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Lord Chidgey

Liberal Democrat Peer

• Also represented Eastleigh

• Entered the House of Lords on 27 June 2005
• Previously MP for Eastleigh until 11 April 2005 — did not stand for re-election
• Positions held at time of appointment: Member of Parliament for Eastleigh, 1994-2005. Liberal Democrat spokesman for employment, 1994-1995; on transport, 1995-1997, trade and industry, 1997-1999. (from Number 10 press release)
• Entered Parliament on 9 June 1994 — unknown

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• Voting record
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Lord Chidgey voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for 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 strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

Read about how the voting record is decided.

• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Most recent appearances

Written Answers — House of Lords: Democratic Republic of Congo (16 Mar 2010)

“To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have raised with the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo the case of Lt Col Innocent Zimurinda, a senior FARDC army officer, who is suspected of human rights abuses; and whether they will make representations to that government for impartial investigations into the alleged abuses and for his suspension from the Congolese army pending...”

Written Answers — House of Lords: Rwanda (15 Mar 2010)

“To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the government of Rwanda's progress towards achieving the principles in the Harare Commonwealth Declaration, with particular reference to the forthcoming Rwandan presidential election.”

Written Answers — House of Lords: Democratic Republic of Congo (23 Feb 2010)

“To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo about the commission reviewing parts of the Congolese constitution, including presidential term limits.”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 7 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords.
• Has received answers to 12 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2005, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 56% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 3 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — above average amongst Lords.
• 7 people are tracking whenever this peer speaks — email me whenever Lord Chidgey speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 41 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)

Expenses

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