A selection of Baroness Featherstone's votes

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• Generally voted against replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, 1 absence, between 2007–2015
• Generally voted for reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax") Show votes 9 votes for, 1 vote against, 7 absences, between 2012–2014
• Generally voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs Show votes 3 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2010
• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 30 votes for, 11 votes against, 27 absences, between 2006–2014
• Generally voted for a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Show votes 15 votes for, 0 votes against, 16 absences, between 2010–2015
• Almost always voted for greater restrictions on campaigning by third parties, such as charities, during elections Show votes 8 votes for, 0 votes against, 3 absences, between 2013–2014

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Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Shingles: Vaccination 18 Jun 2019

  To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for encouraging people who are 60 years old and above who have not been vaccinated against shingles to receive a vaccination; and what steps they are taking to encourage the take-up of that vaccine amongst that cohort.

• Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Motion to Take Note 2 May 2019

  My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Rooker. He put his finger on the pulse by saying that he expects that we will all make similar speeches, but it is the action that must take place that will be the judge of what we say today. For three years, before I stepped down, I stood here as the Lib Dem spokesperson for energy and climate change, and I said over and over...

• Cohabitation Rights Bill [HL] - Second Reading 15 Mar 2019

  My Lords, I am very pleased to have the opportunity that this Bill offers to put in place protections for those couples who choose not to marry and not to have a civil partnership registration—although I trust that civil partnerships will soon be available to straight couples—but choose simply to live together. The reasons couples do that are manifold. Not everyone believes in marriage,...

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Profile

Liberal Democrat Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 26 November 2015

Previously MP for Hornsey and Wood Green until 30 March 2015 — General election

Entered the House of Commons on 5 May 2005 — General election

Also represented Hornsey and Wood Green

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Social Media

• @lfeatherstone

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Home Department
• Health
• International Development
• Education and Skills
• Treasury
• Police
• Departmental Manpower
• Prisons
• Departmental Retirement
• Departmental Pay

Currently held offices

• Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Energy and Climate Change) (since 30 Nov 2015)

Other offices held in the past

• The Minister of State, Home Department (4 Nov 2014 to 8 May 2015)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development (6 Sep 2012 to 4 Nov 2014)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (17 May 2010 to 6 Sep 2012)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Government Equalities Office) (12 May 2010 to 26 Apr 2011)
• Shadow Minister (Children, Schools and Families) (7 Oct 2008 to 6 May 2010)
• Shadow Secretary of State for International Development (3 Mar 2006 to 20 Dec 2007)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government) (3 Mar 2006 to 20 Dec 2007)
• Member, Environmental Audit Committee (12 Jul 2005 to 22 May 2006)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Home Affairs) (10 May 2005 to 3 Mar 2006)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Identity Documents Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Protection of Freedoms Bill Committee (20 out of 20)
• Equality Bill Committee (20 out of 20)
• Racial and Religious Hatred Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Violent Crime Reduction Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Police and Justice Bill Committee (8 out of 8)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 30 debates in the last year — above average amongst Lords. See all Baroness Featherstone’s speeches
• Has received answers to 36 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2014, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 65.56% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 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") 46 times in debates — below average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)