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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
• Has never voted on replacing Trident. 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

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• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Most recent appearances

Queen's Speech — Debate (3rd Day) (Continued) (23 Nov 2009)

“My Lords, despite the final comment of the noble Lord, Lord Grocott, I agree with the primary points that he made in the first half of his speech. It was a pleasure to hear those points so effectively and clearly made. I shall observe a self-denying ordinance and simply make one point on a matter that has not yet been touched on. It may be thought not to be important but it is worth...”

Financial Regulation: EUC Report: Motion to Take Note (10 Nov 2009)

“As the noble Lord made reference to my comments on the origins of the AIFM, it may be that the rumour I heard was incorrect. I heard that the origin of the concept was Oskar Lafontaine many years ago. But if the noble Lord is correct that some other ideologue produced it more recently, that underlines the failure of the Commission to keep a grip of what it was doing.”

Financial Regulation: EUC Report: Motion to Take Note (10 Nov 2009)

“My Lords, I shall speak to the report of the European Union Select Committee Sub-Committee A, of which I have the pleasure to be a member. I shall not try to go into all the detail of the proposals for financial regulation and all the matters that are spun off from it: the de Larosière report and many other things. There were times when we were looking at this issue when I felt the need...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 16 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 30% 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") 59 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)

Expenses

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