Figures seen by the Guardian show the two peers each attended just 1.12% of sessions in past four years
Evgeny Lebedev’s longstanding commitment to being the most relaxed member of the House of Lords has come under threat from another peer, Ian Botham, with both recording identical attendance rates of 1.12% over the past four years.
According to Lords records seen by the Guardian, Lebedev and Botham – who were both appointed by Boris Johnson – each managed to make it to seven of the 625 sessions of the upper house that took place from the start of 2022 to the end of 2025.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/22/evgeny-lebedev-ian-botham-lowest-lords-attendance-peers
Author : Peter Walker Senior political correspondent
Publish date : 2026-03-22 09:42:00
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