A selection of Baroness Featherstone's votes

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• Generally voted against a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU Show votes
• Almost always voted for greater restrictions on campaigning by third parties, such as charities, during elections Show votes
• Consistently voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes
• Generally voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs Show votes
• Generally voted for encouraging occupational pensions Show votes
• Almost always voted for an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes

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Recent appearances

• Climate Change: Fracking - Question 6 Sep 2016

  My Lords, gas is a fossil fuel wherever it comes from. Given that the Government are going to miss our legally binding targets on reductions in carbon emissions, would it not be better altogether if the Government simply banned fracking and got on with delivering reductions in emissions rather than increases?

• Written Answers — Department for Communities and Local Government: Opencast Mining: Northumberland 25 Jul 2016

  To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to call in the decision by Northumberland County Council to approve plans for an opencast coal mine at Highthorn in the light of recent government commitments to phase out the use of coal.

• Written Answers — Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Natural Gas 25 Jul 2016

  To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether in negotiating the UK’s exit from the EU they plan to seek for the UK to be included in any EU regulations on the security of gas supply in times of crisis, as set out in the European Commission’s Proposal for a Regulation concerning measures to safeguard the security of gas supply and repealing Regulation (EU) No 994/2010.

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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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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 Principal Spokesperson for 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)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (17 May 2010 to 8 Jun 2011)
• 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)
• Violent Crime Reduction Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Police and Justice Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Racial and Religious Hatred Bill Committee (4 out of 4)

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• Has spoken in 48 debates since joining Parliament — well above average amongst Lords. See all Baroness Featherstone’s speeches
• Has received answers to 33 written questions since joining Parliament — 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 72.94% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — well above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 24 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — well above average amongst Lords.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 158 people are tracking this peer — email me updates on Baroness Featherstone’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 10 times in debates — well below average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)