A selection of Lord Davies of Oldham's votes

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• Consistently voted against university tuition fees Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, in 2010
• Consistently voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 7 votes against, in 2011
• Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2010
• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 5 votes for, 1 vote against, between 2008–2011
• Consistently voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 0 votes for, 3 votes against, in 2011

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Recent appearances

• Brexit: Financial Assistance for Businesses - Question 26 Feb 2020

  My Lords, I welcome the Minister to his new responsibilities. I remind him that government Finance Ministers do not last much more than a year in the role, so he will not have to put up with too much. I want to make it quite clear that he is reflecting uncertainty and doubt, because that can only be the position that we are all in prior to the negotiations. He must know that the negotiations...

• Cash Machines - Question 4 Feb 2020

  My Lords, should not the Chancellor also be looking at this issue? Is it not quite clear that small shops are having the greatest difficulty in sustaining their ATMs, yet the bigger shops can of course bear the cost? Should not the Chancellor look at business rates, which are causing such a problem for shops in this country? That problem merely exacerbates a quite unacceptable situation.

• Government Spending - Question 29 Oct 2019

  My Lords, how do we know that the Chancellor is involved in judicious taking of decisions? He introduced a spending round without any suggestion about how it would be paid for. He was then given, by the grace of the Prime Minister, a date for a Budget. That has now been abandoned. Meanwhile the Office for Budget Responsibility, which is under an obligation to give an objective analysis of the...

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Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1997

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Currently held offices

• Member, Liaison Committee (Lords) (since 4 Mar 2020)

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Spokesperson (Transport) (8 Oct 2010 to 18 Sep 2015)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury) (8 Oct 2010 to 15 Apr 2020)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Wales) (8 Oct 2010 to 7 Oct 2013)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (10 Jun 2009 to 11 May 2010)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (and Deputy Chief Whip) (5 Jun 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Joint Committee on Security (24 May 2005 to 8 Apr 2010)
• Member, Refreshment Committee (Lords) (2 Dec 2004 to 22 Jul 2010)
• Deputy Chief Whip (House of Lords), HM Household (13 Jun 2003 to 11 May 2010)
• Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard (HM Household) (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Lords) (13 Jun 2003 to 6 May 2010)
• Government Whip (12 Jun 2001 to 13 Jun 2003)
• Lords in Waiting (Whips) (1 Jul 2000 to 13 Jun 2003)
• Shadow Spokesperson (1 Jul 1993 to 1 May 1997)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Business, Innovation and Skills) (1 Jul 1993 to 1 May 1997)
• Member, National Heritage Committee (27 Apr 1992 to 13 Dec 1993)
• Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (17 Jan 1979 to 4 May 1979)
• Member, Overseas Development Committee (1 Nov 1978 to 24 Jan 1979)
• Member, Expenditure Committee (1 Nov 1978 to 21 Feb 1979)
• Member, Expenditure: Arts & Home Office Sub-Committee (1 Nov 1978 to 21 Feb 1979)