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the Bishop of Durham
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- Became a Lord on 5 November 2003
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How the Bishop of Durham voted on key issues since 2001:
- Has never voted on introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Has never voted on equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Has never voted on laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
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- Quite often rebels against their party in this parliament.
Most recent appearances
- G8 — Statement (13 Jul 2009)
“My Lords, from these Benches we would like to express the same pride in the troops who are fighting in Afghanistan and the same sorrow at the deeply regrettable loss of life. My colleagues and I have been pushed by several of those who talk to us to ask why we are in Afghanistan. If the answer is as was given during Question Time—that we are there because we are part of something...”
- Constitutional Renewal — Debate (11 Jun 2009)
“My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for giving way. One of the glories of this country is that we have not actually lost the local church. We have lost the local just-about-everything-else, but the church is hanging in there by its fingernails. I know that is much valued.”
- Constitutional Renewal — Debate (11 Jun 2009)
“My Lords, I, too, am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Tyler, for his timely raising of this subject, in line with the Green Paper of two years ago, the White Paper of last year and his own Bill of March this year, which subsequent surprising events have shown to be—shall we say?—prophetic. I know that my right reverend friend behind me will join in celebrating the fact that the...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 3 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 1% of vote in parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 0 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — average amongst Lords.
- 36 people are tracking whenever this peer speaks — email me whenever the Bishop of Durham speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 12 times in debates — below average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)