A selection of Baroness Warnock's votes

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• Voted a mixture of for and against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 1 vote for, 2 votes against, 4 absences, in 2011
• Has never voted on fewer MPs in the House of Commons
• Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2010
• Consistently voted against university tuition fees Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, in 2010
• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 6 votes for, 0 votes against, 9 absences, between 2008–2011

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Recent appearances

• Mental Capacity Act 2005 (Select Committee Report) — Motion to Take Note 10 Mar 2015

  My Lords, the Government are right in their response to insist that the Mental Capacity Act is innovative, in that at the heart of the Act lies the so-called empowerment ethic. This is entailed in principle (3) of the Act, which states: “A person is not to be treated as unable to make a decision unless all practicable steps to help him to do so have been taken without success”. This...

• Mental Capacity Act 2005 (Select Committee Report) — Motion to Take Note 10 Mar 2015

  I entirely agree with my noble friend.

• Deregulation Bill: Report (3rd Day) 11 Feb 2015

  I rise simply to underline everything that the noble Lord, Lord Winston, has just said. It seems to me a disgraceful possibility that individual private clinics might be allowed to exploit these vulnerable people. The words that the noble Lord quoted show that this could happen automatically. It is not just that people may be allowed: the suggestion is that they will be allowed, unless some...

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Profile

Former Crossbench Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1985

Left the House of Lords on 1 June 2015 — retired

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, Procedure Committee (Lords) (19 Nov 2002 to 7 May 2005)
• Member, Committee On Animals In Scientific Procedures (28 Jun 2001 to 16 Jul 2002)
• Member, Medical Ethics Select Committee (22 Nov 1993 to 31 Jan 1994)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee F (30 Jul 1987 to 5 Nov 1993)
• Member, Select Committee on Science and Technology Sub-Committee 2 (30 Jun 1987 to 16 Nov 1988)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 8 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords. See all Baroness Warnock’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 37.36% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• 6 people are tracking this peer
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 90 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)