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Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
Liberal Democrat Peer
- Also represented Roxburgh and Berwickshire
- Entered the House of Lords on 14 June 2005
- Previously MP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire until 11 April 2005 — did not stand for re-election
- Positions held at time of appointment: Member of Parliament for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, 1983-2005. Liberal Democrat convenor and spokesman on welfare, 1988-1992; on social security, 1992-1994 and from 1997-2001; on community care, 1994-1997; Liberal Democrat Chief Whip, 1992-1997. (from Number 10 press release)
- Entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Welfare Reform Bill: Report (6th Day) (25 Jan 2012)
“My Lords, I will just take two minutes to deal with that, if I may. First, I have encountered the break-up of marriage at a variety of levels. I was involved in consistorial legal work before I was elected in 1983, and I spent most of my time in the House of Commons as a spokesman for my parliamentary group and then as a chairman of a Select Committee which endlessly looked at the 1991 Act...”
- Employment: Sickness Absence — Question (25 Jan 2012)
“Does my noble friend agree that general practitioners have a critical role to play in the health-at-work policy area? Is it too early to say whether there has been any flow-through from the recent introduction of the fit note certification process on absence rates? Will he give sympathetic consideration to the idea in this very welcome report that we should have an independent assessment...”
- Welfare Reform Bill — Report (5th Day) (Continued) (23 Jan 2012)
“Perhaps I could concur with the point made by the noble Lord, Lord McKenzie. I support these amendments. As I said in Grand Committee, the key thing-I am a non-executive director of the Wise Group and we run one of these projects very successfully-is that the people who do the work are ex-cons themselves. My suggestion is that more Jobcentre Plus staff should be recruited from ex-convicts in...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 16 debates in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 12 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Responsiveness to messages sent via WriteToThem.com in 2005: Too little data for valid analysis.
- Has voted in 69.51% 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") 144 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source).
| Type | 2008/09 | 2007/08 | 2006/07 | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £372 | £18,806 (364th) | £15,462 (458th) | £18,721 (385th) | £17,331 (78th) | |||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||
| Office running costs | £462 | £4,709 (648th) | £5,436 (649th) | £8,398 (635th) | £7,320 (586th) | |||
| Staffing costs | £6,638 | £77,683 (68th) | £69,131 (207th) | £68,180 (144th) | £52,810 (105th) | |||
| Communications Allowance | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £47 | £18,133 (81st) | £18,799 (68th) | £18,952 (62nd) | £16,322 (48th) | |||
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £515 (joint 275th with 1 other) | £819 (187th) | £3,177 (13th) | £1,240 (103rd) | |||
| Members' Spouse Travel | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £0 | £487 (joint 511th with 1 other) | £665 (422nd) | £974 (joint 345th with 1 other) | £564 (520th) | |||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | N/A | N/A | £0 | £1,250 (538th) | £2,560 (322nd) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £0 | £2,015 (joint 48th with 3 others) | £2,015 (joint 44th with 3 others) | £2,015 (joint 44th with 3 others) | £2,015 (joint 43rd with 3 others) | |||
| Other Costs | £30,797 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||
| Total | £38,316 | £123,598 (314th) | £114,887 (422nd) | £120,417 (160th) | £97,602 (121st) |