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Lord Cotter
Liberal Democrat Peer
- Also represented Weston-Super-Mare
- Entered the House of Lords on 5 June 2006
- Previously MP for Weston-Super-Mare until 11 April 2005 — General election (stood again)
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Cotter voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
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- Sometimes rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Music Companies: Finance (22 Apr 2013)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government how many music companies in the past year have obtained loans under (1) the Funding for Lending Scheme, (2) the National Loan Guarantee Scheme, (3) Community Development Finance, (4) Enterprise Finance Guarantee, (5) Business Finance Partnership, (6) Business Finance Partnership: Small Business Tranche, and (7) Government- backed start-up loans.”
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Music Companies: Finance (22 Apr 2013)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government how many music companies have in the past year obtained investment under (1) the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme, (2) the Enterprise Investment Scheme, (3) the Venture Capital Trusts Scheme, (4) the Business Angel Co-Investment Fund, (5) the Enterprise Capital Funds, and (6) the UK Innovation Investment Fund.”
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Music Companies: Finance (27 Mar 2013)
“To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many music companies have accessed finance under (1) the Regional Growth Fund, and (2) the Growing Places Fund.”
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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 11 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 66.23% of votes in this House with this affiliation — above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 4 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — above average amongst Lords.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 54 times in debates — 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 | £572 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,325 (joint 179th with 1 other) | £19,592 (307th) | £14,494 (409th) | |||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||
| Office running costs | £3,277 | £19,325 (joint 11th with 77 others) | £18,727 (joint 325th with 1 other) | £18,219 (joint 238th with 2 others) | £12,721 (432nd) | |||
| Staffing costs | £8,572 | £73,863 (199th) | £71,773 (joint 85th with 44 others) | £68,376 (141st) | £51,976 (125th) | |||
| Communications Allowance | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £81 | £7,894 (429th) | £9,245 (356th) | £9,055 (374th) | £6,979 (370th) | |||
| Members' Staff Travel | £110 | £1,537 (116th) | £584 (joint 240th with 1 other) | £381 (292nd) | £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 | £635 (437th) | £792 (360th) | £761 (446th) | £829 (399th) | |||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | N/A | N/A | £0 | £2,130 (386th) | £2,174 (376th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £0 | £1,817 (440th) | £1,817 (433rd) | £1,817 (414th) | £1,817 (373rd) | |||
| Other Costs | £33,412 | £6,310 (28th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||
| Total | £46,024 | £134,413 (120th) | £125,437 (197th) | £118,201 (207th) | £88,816 (323rd) |