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Lord Snape
Labour Peer
- Also represented West Bromwich East
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- Entered the House of Lords on 29 June 2004
- Previously MP for West Bromwich East until 14 May 2001 — General election
- Positions held at time of appointment: Labour Member of Parliament for West Bromwich East. (from Number 10 press release)
- Entered Parliament on 28 February 1974 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Snape voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Has never voted on university tuition fees. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Rail: Great Western Passenger Franchise — Question (31 Jan 2012)
“My Lords, will the Minister consider something revolutionary so far as this and other franchises are concerned? The franchisee should set the fares, tackle overcrowding and run a proper financial risk for the length of the franchise; under the present system, the Government set the fares, the leasing companies own the trains and, if anything goes wrong, the so-called franchisee hands in the...”
- Railways: High-speed Rail — Statement (10 Jan 2012)
“My Lords, as a founder member of the All-Party Parliamentary Rail Group in the other place and its first chairman, I congratulate the Minister on the Statement that he has repeated today. I further congratulate the Government on having the courage to go ahead with this project, which they have inherited from their predecessors, in the face of some pretty virulent opposition from people who...”
- Localism Bill: Third Reading (31 Oct 2011)
“My Lords, I am reluctant to intervene in the debate but do so having listened to the arguments for the amendment put forward so ably by my noble friend Lord Hart. Like my noble friend Lord Sewel the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, I had the honour-I will not do irony, either-to serve on a local authority before being elected to the other place. Not being a lawyer, I would like the Minister to...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 3 debates in the last year — below average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 59.79% of votes in this House with this affiliation — 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") 59 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)