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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Political correspondent

Evgeny Lebedev’s 1% attendance makes him among least active in House of Lords

Evgeny Lebedev during his introduction in the House of Lords in London, on 17 December 2020
Evgeny Lebedev. Plans to reduce the 800-strong size of the chamber have been undermined by a string of new peerages created by recent prime ministers. Photograph: Pru/AFP/Getty Images

Evgeny Lebedev has turned up to little more than 1% of Lords sessions since Boris Johnson made him a peer, Guardian analysis shows, making him among the seemingly least active members of the chamber over the past three years.

Of 318 possible sittings since he formally entered the Lords in November 2019, the billionaire newspaper proprietor and friend of Johnson attended four times up to 7 December, attendance records show, 1.25% of the total.

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