Michael Bates, Baron Bates
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Michael Walton Bates, Baron Bates is a British Conservative Party politician. He has served in the House of Lords since 2008, having previously represented the constituency of Langbaurgh in the House
Official portrait, 2019
Lord Bates walking into Trafalgar Square, London, after taking nearly six-and-a-half million steps in a 3,000-mile walk across Europe to raise awareness of the UN resolution on the Olympic Truce (2012).
Gyles Brandreth
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Gyles Daubeney Brandreth is a British broadcaster, writer and former politician. He has worked as a television presenter, theatre producer, journalist, author and publisher.
Michael Bates, Baron Bates
…Robinson Lord Commissioner of the Treasury In office 17 October 1995 – 11 December 1996 Prime Minister John Major Preceded by Andrew MacKay Succeeded by Gyles Brandreth Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal Life peerage 30 June 2008 Member of Parliament for Langbaurgh In office 9 April 1992 – 8 April 1997 Preceded…
Brandreth in 2022
Brandreth with Judi Dench at the London Palladium in 2023
Brandreth at the Chiswick Book Festival
Brandreth as Chancellor of the University of Chester awarding degrees at the 2017 graduation ceremony in Chester Cathedral