Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan, former MP

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Almost always voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 5 votes against, 2 absences, in 2011
Generally voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 4 votes for, 1 vote against, 2 absences, between 1999–2003
Generally voted for university tuition fees Show votes 10 votes for, 2 votes against, 1 absence, between 1997–2010
Consistently voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, 1 absence, in 2011
Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 10 votes for, 1 vote against, 4 absences, between 2008–2011
Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2010

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Recent appearances

Older Persons: Provision of Public Services - Motion to Take Note 13 Jun 2019

Can the Minister tell us why we should believe what he says about buses when the Government betrayed the trust they sought from the British electorate at the last election? They clearly broke their manifesto pledge there, so why should this promise be worth any more than the previous one?
Older Persons: Provision of Public Services - Motion to Take Note 13 Jun 2019

My Lords, in the last 12 months, I have spent rather more time watching television than has been my usual habit. I very quickly began to lose the will to live with the extensive coverage of Brexit, so I took refuge in some of the Freeview channels. They will not necessarily win a Palme d’Or for their westerns or adventure films, which relive the days of my youth in the 1950s. The fact is...
Brexit: Import of Radioisotopes - Private Notice Question 7 Mar 2019

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Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 15 June 2005

Previously MP for Ochil until 11 April 2005 — did not stand for re-election

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

Also represented Ochil; Clackmannan; Stirlingshire East and Clackmannan

Expenses

Expenses from 2004 to 2009

Other offices held in the past

Member, EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee (26 May 2016 to 23 Apr 2020)
Member, Science and Technology: Sub-Committee I (14 Nov 2007 to 8 Apr 2010)
Member, Science and Technology Committee (Lords) (21 Nov 2006 to 30 Mar 2015)
Member, Select Committee on Science and Technology Sub-Committee 2 (21 Nov 2006 to 30 Oct 2007)
Member, Liaison Committee (28 May 2004 to 11 Apr 2005)
Chairman, Trade & Industry Committee (28 May 2004 to 11 Apr 2005)
Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (17 Jan 1996 to 11 Apr 2005)
Chair, Trade & Industry Committee (27 Nov 1995 to 11 Apr 2005)
Shadow Secretary of State (1 Jul 1988 to 9 Apr 1992)
Member, Scottish Affairs Committee (3 May 1979 to 16 Jan 1981)

Register of Members’ Interests

Last updated: 11 Apr 2005.

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

Parliamentary Adviser to the Machine Tool Technologies Association. (£10,001-£15,000)

Parliamentary Adviser to British Chemical Engineering Contractors Association. (Up to £5,000)

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