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Lord King of Bridgwater
Conservative Peer
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- Entered the House of Lords on 17 October 2001
- Previously MP for Bridgwater until 14 May 2001 — General election
- Positions held at time of appointment: Member of Parliament for Bridgewater, 1970-2001. Secretary of State for the Environment, 1983; for Transport, 1983; for Employment, 1983-85; for Northern Ireland, 1985-89, for Defence, 1989-92. (from Number 10 press release)
- Entered Parliament on 12 March 1970 — unknown
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord King of Bridgwater voted on key issues since 2001:
- Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly against more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Has never voted on university tuition fees. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes
- Has never voted on allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly against equal gay rights. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- G8 and NATO Summits — Statement (23 May 2012)
“I join my noble friend in his tribute to the great courage of our Armed Forces. Is it not true to say that, in a very real way, the objective that they were sent there to achieve has been achieved, which was to make sure that Afghanistan did not become a future base for al-Qaeda? In that connection, I challenge something in the Statement, which has linked together the most serious terrorist...”
- Queen's Speech — Debate (6th Day) (17 May 2012)
“My Lords, this debate is taking place at a very appropriate time in advance of the NATO summit this weekend, which will discuss NATO forces 2020. That is clearly an extremely important moment; Mr Rasmussen, the Secretary-General, in the Times this morning says that it is dealing with, "increasing security challenges but decreasing defence budgets". My noble friend the Minister said that the...”
- Queen's Speech — Debate (5th Day) (16 May 2012)
“The noble Lord says that no encouragement is being given to manufacturing. However, is he aware of the very encouraging recent news about major new investment in this country on the part of two major car companies? That is significant news for manufacturing and builds on today's very welcome announcement that this year, for the first time since 1976, we have exported more cars than we have...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 17 debates in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 39.96% of votes in this House with this affiliation — 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") 161 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)