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Lord Grocott
Labour Peer
- Also represented Telford; The Wrekin; Lichfield and Tamworth
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- Entered the House of Lords on 3 July 2001
- Previously MP for Telford until 14 May 2001 — General election
- Positions held at time of appointment: Member of Parliament for Telford, 1997-2001 and for Lichfield and Tamworth, 1974-79; PPS to Minister for Local Government and Planning, 1975-76; to Minister of Agriculture, 1976-78; Deputy Shadow Leader, House of Commons, 1987-92; Opposition front bench spokesman on foreign affairs, 1992-93; PPS to Leader of the Opposition, 1994-97, to Prime Minister, 1997-2001. (from Number 10 press release)
- Entered Parliament on 10 October 1974 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Grocott voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Local Government Bill [HL]: Report (28 Jul 2010)
“My Lords, having listened carefully to this debate, I am struck by two things. The first is that no one on the opposite Benches, especially not the three Lib Dem speakers, have in any sense argued in principle for a two-tier system. They have all said in varying ways that they support unitary local government but not at this moment, in these particular local authorities or at this time in the...”
- Local Government Bill [HL]: Report (28 Jul 2010)
“My Lords-”
- Local Government Bill [HL]: Report (28 Jul 2010)
“I am grateful to the noble Lord. In view of his opposition to what he has described as expensive boundary changes, I wonder whether he will join us on this side of the House in opposing the expensive parliamentary boundary changes that have been proposed in the Government's most recent legislation.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 32 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 10 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 92% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 8 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") 164 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)