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Lord Fowler
Conservative Peer
- Also represented Sutton Coldfield; Nottingham South
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- Entered the House of Lords on 4 July 2001
- Previously MP for Sutton Coldfield until 14 May 2001 — General election
- Positions held at time of appointment: Member of Parliament for Sutton Coldfield, 1974-2001 and for Nottingham South, 1970-74. Secretary of State for Transport, 1981 (Minister of Transport, 1979-81), for Social Services, 1981-87, for Employment, 1987-90; Chairman, Conservative Party, 1992-94; Opposition spokesman on the environment, transport and the regions, 1997-98; on home affairs, 1998-99. (from Number 10 press release)
- Entered Parliament on 18 June 1970 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Fowler voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted moderately against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Has never voted on allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly against more EU integration. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Upcoming Business – Lords: Main Chamber (4 Jun 2013)
“Global fund on HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria – Lord Fowler. ”
- Leveson Inquiry: Report — Question (13 May 2013)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the proposals put forward by a number of newspapers in response to the Leveson inquiry report.”
- Leveson Inquiry: Report — Question (13 May 2013)
“My Lords, so that we can be absolutely clear about the position, is it that the delay has been purely to allow the Privy Council to consider the newspapers' alternative proposal for a royal charter but that the Government remain absolutely committed to their own charter, which was approved unanimously by MPs in the other place? Surely the point is that in a democracy it is the will of...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 22 debates in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 48.88% of votes in this House with this affiliation — average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 6 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — well above average amongst Lords.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 212 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)