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Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean
Labour Peer
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- Became a Lord in 1996
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against the hunting ban. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2012 — Motions to Approve (2 Feb 2012)
“My Lords, I support what the noble Lord, Lord Lawson, has just said and revert to the Cunningham committee report, which was very clear on the question of conventions developing and changing over a period of time. It specifically addressed whether the conventions should be codified and decided that that was not helpful to the way in which Parliament operates, but that conventions could...”
- Libya — Question (2 Feb 2012)
“My Lords, following on from the excellent question of the noble Baroness, Lady Falkner of Margravine, can the Minister tell us what direct support the Foreign Office is able to give through financing the work that the Westminster Foundation for Democracy was doing in Libya, as well as that of the Law Society, which was engaging on some of the very points that the noble Baroness raised, on...”
- House of Lords: Scottish Referendum — Question (1 Feb 2012)
“My Lords, is it not the case that because the people of this country had no chance to vote for any party except those that support Lords reform, they ought to be afforded such an opportunity?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 49 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 2 written questions in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 69.33% of votes in this House with this affiliation — well above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 1 annotation on this Lord’s speeches — average amongst Lords.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1074 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)