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Lord Cotter

Liberal Democrat Peer

• Also represented Weston-Super-Mare

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• 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
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Lord Cotter voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
• Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
• Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes
• Voted against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
• Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
• Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
• Voted very strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
• Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
• Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
• Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
• Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
• Voted moderately against introducing a smoking ban. votes
• Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
• Voted very strongly for more EU integration. votes
• Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
• Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes

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• Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.

Most recent appearances

Sheffield Forgemasters — Question (22 Jul 2010)

“My Lords, would the Minister not agree-and I am sure that this could highlight the situation generally in the manufacturing industry-on the need for the banks to give support to manufacturing in particular, especially in the light of a recent report from the British Bankers' Association showing that bank lending fell substantially last year and that many businesses are still being turned down...”

Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2010: Motion to Approve (23 Jun 2010)

“I welcome these two statutory instruments, which were laid for good reason. I shall be interested to hear the response to the noble Lord, Lord James. I believe that I have heard him make these comments before. I welcome the fact that the second instrument seeks to protect the workers whom we are discussing and reduces bureaucracy. I shall make a general comment. Over the lifetime of a...”

UK: International Competitiveness — Question (23 Jun 2010)

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 21 debates in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
• Has received answers to 1 written question in the last year — 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% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 4 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — well above average amongst Lords.
• 6 people are tracking whenever this peer speaks — email me whenever Lord Cotter speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 40 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)

Expenses

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