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Became a Lord on 7 December 2005
Positions held at time of appointment: Secretary of the Cabinet and Head of the Home Civil Service. (from Number 10 press release)

How Lord Turnbull voted on key issues since 2001:

Schools: Statutory Instruments (Merits Committee Report): Motion to Take Note (19 Jun 2009): “My Lords, I am not a member of the Merits Committee, but I have two interests that are relevant to the debate, the experience of which will I hope corroborate the excellent report that the committee has produced. First, I am the chairman of the governors of an independent school, Dulwich College, and, secondly, I am chairman of the shadow board of trustees of the Isle of Sheppey academy, of...”
Banking Bill: Commons Amendment (11 Feb 2009): “My Lords, as a co-sponsor of the original amendment, I naturally welcome the fact that the other place, in its wisdom, has decided to work with the spirit of the amendment rather than resist it and leave us all hunting through myriad documents for the information to which we are entitled. Nevertheless, there are still some things that puzzle me. As the noble Lord, Lord Oakeshott, said, the...”
Banking Bill: Report (2nd Day) (3 Feb 2009): “My Lords, the other issue that I would have raised on what was Clause 228, now Clause 235, was whether creating a Financial Stability Committee within the Bank, along the lines currently proposed, was the best way forward. I accept that the starting premise of this is correct: the Bank would benefit from what might be called ventilation, or exposure to a greater degree of outside thinking. It...”

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Has spoken in 10 debates in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
Has voted in 8% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below 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") 32 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)