A selection of Lord Mancroft’s votes

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• Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2010.
• Generally voted against more EU integration Show votes 1 vote for, 8 votes against, 6 absences, between 2008–2011.
• Generally voted for an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 4 votes for, 0 votes against, 3 absences, in 2011.
• Consistently voted for fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, in 2011.
• Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2010.

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Recent appearances

• Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL] - Third Reading: Amendment to the Motion 13 Dec 2021

  I start by thanking my noble friend Lord Herbert for taking the trouble to move his amendment today and giving us an opportunity to say a few words in the dying moments of the Bill. I also apologise to your Lordships for my failure to move my amendments last week on Report. As my noble friend on the Front Bench said, I was knocked over by Covid, but whether I jumped up like Lazarus I am not...

• House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL] - Second Reading 3 Dec 2021

  My Lords—

• House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL] - Second Reading 3 Dec 2021

  My Lords, the ostensible purpose of the Bill is to dispense with what are called the ridiculous and embarrassing by-elections of hereditary Peers. If they are ridiculous, which is a subjective and therefore obviously biased view, they are embarrassing only to those who introduced them. There can be no embarrassment to the rest of us for something that we did not initiate. Indeed, I have...

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Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1987

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Currently held offices

• Member, Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act (since 24 Nov 2020)
• Member, Gambling Industry Committee (since 3 Oct 2019)
• Member, Procedure and Privileges Committee (since 1 Jul 2019)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Licensing Act 2003 Committee (25 May 2016 to 4 Apr 2017)
• Member, Administration and Works Committee (Lords) (25 Nov 2009 to 14 May 2014)
• Member, Administration and Works Committee (Lords) (25 Nov 2009 to 14 May 2014)
• Member, Draft Gambling Bill (Joint Committee) (9 Sep 2003 to 22 Jul 2004)
• Member, Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) (11 Dec 2002 to 14 Nov 2007)
• Member, Procedure and Privileges Committee (1 Dec 1999 to 7 Nov 2002)
• Member, Works of Art Committee (Lords) (23 Nov 1999 to 7 Nov 2002)
• Member, Select Committee on Broadcasting (1 Jun 1992 to 8 Nov 1995)