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Lord Stephen
Liberal Democrat Peer, Former Liberal Democrat MSP for Aberdeen South
- Also represented Aberdeen South
- Became a Lord on 7 February 2011
- Entered the Scottish Parliament on 6 May 1999 — Election
- Left the Scottish Parliament on 23 March 2011 — Election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Stephen voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted against more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Scotland Bill — Committee (1st Day) (Continued) (26 Jan 2012)
“Would the noble Baroness be prepared to take a different view if the Scottish Government were in favour of a review of the voting system? My understanding is that the SNP Government would prefer a different form of voting system, perhaps even one in line with the system that the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, might be persuaded to back, and similar to the proposals set out by my noble friend Lord...”
- Scotland Bill — Committee (1st Day) (Continued) (26 Jan 2012)
“Not having been invited to the birthday party, can I, perhaps unfairly, point out that the voting system was to be proportional, which was agreed through the constitutional convention? The Liberal Democrats, as always, proposed a fair and appropriate system-the single transferrable vote in multimember constituencies. My clear recollection is that the Labour Party, in conceding a proportional...”
- Scotland Bill — Committee (1st Day) (Continued) (26 Jan 2012)
“My point is that when my noble and learned friend and I were in government, I recall that we went to quite extreme lengths to make sure that a piece of legislation was within legislative competence. The noble and learned Lord, Lord Boyd, has already referred to those matters. Part of the hard work that was done was to ensure that a piece of legislation would get the approval of the Presiding...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 6 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 42.11% of votes in this House with this affiliation — 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") 6 times in debates — well below average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)