Lord Gove
The Rt Hon. the Lord Gove · Conservative
Lord Gove is a member of the House of Lords and has been since 13 May 2025. Their areas of interest and their entry in the Register of Lords' Interests are below.
- Party or group
- Conservative
- How they came to the Lords
- Life peer
- In the Lords since
- 13 May 2025
- Previously an MP
- Surrey Heath (2005 to 2024), as Michael Gove
Areas of interest
The subjects Lord Gove has told Parliament they take an interest in, in Parliament's own terms.
- Policy Interests
Register of Lords' Interests
Entries as published by Parliament; most recent change 17 September 2026. The official register is the authoritative version.
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
- Editor, The Spectator
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
- Occasional columnist, The Jewish Chronicle
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
- Occasional appearances on ITV and Channel 4 programmes (payments received from ITV or ITN Productions)
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
- Speaking engagement, 24 September 2025, Confederation of British Industry, London
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
- Speaking engagement, 14 October 2025, YPO Gold London (forum for chief executives), London
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
- Occasional columnist, The Daily Mail
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
- Speaking engagement, 12 November 2025, Bruin Capital, London (arranged through Chartwell Speakers Bureau)
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
- Occasional podcast discussions and appearances on politics and current affairs programmes, Sky News
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
- Speaking engagement, 9 December 2025, AirportsUK (trading name of Airport Operators Association Ltd), London
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
- Occasional contributor, The Times, The Sunday Times, Times Radio and Talk
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
- Occasional appearances on BBC television and radio programmes (fees paid by BBC News Group, BBC Home Services, BBC Studios Productions Limited, Avalon Television Limited, Hat Trick Productions Limited and Mentorn Media)
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
- Occasional appearances on GB News
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
- Speaking engagement, 11 March 2026, Pensions UK, Edinburgh (arranged through JLA Speakers Ltd)
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
- In receipt of advance payment for book from Harper Collins
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
- Ad hoc briefing on UK politics provided to Signum Global Advisors, 31 March 2026
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
- Speaking engagement, 17 March 2026, The Spectator-related event, London (fee paid by David Menton)
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
- Speaking engagement, 30 April 2026, FeMan Consulting Limited, London
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
- Speaking agreement fee received on 30 April 2026 from Ernst & Young Services (Ireland) Ltd
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
- Speaking engagement, 27 April 2026, Think Publishing Ltd, London
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
- Speaking engagement, 20 May 2026, Clifford Chance, London (arranged through London Speaker Bureau)
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
- Participant in The Garden television production (commissioned by Sky), 15-18 June 2026
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
- Speaking engagement, 22 June 2026, Assured Guaranty, Gleneagles, Perthshire (arranged through Speakers Corner (London) Ltd
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
- Speaking engagement, 10 September 2026, Sidley Austin LLP, London (arranged through London Speaker Bureau)
Category 4: Sponsorship
- The member receives secretarial support from an employee of OQS Media
Category 6: Gifts, benefits and hospitality
- Hospitality and two tickets received from Oxford United Football Club for Oxford United v Queens Park Rangers, 20 January 2026
Category 6: Gifts, benefits and hospitality
- Guest at Hakluyt Forum, Berkshire, involving travel, accommodation and subsistence, 19–20 May 2026
Lord Gove on parliament.uk
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- What they have said in the Lords (Hansard)
- Written questions they have asked
- Register of Lords' Interests
- Contact details
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