A selection of Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston’s votes

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• Consistently voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 1 vote for, 7 votes against, between 2010–2016. Absences for this policy may be affected COVID-19 restrictions.
• Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration Show votes 26 votes for, 24 votes against, 41 absences, between 2006–2017.
• Generally voted for a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes 3 votes for, 4 votes against, 7 absences, between 2007–2016.
• Generally voted for a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU Show votes 6 votes for, 1 vote against, 6 absences, between 2008–2016.
• Generally voted against increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 3 votes for, 18 votes against, 5 absences, between 2010–2015.
• 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

• Birmingham Highways Infrastructure Private Finance Initiative - Question 28 Nov 2023

  My Lords, as a former Birmingham MP for 20 years, I am familiar with the shortcomings of its pavements, potholes and other areas. I stress that if this contract is not renewed, Birmingham will be deprived of some £600 million over the next 12 years for essential repair work, which is important not just to keep the citizens of Birmingham safe but to allow the city to meet its obligations...

• Birmingham Highways Infrastructure Private Finance Initiative - Question 28 Nov 2023

  My Lords, as a former Birmingham MP for 20 years, I am familiar with the shortcomings of its pavements, potholes and other areas. I stress that if this contract is not renewed, Birmingham will be deprived of some £600 million over the next 12 years for essential repair work, which is important not just to keep the citizens of Birmingham safe but to allow the city to meet its obligations...

• National Cyber Security Centre - Question 16 Oct 2023

  I declare an interest as the chair of Wilton Park, an executive agency of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Small organisations, while they are not completely part of government, nevertheless provide some back-door entrance to government by some people with malign intent, and they carry quite disproportionate costs to ensure their cybersecurity. Have the Government given any thought to how...

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Non-affiliated Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 7 September 2020

Previously MP for Birmingham, Edgbaston until 3 May 2017 — Dissolved for election

Entered the House of Commons on 1 May 1997 — General election

Party was Labour until 3 May 2017

Also represented Birmingham, Edgbaston

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Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

• Health
• Work and Pensions
• Treasury
• Defence
• Home Department
• Transplants
• Financial Assistance Scheme
• Royal Mint
• Khat
• Armed Forces: Hearing Impairment

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament ( 9 Sep 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament ( 9 Sep 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Administration Committee (20 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art (13 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Privacy and Injunctions (Joint Committee) (14 Jul 2011 to 12 Mar 2012)
• Member, Defence Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Accommodation and works Committee (13 Jun 2006 to 18 Jul 2006)
• Member, Conventions (Joint Committee) (17 May 2006 to 31 Oct 2006)
• Member, Foreign Affairs Committee (16 Jul 2001 to 6 May 2010)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health) (29 Jul 1999 to 7 Jun 2001)
• Member, Social Security Committee (14 Jul 1997 to 9 Nov 1998)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Merchant Shipping (Homosexual Conduct) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• National Insurance Contributions and Statutory Payments Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Pension Annuities (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)