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Lord Soley

Labour Peer

• Also represented Ealing, Acton & Shepherd's Bush; Hammersmith; Hammersmith North

• Entered the House of Lords on 13 July 2005
• Previously MP for Ealing, Acton & Shepherd's Bush until 11 April 2005 — did not stand for re-election
• Positions held at time of appointment: Member of Parliament for Hammersmith North, 1979-1983, Hammersmith, 1983-1997 and Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush, 1997-2005. Opposition front bench spokesman on Northern Ireland, 1981-1984, on home affairs, 1984-1987, on housing, 1987-1992. (from Number 10 press release)
• Entered Parliament on 3 May 1979 — General election

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• Voting record
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Lord Soley 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 very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Most recent appearances

National Security Strategy — Debate (4 Feb 2010)

“I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord King, for introducing this debate and for the way in which he did it because I wish to have two contexts in my mind when I discuss this. One is the defence Statement made in both Houses yesterday, which will continue to influence this debate. The other is the important contribution from the Front Bench yesterday, which is that we need some degree of...”

Afghanistan Conference and Yemen Meeting — Statement (1 Feb 2010)

“Perhaps my noble friend would agree with me that the recent holding back of the attack on central Kabul was very successful and a good example of the progress being made by the Afghan army. On a wider issue, will she expand a little on what she said about Yemen? She referred directly to the rule of law or legal institutions. This is more than a regional problem. There is a belt of countries,...”

Aviation: Climate Change — Question (14 Jan 2010)

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 32 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
• Has received answers to 4 written questions in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2005, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 79% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 6 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — well above average amongst Lords.
• 3 people are tracking whenever this peer speaks — email me whenever Lord Soley speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 94 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)

Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source).