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Lord Bradley
Labour Peer
- Also represented Manchester, Withington
- Entered the House of Lords on 18 July 2006
- Previously MP for Manchester, Withington until 11 April 2005 — General election (stood again)
- Positions held at time of appointment: Former Member of Parliament for Manchester,Withington; former Minister of State, Home Office. (from Number 10 press release)
- Entered Parliament on 11 June 1987 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Bradley voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
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- Never rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Apprenticeships (21 May 2013)
“To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many new apprenticeships have been created in each of the 10 districts of Greater Manchester since 2010.”
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Higher Education: Staff (14 Mar 2013)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government how many academic staff working in post-16 education have been reclassified from public sector employees to private sector employees in each of the past three years.”
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Housing Benefit (13 Mar 2013)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their latest estimate of the number of social housing tenants who will be affected by the changes to housing benefit rules for underoccupancy, in each of the 10 districts of Greater Manchester.”
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- Has spoken in 1 debate in the last year — below average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 17 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2005, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 64.42% 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") 8 times in debates — well 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 | £1,126 | £16,200 (451st) | £17,540 (391st) | £14,064 (539th) | £13,794 (455th) | |||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £246 (joint 119th with 4 others) | £1,227 (joint 1st with 81 others) | |||
| Office running costs | £4,673 | £19,325 (joint 11th with 77 others) | £18,470 (412th) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,191 (131st) | |||
| Staffing costs | £6,892 | £66,458 (joint 496th with 11 others) | £59,680 (596th) | £60,235 (521st) | £38,512 (539th) | |||
| Communications Allowance | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £0 | £13,646 (192nd) | £12,529 (229th) | £12,774 (211th) | £13,256 (100th) | |||
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £568 (263rd) | £280 (337th) | £534 (253rd) | £252 (328th) | |||
| 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 | £100 | £2,722 (63rd) | £1,781 (89th) | £3,293 (20th) | £2,431 (41st) | |||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | N/A | N/A | £0 | £4,477 (164th) | £3,406 (216th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £0 | £1,979 (joint 105th with 8 others) | £1,979 (joint 98th with 8 others) | £1,979 (joint 97th with 8 others) | £1,979 (joint 94th with 8 others) | |||
| Other Costs | £26,207 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||
| Total | £38,998 | £125,375 (287th) | £115,665 (397th) | £111,359 (369th) | £92,642 (220th) |