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Low Attendance Rates Plague House of Lords Members

3/22/2026

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  • Evgeny Lebedev, cross-bench peer, and Ian Botham, life peer appointed by Boris Johnson, share a 1.12% attendance rate in the House of Lords, attending seven of 625 sessions from 2022–2025.
  • Lebedev voted twice in 2025 after six years without votes.
  • Botham attended 26 sessions in 2021 and has not spoken since November 2020.
  • The House of Lords has 868 members and faces challenges reducing its size.