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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:
- Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted for university tuition fees. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted for a smoking ban. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Planning: Naseby Wind Farm — Question (17 Jan 2012)
“My Lords, surely the Government will move towards a rethink, bearing in mind the huge importance that that battlefield held for future parliamentary democracy. Is it not the case that on that battlefield the King lost an army and Parliament assumed dominance? It was there that Cromwell's cavalry, on the second charge only, was able to smash through the royalist army. It was there that Colonel...”
- Unemployment: Young People — Question (16 Nov 2011)
“My Lords-”
- Health: Funding — Question (1 Nov 2011)
“Does the Minister fully comprehend that the border between England and Wales is over 200 miles long; that the bulk of the population of Wales is in the east; and that historically there has always been access-for example, from north-east Wales-to the great hospitals of Christie in Manchester, Broadgreen in Liverpool and Alder Hey in Wirral? Does he fully comprehend the current anxiety? It is...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 4 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 1 written question in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 77.75% of votes in this House 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") 35 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)