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Lord Blaker
- Conservative Peer
- Became a Lord in 1994
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Blaker voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Zimbabwe (7 May 2008)
“asked Her Majesty's Government: What new policies they have towards Zimbabwe.”
- Zimbabwe (7 May 2008)
“My Lords, is not the choice of the observers, and the question whether they serve both before the election and during the election, absolutely vital? Is it not doubtful whether SADC observers only should be recruited? They are likely to be biased in favour of Mugabe, as they have been, and they are briefed by the SADC Secretary-General, who is very strongly in favour of Mugabe. Do we not have...”
- Zimbabwe (24 Apr 2008)
“My Lords, is the Minister aware that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has just awarded a seat in Parliament to Mugabe's party on the ground of an alleged miscount? Should we not bear in mind that the Electoral Commission is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mugabe's party? The proposal that a number of people have put forward for a rerun of the election is regrettable at this time, because the...”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 25 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 11 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 38% of votes in parliament — average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 0 comments on this Lord's speeches — average amongst Lords.
- 1 person is tracking whenever this peer speaks — email me whenever Lord Blaker speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 87 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)
