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Lord Addington
Liberal Democrat Peer
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- Became a Lord in 1982
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Addington voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Disabled People — Question (27 Jul 2010)
“My Lords, when dealing with groups such as RADAR, will my noble friend bear in mind that, good as they are, they will never be able to cover the whole spectrum and government must always try to drag in such expertise as they can from across all the groups and then they must co-ordinate advice, because without advice we will pass more laws and achieve very little?”
- Sport: Football World Cup 2018 — Question (26 Jul 2010)
“My Lords, will my noble friend give us an assurance that, in bidding for the football World Cup, we are learning from our successes in the previous tournaments and games that we have achieved and from prior failures that we have had? Can he tell us the exact structure of the bidding for all future large sporting events?”
- Rural Communities — Debate (15 Jul 2010)
“My Lords, as someone who was brought up in East Anglia-indeed, in Norfolk, which, as a talented playwright said, is very flat-it is with some trepidation that I join a debate on the uplands. However, the main problem for rural areas and the uplands is the same: small communities are losing their heart because of the better transport facilities that are made available to people by the car....”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 55 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 3 written questions in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 84% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 8 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") 351 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)