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Baroness Corston
Labour Peer
- Also represented Bristol East
- 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 (from PublicWhip)
How Baroness Corston voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. 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 university tuition fees. votes
- Has never voted on allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Welfare Reform Bill — Report (5th Day) (23 Jan 2012)
“My Lords, I want to speak briefly about child benefit. I was very proud of the fact that in 1977 the then Labour Government, under Jim Callaghan, brought in child benefit. At the time, there was a huge campaign saying that it was taking money out of the wallet and putting it in the handbag. We said, "Yes, that's exactly what it is going to do and it is exactly what it should do". My noble...”
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Criminal Justice: Women (30 Jun 2011)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the recommendation made by the Corston report on women with particular vulnerabilities in the criminal justice system, what progress they have made towards the implementation and monitoring of a joined-up, co-ordinated and cross-government response to women in the criminal justice system.”
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Criminal Justice: Women (30 Jun 2011)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government what joint work between the Ministry of Justice and the Department for Communities and Local Government is taking place to ensure co-ordination between agencies and reduce the risk that women in custody will be homeless on release.”
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- Has spoken in 3 debates in the last year — below average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 4 written questions in the last year — above 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 37.83% of votes in this House with this affiliation — average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 4 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — above average amongst Lords.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 13 times in debates — below average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source).
| Type | 2008/09 | 2007/08 | 2006/07 | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £489 | £20,900 (joint 195th with 5 others) | £19,249 (306th) | £15,296 (512th) | £14,904 (joint 366th with 1 other) | |||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||
| Office running costs | £723 | £15,917 (452nd) | £17,082 (525th) | £18,227 (joint 216th with 1 other) | £13,692 (391st) | |||
| Staffing costs | £13,493 | £70,181 (368th) | £67,243 (372nd) | £65,596 (joint 179th with 51 others) | £51,559 (133rd) | |||
| Communications Allowance | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £81 | £8,958 (375th) | £8,059 (396th) | £9,716 (336th) | £9,912 (228th) | |||
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £1,545 (115th) | £747 (200th) | £1,033 (166th) | £380 (joint 284th with 1 other) | |||
| Members' Spouse Travel | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £0 | £994 (294th) | £938 (joint 285th with 2 others) | £1,084 (joint 299th with 2 others) | £1,590 (142nd) | |||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | N/A | N/A | £0 | £2,877 (joint 283rd with 1 other) | £5,580 (93rd) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £0 | £1,952 (joint 190th with 4 others) | £1,952 (joint 185th with 4 others) | £1,952 (joint 183rd with 4 others) | £1,952 (joint 174th with 4 others) | |||
| Other Costs | £22,693 | £0 | £0 | £621 (77th) | £0 | |||
| Total | £37,479 | £123,324 (323rd) | £120,850 (292nd) | £113,525 (313th) | £93,989 (190th) |