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Lord Anderson of Swansea

Labour Peer

• Also represented Swansea East; Monmouth

• Entered the House of Lords on 19 July 2005
• Previously MP for Swansea East until 11 April 2005 — did not stand for re-election
• Positions held at time of appointment: Member of Parliament for Monmouth, 1966-1970 and Swansea East, 1974-2005. Opposition spokesman for foreign affairs, 1983-1992, on defence, 1993-1994 and Shadow Solicitor General, 1994-1995. Chairman, Foreign Affairs Select Committee, 1997-2005. (from Number 10 press release)
• Entered Parliament on 31 March 1966 — General election

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• Voting record
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Lord Anderson of Swansea voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Most recent appearances

Kazakhstan: OSCE — Question (8 Feb 2010)

“My Lords, Kazakhstan has made some welcome moves away from autocracy but my noble friend will recall that at the Madrid conference in November 2007, to allay fears about the human rights record, Kazakhstan made a number of specific commitments. Are the Government satisfied on the expectations of compliance with those commitments during the one-year term of office?”

Afghanistan Conference and Yemen Meeting — Statement (1 Feb 2010)

“My Lords, I have questions on Afghanistan. Russia has been extremely helpful in terms of overflying rights. Has it made any more commitments to assist the effort in Afghanistan? Secondly, strategists increasingly think of Afghanistan and Pakistan together. To what extent has this been reflected in the new appointments which my noble friend mentioned? Finally, on the Afghan diaspora, over the...”

Nuclear Disarmament — Debate (21 Jan 2010)

“My Lords, this House benefits enormously from the wisdom and experience of the noble Lord, Lord Hannay-as we have done today. I shall make three brief points. First, we may be at what the noble and learned Lord, Lord Howe, called the golden moment. There is a happy conjunction of the favourable factors for disarmament, based on the recognition by Russia and the United States of their common...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 42 debates in the last year — well above 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 72% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 7 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — well above average amongst Lords.
• 3 people are tracking whenever this peer speaks — email me whenever Lord Anderson of Swansea speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 98 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)

Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source).