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Lord Trimble

Conservative Peer, Former UUP MLA for Upper Bann,

• Also represented Upper Bann
• Changed party from Crossbench on 16 Apr 2007


• Entered the House of Lords on 6 June 2006
• Previously MP for Upper Bann until 11 April 2005 — General election (stood again)
• Positions held at time of appointment: Former Member of Parliament for Upper Bann; former Leader, Ulster Unionist Party. (from Number 10 press release)
• Entered Parliament on 17 May 1990 — unknown
• Entered the Assembly on 25 June 1998 — General election
• Left the Assembly on 30 January 2007 — Dissolved for election

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• Voting record
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Lord Trimble voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

Read about how the voting record is decided.

• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Most recent appearances

EU: Financial Institutions — Question (2 Jul 2009)

“My Lords, do those conclusions not include a provision whereby there could be arbitration between competing regulators and that the Lamfalussy committees would then have the power to impose a decision? Was the Commission not instructed to draw up legislation along these lines, or advancing further along these lines? This matter is by no means concluded.”

Written Answers — House of Lords: Ambulances (23 Jun 2009)

“To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they regard ambulances operated by the Glengormley Ambulance and Rescue Unit as ambulances within the meaning of the Road Traffic Acts.”

Written Answers — House of Lords: Ambulances (15 Jun 2009)

“To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they regard ambulances operated by the Red Cross or St John Ambulance and other voluntary ambulances as ambulances within the meaning of the Road Traffic Acts.”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 18 debates in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
• Has received answers to 3 written questions in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
• Responsiveness to messages sent via WriteToThem.com in 2005: Too little data for valid analysis.
• Has voted in 32% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 1 annotation on this Lord’s speeches — average amongst Lords.
• 18 people are tracking whenever this peer speaks — email me whenever Lord Trimble speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 58 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)

Expenses

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