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Lord Waddington
Conservative Peer
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- Became a Lord in 1990
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Waddington voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Dr David Kelly (5 Feb 2010)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the medical reports and photographs on which Lord Hutton based his conclusion that Dr Kelly committed suicide.”
- Equality Bill — Committee (3rd Day) (19 Jan 2010)
“My Lords,It is unfortunately the case that equality legislation, while giving certain people new rights, has deprived others of theirs. It has also been misinterpreted and misused, sometimes by troublemakers but more often by well-meaning and overenthusiastic people who only half understand the legislation that we have passed. It was obviously someone in the latter category who, in 2008,...”
- Equality Bill: Committee (1st Day) (11 Jan 2010)
“I should just like to utter a few words of caution. Perhaps the Committee will forgive me if I start on a somewhat light note. Many, many years ago, when I was at university, Lady Astor came up. I am not quite sure whether she came to entertain us or to educate us. She said that she had two sons. She said, "I could put one down in darkest Africa and he would come out leading the natives. I...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 23 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 56% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 9 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — well above average amongst Lords.
- 5 people are tracking whenever this peer speaks — email me whenever Lord Waddington speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 243 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)