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A selection of Lord Hamilton of Epsom’s votes
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Almost always voted for an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes
6 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, in 2011.
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Generally voted against more EU integration Show votes
1 vote for, 9 votes against, 5 absences, between 2008–2011.
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Generally voted for university tuition fees Show votes
2 votes for, 2 votes against, 1 absence, between 1997–2010.
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Consistently voted against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes
0 votes for, 5 votes against, 1 absence, in 1999.
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Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes
1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2010.
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Consistently voted for fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes
2 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, in 2011.
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Recent appearances
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My Lords, is it not a Conservative principle that no Conservative Government have any business owning television companies?
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My Lords, does my noble friend think that an inquiry will be carried out into the Covid pandemic, and if there is one, does he think that it will prove that every mutation has made this virus more transmissible but less lethal?
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My Lords, I add my congratulations to those from the noble Lord, Lord Grocott, on the election of these two hereditary Peers. At least they have been elected to your Lordships’ House, which is more than one can say for either the noble Lord or myself.
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Profile
Conservative Peer
Entered the House of Lords on 28 June 2005
Previously MP for Epsom and Ewell until 14 May 2001 — General election
Positions held at time of appointment: Member of Parliament for Epsom and Ewell, 1978-2001. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence Procurement, 1986-1987; Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, 1987-1988; Minister of State for the Armed Forces, 1988-1993. (from Number 10 press release)
Entered the House of Commons on 27 April 1978 — unknown
Also represented Epsom and Ewell
Other offices held in the past
- Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) (6 Nov 2017 to 1 Jul 2019)
- Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) (3 Dec 2015 to 27 Apr 2017)
- Member, EU Sub Committee A - Economic and Financial Affairs (17 May 2012 to 30 Mar 2015)
- Member, EU Sub-Committee A - Economic and Financial Affairs, and International Trade (22 Jun 2010 to 16 May 2012)
- Member, EU Sub-Committee C - Foreign Affairs, Defence and Development Policy (21 Nov 2006 to 8 Apr 2010)
- Chair, Conservative Party 1922 Committee (1 May 1997 to 7 Jun 2001)
- Member, Standards and Privileges Committee (24 Oct 1996 to 4 Mar 1997)
- Member, Members' Interests Committee (17 Jul 1995 to 8 Nov 1995)
- Member, Standards in Public Life Committee (16 Nov 1994 to 8 Nov 1995)
- The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (25 Jul 1988 to 26 May 1993)
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Procurement) (10 Sep 1986 to 12 Jun 1987)
- Government Whip (3 Oct 1984 to 10 Sep 1986)
- Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (11 May 1982 to 3 Oct 1984)
Register of Members’ Interests
Last updated: 14 May 2001.
1. Remunerated directorships
Leafield Engineering Limited (
LEL).
(£5,001-£10,000)Jupiter Dividend and Growth Trust
PLC.
JDGT Securities Ltd.; a subsidiary of Jupiter Dividend and Growth Trust (unremunerated).
The Jupiter Global Fund.
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession, etc.
Consultant to W.S. Atkins Ltd.,
Epsom, Surrey; engineering consultants.
(£5,001-£10,000)Consultant to Litton Industries Inc.; United States manufacturers of defence equipment, fine chemicals and vehicle sealing.
Consultant to GenCorp Aerojet; United States defence manufacturers.
Member of Lloyd's. (Resigned end 1994.)
Categories of business underwritten: All.
Occasional fees for journalism.
8. Land and Property
Bramley Park Farm, Guildford, Surrey.
I own one residential rented property in Westminster.
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