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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 strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. 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 strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
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- Sometimes rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Crime: Rioting (30 Jan 2012)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reasons for the number of claims made or paid out to businesses for reparations following the August riots; and what systems have been put in place to monitor the number of claims by businesses being made and paid out.”
- Design Education and Growth — Question for Short Debate (24 Jan 2012)
“My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Baroness, Lady Whitaker, for introducing this timely and important debate, and I compliment the noble Lord, Lord Baker, the previous speaker, on the work that he is doing on university technical colleges. My interest comes from my experience as managing director of a plastics manufacturing company before I came into Parliament, and I have spent a great deal...”
- Public Disorder: Uninsured Claimants — Question (19 Dec 2011)
“My Lords, it is four months since the riots occurred and very strong assurances were given by the Government that businesses would be helped. The official report and other reports indicate that very few businesses have received the help that they expected to be given-and that we expected them to be given. I asked in September whether the Government would monitor the situation. Will the...”
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- Has spoken in 20 debates in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 4 written questions 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 65.58% 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") 52 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) |