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Baroness Shephard of Northwold
Conservative Peer
- Also represented South West Norfolk
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- Entered the House of Lords on 29 June 2005
- Previously MP for South West Norfolk until 11 April 2005 — did not stand for re-election
- Positions held at time of appointment: Member of Parliament for South West Norfolk, 1987-2005. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security, 1989-1990; Minister of State, HM Treasury, 1990-1992; Secretary of State for Employment, 1992-1993; Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1993-1994; Secretary of State for Education, later Education and Employment, 1994-1997; Shadow Leader of the House of Commons, 1997; Opposition front bench spokesman on the environment, transport and the regions, 1997-1999; Deputy Chairman, Conservative Party, 1991-1992 and 2002-2005. (from Number 10 press release)
- Entered Parliament on 11 June 1987 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Baroness Shephard of Northwold voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly against more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
- Has never voted on allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Has never voted on introducing a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Has never voted on a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Local Government Bill [HL]: Report (28 Jul 2010)
“My Lords, I declare an interest as a lifelong citizen of the county of Norfolk, as a former Norfolk county councillor who on one occasion represented a city division, and as a former Norfolk Member of Parliament. I shall be very brief. The thrust of the amendment was extensively debated in Committee. On that occasion, we were given by the noble Baroness, Lady Hollis, a very bleak picture of...”
- Local Government Bill [HL]: Committee (14 Jul 2010)
“Does my noble friend not agree that the force of this amendment is to ask the Government to get Norwich City Council and Norfolk County Council to get on? Is that not rather overegging the power of the state? I hope that the opposition spokesman will bear that in mind when summing up.”
- Local Government Bill [HL]: Committee (14 Jul 2010)
“I apologise to the noble Lord for intervening again-he has accepted interventions with great grace-but I ask him to consider how the mess was made. I ask him to consider also that Members opposite were warned what might happen if the orders were quashed. I quote from the debate in this House on 22 March when his noble friend Lord McKenzie was asked whether it would result in electoral chaos...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 8 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
- Responsiveness to messages sent via WriteToThem.com in 2005: Too little data for valid analysis.
- Has voted in 42% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 0 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — average amongst Lords.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 42 times in debates — 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 | £192 | £9,015 (579th) | £11,126 (551st) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £16,112 (158th) | |||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||
| Office running costs | £250 | £11,544 (587th) | £16,778 (535th) | £17,181 (469th) | £11,124 (485th) | |||
| Staffing costs | £4,066 | £58,061 (623rd) | £47,291 (642nd) | £37,343 (653rd) | £43,836 (413th) | |||
| Communications Allowance | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £214 | £7,872 (430th) | £7,567 (417th) | £7,182 (449th) | £6,185 (415th) | |||
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||
| 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 | £93 | £524 (490th) | £478 (joint 524th with 1 other) | £858 (402nd) | £669 (joint 474th with 1 other) | |||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | N/A | N/A | £600 | £2,184 (376th) | £1,818 (445th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £0 | £1,812 (joint 443rd with 1 other) | £1,526 (551st) | £1,526 (529th) | £1,526 (457th) | |||
| Other Costs | £13,760 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||
| Total | £19,175 | £91,012 (645th) | £86,584 (640th) | £83,812 (635th) | £79,452 (493rd) |