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Lord Rooker
Labour Peer,
- Also represented Birmingham, Perry Barr
- Entered the House of Lords on 21 June 2001
- Previously MP for Birmingham, Perry Barr until 14 May 2001 — General election
- Positions held at time of appointment: Member of Parliament for Birmingham, Perry Bar, 1974-2001. Opposition spokesman on social security, 1980-83, on treasury and economic affairs, 1983-84, on housing, 1984-87, on local government, 1987-88, on health and social services, 1990-92, on higher education, 1992-93; Deputy Shadow Leader of House of Commons, 1994-97; Minister of State, MAFF, 1997-99; Department of Social Security, 1999-2001. (from Number 10 press release)
- Entered Parliament on 28 February 1974 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Rooker voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Organophosphates — Question for Short Debate (17 Jun 2009)
“My Lords, I support the noble Countess. Basically, the simple answer to her question should be yes. I am not going to go into all the background details because I am not as up-to-date as I was when I was one of the Ministers responsible in 1997-99 and then again from 2006-08 in one department, but the fact that this issue goes across departments is the central point that I wish to make. As...”
- Political Parties and Elections Bill: Report (1st Day) (Continued) (15 Jun 2009)
“My Lords, I did not intend to speak, but I must say that I wholly support the amendment in the name of my noble friend Lord Campbell-Savours. I have two brief points to make. In June 1997 in a committee in the other place, my late colleague Audrey Wise and I tabled amendments to the Finance Bill. As well as being told that the amendments were inconvenient, we were told that they were in the...”
- Sport: British Formula 1 Grand Prix — Question for Short Debate (23 Apr 2009)
“My Lords, I put my name down on the list to add to the bipartisan approach of the noble Lord, Lord Astor. We have not compared notes, although many of my points will reinforce what he said. I also want to reiterate our best wishes to my noble friend Lord Drayson. I have only done Le Mans once as a tourist—an anorak. It was incredibly exciting and different. I am sure that the...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 9 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- Has voted in 72% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 21 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — well above average amongst Lords.
- 25 people are tracking whenever this peer speaks — email me whenever Lord Rooker speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1927 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)