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Lord Smith of Leigh
Labour Peer
- Became a Lord in 1999
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Smith of Leigh voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes
- Has never voted on allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Queen’s Speech — Debate (4th Day) (14 May 2013)
“My Lords, I had intended to speak on welfare or health but on Saturday evening, travelling back north on the M1, I underwent a conversion and decided to speak on culture, specifically sport. I was able to exchange my views on welfare with the Minister during a recent visit to our universal credit pathfinder and my sentiments on health have been adequately expressed by my noble friend Lord...”
- Growth and Infrastructure Bill: Report (2nd Day) (Continued) (12 Mar 2013)
“My Lords, I do not know what it is about this clause but we always seem to reach it late at night-I am sure that we all wish we were somewhere else. I was the third musketeer who attended the meeting that the Minister kindly arranged and I echo noble Lords' thanks to her for doing so, for the courtesy with which the meeting was held and for enabling us to talk to officials from the VOA. As...”
- Growth and Infrastructure Bill: Report (2nd Day) (12 Mar 2013)
“My Lords, I support this amendment and congratulate the four noble Lords who put their names to it on their contribution. I declare an interest as vice-president of the LGA. It is difficult to find much more to say, but I want to remind noble Lords of what has been said. The noble Lord, Lord Jenkin, made the point that this is important for its economic impact. As it concerns housebuilding,...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 13 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 33.20% of votes in this House with this affiliation — average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 1 annotation on this Lord’s speeches — average amongst Lords.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 86 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)