A selection of Lord Rennard’s votes

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• Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration Show votes 6 votes for, 4 votes against, 5 absences, between 2008–2011.
• Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2010.
• Consistently voted for fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2011. Absences for this policy may be affected COVID-19 restrictions.
• Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2010.
• Consistently voted for an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 7 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2011.

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Recent appearances

• Voter ID - Commons Urgent Question 3 May 2023

  My Lords, allowing for postal votes, there will be more than 1 million people legally entitled to vote tomorrow who will not be able to do so because of the new requirements. The number of people who do not go to the polling station because of them will never be known; nor will the number of people turned away at the entrance to polling stations ever be known. If the Electoral Commission’s...

• Voter Authority Certificates - Question 2 May 2023

  To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of (1) the number of registered electors who have acquired Voter Authority Certificates, and (2) the effectiveness of the scheme in practice.

• Voter Authority Certificates - Question 2 May 2023

  My Lords, the Government estimated that around 2 million people who are on the electoral register do not have one of the forms of photo ID required this year. Around 1.6 million of those people have elections on Thursday—but the figures show that more than 1.5 million do not have the local authority certificate and will be unable to vote on Thursday, unless by any chance they have acquired...

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Liberal Democrat Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1999

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (4 Jun 2020 to 13 Jun 2020)
• Member, Political Polling and Digital Media Committee (29 Jun 2017 to 20 Mar 2018)
• Member, Constitution Committee (19 Jan 2011 to 1 May 2012)
• Member, Information Committee (Lords) (25 Nov 2009 to 14 May 2014)