A selection of Lord Maude of Horsham's votes

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• Consistently voted for increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 18 votes for, 1 vote against, 3 absences, between 2008–2013
• Generally voted for reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax") Show votes 10 votes for, 0 votes against, 7 absences, between 2011–2014
• Generally voted for a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes 9 votes for, 3 votes against, 1 absence, between 2003–2012
• Almost always voted for reducing central government funding of local government Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2010–2015
• Generally voted for a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU Show votes 4 votes for, 2 votes against, 3 absences, between 2008–2014
• Consistently voted for fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 5 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2010–2013

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Recent appearances

• Brexit: Negotiations and No-deal Contingency Planning - Statement 4 Sep 2018

  My Lords, is it not now clear that, despite the best efforts of my noble friend and his Secretary of State, whom I admire greatly, the Chequers proposal could be agreed only at the expense of further, very substantial concessions extracted under duress, which would lock the UK indefinitely into a highly disadvantageous one-sided arrangement? Is it not now clear that there is a growing and...

• Exiting the EU - Statement 9 Jul 2018

  My Lords—

• Exiting the EU - Statement 9 Jul 2018

  My Lords, will my noble friend be minded respectfully to suggest that this plan will mean that for trade in goods, for some years at any rate, this will mean that Britain will remain effectively in the single market—of course, the single market in services, especially financial services, is very far from complete—but that these arrangements will not be set in perpetuity? This is a...

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Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 26 May 2015

Previously MP for Horsham until 30 March 2015 — General election

Entered the House of Commons on 9 June 1983 — General election

Also represented Horsham; North Warwickshire

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Duchy of Lancaster
• Cabinet Office
• Treasury
• Health
• Home Department
• Trade Unions
• Departmental Manpower
• Political Parties: Finance
• Economic and Monetary Union
• Departmental Aviation

Other offices held in the past

• The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (11 May 2015 to 11 Mar 2016)
• The Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (11 May 2015 to 11 Mar 2016)
• The Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office (12 May 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office) (3 Jul 2007 to 6 May 2010)
• Shadow Minister without Portfolio (10 May 2005 to 3 Jul 2007)
• Party Chair, Conservative Party (10 May 2005 to 3 Jul 2007)
• Shadow Secretary of State (Foreign Affairs) (2 Feb 2000 to 7 Jun 2001)
• Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (2 Jun 1998 to 2 Feb 2000)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (11 Jun 1997 to 2 Jun 1998)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (15 Oct 1990 to 16 Mar 1992)
• The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (14 Jul 1990 to 13 Apr 1992)
• Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (24 Jul 1989 to 14 Jul 1990)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Trade and Industry) (13 Jun 1987 to 26 Jul 1989)
• Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (7 Oct 1985 to 15 Jun 1987)

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• Has spoken in 49 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords. See all Lord Maude of Horsham’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2014, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 41.20% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 28 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — well above average amongst Lords.
• 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") 12 times in debates — well below average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)