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Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland
Labour Peer

• Entered the House of Lords on 22 June 2005
• Previously MP for Bishop Auckland until 11 April 2005 — did not stand for re-election
• Positions held at time of appointment: Member of Parliament for Bishop Auckland, 1979 -2005. North Regional Whip, 1981-1982; Opposition front bench spokesman for social security, 1982-1983; Parliamentary Private Secretary to Neil Kinnock as Leader of the Opposition, 1983-1985; Opposition Chief Whip 1985-1995; Opposition front bench spokesman on the Duchy of Lancaster, 1995-1997. (from Number 10 press release)
• Entered Parliament on 3 May 1979 — General election

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• Voting record
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland voted on key issues since 2001:

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

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• Occasionally rebels against their party.

Most recent appearances

Young People: Creative Industries — Question (14 Jul 2011)

“Does the Minister realise that the creative industries were one of the most rapidly growing sectors throughout the north-east of England and that all five of the universities there have had a very fine record and are producing some first-class graduates? Is it not a tragedy that the whole of this sector is severely cutting back in employment because of the Government's economic strategy?”

Public Bodies Bill [HL] — Committee (8th Day) (Continued) (7 Mar 2011)

“My Lords, I support the amendment and I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Inglewood, for the time that he has given to researching the legalities. I am not qualified either to support or to challenge these but I am most grateful to him. I am grateful, too, that he mentioned the Zurbaráns. My noble colleague pronounces it differently -I think a member of the Royal Family would...”

Local Government: Finance — Statement (13 Dec 2010)

“My Lords, does the noble Baroness agree that, as local government funds the voluntary sector-what the Government may want to call the big society-to the tune of £4.5 billion, the kinds of cuts that she has announced this afternoon cannot do anything but make the big society smaller?”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 2 debates in the last year — below average amongst Lords.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
• Responsiveness to messages sent via WriteToThem.com in 2005: Too little data for valid analysis.
• Has voted in 65.80% of votes in this House with this affiliation — above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 2 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") 9 times in debates — below average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)

Expenses

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