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Baroness Corston

Labour Peer

• Also represented Bristol East

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• Entered the House of Lords on 20 July 2005
• Previously MP for Bristol East until 11 April 2005 — did not stand for re-election
• Positions held at time of appointment: Member of Parliament for Bristol East, 1992-2005. Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, 1997-2001; Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party, 2001- 2005. (from Number 10 press release)
• Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election

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• Voting record
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Baroness Corston voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against introducing a smoking ban. votes
• Voted moderately for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
• Voted strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
• Voted very strongly against laws to stop climate change. votes
• Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
• Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
• Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
• Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
• Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
• Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
• Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes
• Has never voted on allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
• Voted strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
• Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
• Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
• Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes

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• Never rebels against their party in this parliament.

Most recent appearances

Prisons: Search and Restraint — Question (13 Jan 2010)

“My Lords, perhaps I may draw the attention of my noble friend the Minister to one of the recommendations in my report on women in prison, the effect of which was to abolish routine strip-searching in women's prisons from 1 April 2009, and its replacement by a new system whereby strip-searching was done on an intelligence basis rather than as a matter of routine. I understand that the effect...”

Crime: Domestic Violence — Question (11 Nov 2009)

“My Lords, is my noble friend aware that one woman a week in the United Kingdom is murdered as a result of domestic violence? Will he accept that in my work as the chair of the Fawcett Commission on Women and the Criminal Justice System it has been evident that the Government's initiative on domestic violence courts, independent domestic violence advisers and sexual assault referral centres...”

Policing and Crime Bill: Second Reading (3 Jun 2009)

“My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness for giving way. Perhaps I may draw her attention to a debate in the other place on 19 May and a very moving speech by the right honourable John Gummer MP, speaking of the experience in his Ipswich constituency of the murder of five women sex workers and referring to the fact that the exploitation of human beings is at the heart of evil. He said...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 2 debates in the last year — below average amongst Lords.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2005, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 37% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 4 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — well above average amongst Lords.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 10 times in debates — below average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)

Expenses

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