A selection of Lord Campbell-Savours’s votes

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• Consistently voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 7 votes against, in 2011.
• Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2010.
• Almost always voted against university tuition fees Show votes 1 vote for, 2 votes against, 2 absences, between 1997–2010.
• Consistently voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 0 votes for, 3 votes against, in 2011.
• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 12 votes for, 1 vote against, 2 absences, between 2008–2011.
• Generally voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 4 votes for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, in 1999.

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Recent appearances

• Afghanistan: Women - Question 26 Jan 2023

  My Lords, is not the lesson we learned from both America’s humiliating withdrawal from Vietnam and, more recently, ours from Afghanistan that foreign interventions which seek to impose our will on others of a different cultural heritage rarely work, and that the wise man seeks a more subtle approach to intervention? In the case of Afghanistan, subtlety demands the use of interlocutors who...

• National Parks - Question 18 Jan 2023

  My Lords, with climate change being the root cause of flooding of property in towns such as Keswick in the Lake District National Park, instead of imposing flooding remediation costs on property owners, why not amend the law by placing legal responsibility on companies such as United Utilities to more effectively manage their water assets, and for them to community block insure against the...

• Police: Employment and Discipline - Question 9 Jan 2023

  To ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to revise the (1) employment contracts, and (2) disciplinary regulations, for police officers.

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Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 19 July 2001

Previously MP for Workington until 14 May 2001 — General election

Positions held at time of appointment: Member of Parliament for Workington, 1979-2001. Opposition spokesman on Development and Co-operation, 1991-92 and opposition front bench spokesman on Food, Agriculture and Rural Affairs, 1992-94. (from Number 10 press release)

Entered the House of Commons on 3 May 1979 — General election

Also represented Workington

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• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Finance Committee (Lords) (28 Jan 2021 to 19 Jan 2022)
• Member, Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 Committee (13 Jun 2019 to 22 Jun 2020)
• Member, Services Committee (1 Sep 2016 to 28 Jan 2021)
• Member, House Committee (Lords) (22 May 2012 to 31 Aug 2016)
• Member, Procedure and Privileges Committee (1 Dec 2011 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Procedure and Privileges Committee (9 Jun 2010 to 1 Dec 2011)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Lords) (2 Jun 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Administration and Works Committee (Lords) (15 Nov 2007 to 1 May 2012)
• Member, Administration and Works Committee (Lords) (15 Nov 2007 to 1 May 2012)
• Member, Draft Charities Bill (Joint Committee) (10 May 2004 to 15 Sep 2004)
• Member, Draft Corruption Bill (Joint Committee) (24 Mar 2003 to 31 Jul 2003)
• Member, Standards and Privileges Committee (23 Oct 1996 to 11 May 2001)
• Member, Agriculture Committee (19 Apr 1994 to 20 May 1996)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (27 Apr 1992 to 9 Jun 1993)
• Member, Procedure Committee (28 Jan 1987 to 5 Dec 1991)
• Member, Members' Interests Committee (8 Feb 1984 to 16 Mar 1992)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (1 Feb 1983 to 17 Dec 1991)