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Lord in Waiting
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, DH
Career
Before Parliament 6
Alongside Parliament 1
Voting record
999
votes since 2016
2
votes against their own party, 0.2% of 947 whipped votes
0
rebellions as a minister, from 106 votes
52
free votes, with no party line
Share of whipped votes cast against their own party
Whipped votes by year
With their partyAgainst
Votes by topic
With their partyAgainst
Free votes their own view
- No
- NoCrime and Policing Bill2026-03-18 · 4 votes that day
- AyeCrime and Policing Bill2026-03-18
- AyePublic Order Bill2023-02-07
- NoPublic Order Bill2023-02-07
- NoSitting Times2022-07-05
- AyeProcedure and Privileges2022-02-22
- AyeConduct Committee Report2021-07-20
- NoConduct Committee Report2021-07-20
- AyeProcedure and Privileges2021-07-13 · 2 votes that day
- NoAbortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 20212021-04-28 · 3 votes that day
- Aye
Votes against their party latest 2
- NoHealth and Care Bill2022-03-16 · Health & NHS
- AyeCorporate Insolvency and Governance Bill2020-06-23 · Economy, business & work
Read the full voting transcript (999 votes)
Commons and Lords votes since 2016. Topics are assigned from division titles by keyword rules.
Bills sponsored
8
private member's bills, 7 as lead sponsor
1
of them became law
6
government bills put forward as a minister
6
of them became law
Government bills 6
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Became law
Great British Energy Act 20252024 · Government bill · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · co-sponsor
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Became law
Energy Act 20102009 · Government bill · Department of Energy and Climate Change · co-sponsor
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Became law
Marine and Coastal Access2008 · Government bill · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Became law
Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Act 20082008 · Government bill · Ministry of Justice · co-sponsor
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Became law
Statute Law (Repeals) Act 20082008 · Government bill · Ministry of Justice
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Became law
Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 20082007 · Government bill · Ministry of Justice · co-sponsor
Private member's bills 8
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Went no further than first reading
Protection of Care Recipients and Carers Bill [HL]2023 · Private member's bill (Lords)
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Went no further than first reading
Protection of Care Recipients and Carers Bill [HL]2022 · Private member's bill (Lords)
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Passed second reading, then ran out of time
Organ Tourism and Cadavers on Display Bill [HL]2021 · Private member's bill (Lords)
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Went no further than first reading
Organ Tourism and Cadavers on Display Bill [HL]2020 · Private member's bill (Lords)
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Went no further than first reading
Organ Tourism and Cadavers on Display Bill [HL]2019 · Private member's bill (Lords)
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Became law
Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Act 20192017 · Private member's bill (ballot) · co-sponsor
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Passed second reading, then ran out of time
Regulation of Health and Social Care Professions Etc. Bill [HL]2016 · Private member's bill (Lords)
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Went no further than first reading
Regulation of Health and Social Care Professions Etc. Bill [HL]2015 · Private member's bill (Lords)
Taken from Parliament's own records of bills. A government bill carries the name of the minister who introduces it, so it says which brief they held, not that they wrote it. Private member's bills are the ones MPs and peers bring forward themselves, and very few become law.