Lord Farmer
Conservative peer and member of the Lords National Resilience Committee.
In 2026, Lord Farmer is a Conservative peer and a member of The House of Lords National Resilience Committee.
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Michael Farmer entered The House of Lords as a Conservative peer on 5 September 2014. He joined the National Resilience Committee in January 2026. Earlier committee appointments covered social mobility, the draft Domestic Abuse Bill and home-based working. He was Conservative Party treasurer from 2011 to 2015.
Outside Parliament, Farmer has chaired the Family Hubs Network since 2020 and the review bearing his name on prisoners' family ties since 2016. Parliament also records him as deputy chair of the Council for Christians and Jews. His earlier business career centred on metals and commodity trading, including senior posts at Phibro Salomon, the Metal & Commodity Company, MG and Enron Europe. He was a senior partner at RK Capital Management from 2005 to 2024.
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