A selection of Lord Hague of Richmond's votes

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• Generally voted for increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 11 votes for, 1 vote against, 10 absences, between 2008–2013
• Generally voted for encouraging occupational pensions Show votes 1 vote for, 1 vote against, 3 absences, between 2004–2011
• Generally voted against more EU integration Show votes 7 votes for, 38 votes against, 23 absences, between 2008–2014
• Generally voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, 2 absences, in 2010
• Generally voted for reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax") Show votes 8 votes for, 0 votes against, 9 absences, between 2012–2014
• Generally voted for a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Show votes 16 votes for, 0 votes against, 15 absences, between 2012–2015

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Recent appearances

• Ivory Bill - Report 24 Oct 2018

  My Lords, as on Amendment 1, I briefly draw attention to the importance of international co-operation in implementing the policy of which the Bill is a part and which these amendments would affect. We will not be able, by anything we do in our Parliament of our own volition, to save the African elephant, but we are able to be part of a concerted and perhaps, one day, successful international...

• Ivory Bill - Report 24 Oct 2018

  My Lords, I have listened carefully to my noble friend Lord Cormack but I am opposed to his amendment, which would be destructive of the objectives of the Bill. It is important on this and other amendments to remind ourselves of the objectives of the legislation. Our ultimate objective and the objective of international policy on the ivory trade is to end the demand for new ivory. We probably...

• Ivory Bill - Report 24 Oct 2018

  We have not come to that point on the rainforests, but I would do whatever was necessary to save them. There is no doubt that the legal trade in the UK is cover for an illegal and illicit trade. We can see it for ourselves. Last month, I went to Heathrow Airport to meet the Border Force officials and Royal Mail personnel whose job it is to open suspicious boxes and so on coming into this...

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Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 26 November 2015

Previously MP for Richmond (Yorks) until 30 March 2015 — General election

Entered the House of Commons on 23 February 1989 — unknown

Also represented Richmond (Yorks)

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Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
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Topics of interest

• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• International Development
• Defence
• Treasury
• Home Department
• Afghanistan
• Iran
• Lebanon
• Departmental Public Expenditure
• Iran: Nuclear Power

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (15 Jul 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Public Accounts Commission (15 Jul 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• First Secretary of State and Leader of the House of Commons (15 Jul 2014 to 8 May 2015)
• The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (12 May 2010 to 15 Jul 2014)
• Shadow Secretary of State (Foreign Affairs) (8 Dec 2005 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, House of Lords Reform (Joint Committee) (19 Jun 2002 to 5 May 2005)
• Leader of Her Majesty's Official Opposition (19 Jun 1997 to 13 Sep 2001)
• Leader of the Conservative Party (19 Jun 1997 to 13 Sep 2001)
• Secretary of State for Wales (5 Jul 1995 to 1 May 1997)
• Minister of State (Department of Social Security) (20 Jul 1994 to 5 Jul 1995)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Social Security) (27 May 1993 to 20 Jul 1994)
• Member, Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration (30 Jan 1990 to 31 Oct 1990)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 7 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords. See all Lord Hague of Richmond’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2014, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 42.62% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 6 times in debates — well below average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)