A selection of Lord Mackay of Clashfern's votes

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• Voted for an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 6 absences, 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
• Generally voted against more EU integration Show votes 0 votes for, 5 votes against, 10 absences, between 2008–2011
• Has never voted on fewer MPs in the House of Commons
• Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2010

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Recent appearances

• Brexit - Motion to Take Note 2 Oct 2019

  Before my noble friend sits down, I think I made a speech earlier on. I just wonder whether he has any comment on it.

• Brexit - Motion to Take Note 2 Oct 2019

  My Lords, it is always a privilege to follow a fellow Scot, although I will deal with a rather different matter. We are dealing with the proposals in Article 50 for withdrawal from the European Union. It is important to note that, once a country such as ours has given such notice, it is the duty of the Union—I want to read the exact words—to, “negotiate and conclude an agreement with...

• European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill - Report: Amendment 1 6 Sep 2019

  This amendment proposing to delete what is in the Bill strikes me as rather unnecessary, apart from the fact that we have difficulty with time. In my view, the amendment proposed by Mr Stephen Kinnock—a distinguished member of a distinguished family—was perfectly in order. The fact that, though the procedures of the House of Commons, it went into the Bill and is in the Bill we read for a...

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Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1979

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, Draft Care and Support Bill Committee (22 Nov 2012 to 6 Mar 2013)
• Member, Draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill (Joint Committee) (9 May 2007 to 8 Aug 2007)
• Member, Committee on the Assisted Dying for the terminally ill Bill (30 Nov 2004 to 7 Apr 2005)
• Member, Committee for Privileges and Conduct (Lords) (23 Nov 1999 to 28 Aug 2019)
• Lord Chancellor (28 Oct 1987 to 3 May 1997)
• Member, Procedure Committee (Lords) (21 Nov 1985 to 11 Nov 1999)
• Member, House of Lords Offices Committee (21 Nov 1985 to 8 Apr 1997)
• Member, Consolidation Bills (Joint Committee) (12 Nov 1985 to 15 May 1987)

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• Has spoken in 47 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords. See all Lord Mackay of Clashfern’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 32.94% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — below average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 436 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)