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Lord Boateng
Labour Peer
- Also represented Brent South
- Entered the House of Lords on 1 July 2010
- Previously MP for Brent South until 11 April 2005 — did not stand for re-election
- Entered Parliament on 11 June 1987 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Boateng voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
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- Never rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Niger — Question (25 Jan 2012)
“In the light of the Minister's very helpful answers to previous questions, will she consider how she might co-operate with her colleagues in the Ministry of Defence and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in seeing how we can better support the African Union and ECOWAS in terms of their peacekeeping of conflict resolution capacity in view of the deteriorating situation in the Sahel involving...”
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Africa: Agriculture and Food (16 Jan 2012)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to promote food security and agriculture in Africa in co-operation with (1) the European Union, and (2) the United States; and when this was last addressed in the context of the G8.”
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Agriculture: Research (16 Jan 2012)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take to promote links between agricultural research institutions in the United Kingdom and those in other Commonwealth countries.”
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- Has spoken in 8 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 15 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Responsiveness to messages sent via WriteToThem.com in 2005: Too little data for valid analysis.
- Has voted in 56.07% of votes in this House with this affiliation — above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 0 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — average amongst Lords.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 19 times in debates — below average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source).
| Type | 2008/09 | 2007/08 | 2006/07 | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £0 | £0 | £0 | £9,200 (595th) | £13,725 (460th) | |||
| London costs | £0 | £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) | £1,574 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,527 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,227 (joint 1st with 81 others) | |||
| Office running costs | £623 | £10,594 (596th) | £12,602 (608th) | £10,742 (617th) | £3,837 (635th) | |||
| Staffing costs | £6,205 | £69,230 (404th) | £74,985 (joint 8th with 27 others) | £72,310 (joint 1st with 23 others) | £63,561 (10th) | |||
| Communications Allowance | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £30 | £1,280 (636th) | £1,136 (joint 631st with 2 others) | £3,029 (590th) | £3,315 (547th) | |||
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||
| Members' Spouse Travel | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £0 | £957 (304th) | £700 (405th) | £1,239 (233rd) | £1,120 (289th) | |||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | N/A | N/A | £0 | £2,078 (395th) | £1,992 (412th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £0 | £2,015 (joint 48th with 3 others) | £2,015 (joint 44th with 3 others) | £2,015 (joint 44th with 3 others) | £2,015 (joint 43rd with 3 others) | |||
| Other Costs | £16,017 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||
| Total | £22,875 | £87,772 (650th) | £95,004 (617th) | £100,062 (542nd) | £88,800 (324th) |