This data was produced by TheyWorkForYou from a variety of sources.
Email me updates on Lord Hunt of Chesterton’s activity (no more than once per day)
Lord Hunt of Chesterton
Labour Peer
We’re missing a photo of Lord Hunt of Chesterton. If you have a photo that you can release under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license or can locate a copyright free photo, please email it to us. Please do not email us about copyrighted photos elsewhere on the internet; we can’t use them.
- Became a Lord on 16 May 2000
- Positions held at time of appointment: Professor of Climate Modelling, Department of Space and Climate Physics and Geological Sciences and Honorary Professor of Mathematics, University College London (from Number 10 press release)
- Send a message to Lord Hunt of Chesterton (via WriteToThem.com)
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Hunt of Chesterton voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Has never voted on allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on their full record
- Occasionally rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Queen's Speech — Debate (5th Day) (16 May 2012)
“My Lords, it is a pleasure to welcome the noble Lord, Lord Ashton of Hyde, to this House. As my noble friend Lord Myners mentioned, the noble Lord was at Eton College. I used to play soccer for Westminster against Eton College. We used to draw honourably, so that was all right. The noble Lord's background, as he described to us, was in the City-although I might make a party political point...”
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Energy: Carbon Emissions (23 Apr 2012)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) what is their policy for the reduction of black carbon emissions, particularly from diesel engines, in the light of their policy to favour diesel engines in order to reduce carbon dioxide emissions; and (2) what is the role of the Climate Change Committee in reaching a balanced policy.”
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Immigration (23 Apr 2012)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government how they are adapting their immigration policy to enable successful high-tech United Kingdom companies to expand in the United Kingdom rather than abroad.”
More of Lord Hunt of Chesterton's recent appearances
Numerology
Please note that numbers do not measure quality. Also, representatives may do other things not currently covered by this site. (More about this)
- Has spoken in 7 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 42 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 29.15% of votes in this House with this affiliation — below average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 6 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — well above average amongst Lords.
- 4 people are tracking this peer — email me updates on Lord Hunt of Chesterton’s activity.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 97 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)