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Lord Jones
Labour Peer
- Also represented Alyn and Deeside; Flint East; Flintshire East
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- Entered the House of Lords on 19 July 2001
- Previously MP for Alyn and Deeside until 14 May 2001 — General election
- Positions held at time of appointment: Member of Parliament for Alyn and Deeside, 1983-2001 and for Flint East, 1970-83. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales, 1974-79; Opposition spokesman on employment, 1980-83; Opposition spokesman on Wales, 1983-92. (from Number 10 press release)
- Entered Parliament on 18 June 1970 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Jones voted on key issues since 2001:
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted for introducing a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Queen's Speech — Debate (4th Day) (2 Jun 2010)
“I thank the Minister for her exposition of coalition policy and wish her well in her department. It is good to follow the noble Lord, Lord Ryder. I recollect that he was the Government Chief Whip in another place-a veritable street fighter in the Maastricht debates. His considerations on whipping a coalition would be interesting were we to hear them. Universities provided the backbone of the...”
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Gross Domestic Product (19 Jan 2010)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of United Kingdom gross domestic product was represented by manufacturing in 1990 and in 2009.”
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Aerospace: Research and Development (13 Jan 2010)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the value of the grants for research and development they provided to the United Kingdom aerospace industry in each of the financial years 1997-98 to 2007-08.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 3 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 11 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 77% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above 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") 31 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)