A selection of Lord Robertson of Port Ellen's votes

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• Has never voted on fewer MPs in the House of Commons
• Has never voted on raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year
• Voted for university tuition fees Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, 3 absences, between 1997–2010
• Has never voted on more EU integration
• Has never voted on an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency
• Consistently voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 4 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, in 1999

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Recent appearances

• Offensive Weapons Bill - Second Reading 7 Jan 2019

  I am grateful to the noble Earl for giving way. If the case is as strong as he makes out, why was the Home Secretary convinced that criminal elements in Northern Ireland and on the mainland were likely to use the .50 calibre weapons?

• Offensive Weapons Bill - Second Reading 7 Jan 2019

  It is a great privilege to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Newlove. She speaks with authority and personal passion and we should listen with great care to what she says. I listened to her a few weeks ago at the annual Livia Awards, a remarkable institution created by the parents of a young woman who was killed in a road traffic accident to recognise in the Metropolitan Police those who expend...

• Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: British American Security Information Council: Finance 7 Jan 2019

  To ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding support they give to the British American Security Information Council; and for what purposes.

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Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 24 August 1999

Previously MP for Hamilton South until 23 August 1999 — Became peer

Entered the House of Commons on 31 May 1978 — unknown

Party was Labour until 23 Aug 1999; Other until 2 Feb 2000; Crossbench until 28 Jan 2004

Also represented Hamilton South; Hamilton

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Other offices held in the past

• Secretary General of NATO (11 Oct 1999 to 5 Jan 2004)
• Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (3 May 1997 to 11 Oct 1999)
• The Secretary of State for Defence (3 May 1997 to 11 Oct 1999)
• Shadow Secretary of State (1 Jul 1993 to 1 May 1997)

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• Has spoken in 27 debates in the last year — above average amongst Lords. See all Lord Robertson of Port Ellen’s speeches
• Has received answers to 36 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 4.58% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — well below average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 44 times in debates — below average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)