• Labour Peer
• Became a Lord on 2 May 2000
• Positions held: Chairman, Rail Freight Group; Piggybank Consortium (from Number 10 press release)
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• Voting record
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How Lord Berkeley voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches

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• Quite often rebels against their party in this parliament.

Transport: London Underground (7 May 2008)

“My Lords, as the new mayor's only policy statement on transport is to get rid of the bendy bus and to replace it with a new Routemaster at so far unspecified cost, how can the Government ensure that the money allocated to the Tube will stay there and not be moved by the new mayor to a new type of bus?”

Written Answers — House of Lords: Electrical Personal Assistive Mobility Devices (28 Apr 2008)

“asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they plan to meet representatives of the Police Federation to discuss the introduction of electric personal assistive mobility devices into the United Kingdom to help police forces to cut response times to emergency calls; and What legislation would need to be amended to permit police forces in the United Kingdom to undertake a trial of electric...”

Parliament Square (21 Apr 2008)

“My Lords, can the Minister say how long this has been going on? I recall that this discussion started about eight years ago, when some noble Lords and I were shown lovely plans of what might happen in Parliament Square. If the mayor and Westminster City Council have taken eight years not to agree, when will something happen? Will our grandchildren be the first to see a result?”

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• Has spoken in 40 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
• Has received answers to 65 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 52% of votes in parliament — above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 8 comments on this Lord's speeches — well above average amongst Lords.
• 4 people are tracking whenever this peer speaks — email me whenever Lord Berkeley speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 262 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)