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Lord Heseltine
Conservative Peer
- Also represented Henley; Tavistock
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- Entered the House of Lords on 23 October 2001
- Previously MP for Henley until 14 May 2001 — General election
- Positions held at time of appointment: Member of Parliament for Henley, 1974-2001 and for Tavistock, 1966-74. Secretary of State for the Environment, 1979-83 and 1990-92, for Defence, 1983-86; President of the Board of Trade and Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, 1992-95; First Secretary of State and Deputy Prime Minister, 1995-97. (from Number 10 press release)
- Entered Parliament on 31 March 1966 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Heseltine voted on key issues since 2001:
- Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Has never voted on university tuition fees. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted for more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly against equal gay rights. votes
- Has never voted on laws to stop climate change. votes
- Has never voted on allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Has never voted on a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes
- Has never voted on introducing ID cards. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
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- Quite often rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Orders of the Day — Hunting Bill (20 Dec 2000)
“The hon. Member for West Ham (Mr. Banks), who speaks with great passion, revealed what most of us in the Opposition believe: there is a line to be drawn, as he so eloquently said. What does that mean? There are enough votes in the urban areas—in the working men's club of the Labour party—so Labour Members will support any form of hunting or fishing, so long as no votes will be...”
- Orders of the Day — Hunting Bill (20 Dec 2000)
“Well, the hon. Gentleman's backside is pretty eloquent, Mr. Deputy Speaker. The fact is that there are deep class resentments in the anti-hunting lobby. Let me make a simple point. Those who will suffer from the ban that the Labour party wish to impose are not the rich, not the toffs. Those people's horses will go to Ireland, or to France. There will be chartered aeroplanes to take them...”
- Orders of the Day — National Lottery (18 Dec 2000)
“Do I understand the hon. and learned Gentleman to be saying that the Government gave the NMEC directors an indemnity that public money would be put behind their undertaking?”
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- Has spoken in 0 debates in the last year — below average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 1.62% of votes in this House with this affiliation — well below average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 0 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — average amongst Lords.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 0 times in debates — well below average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)