A selection of Lord Northbrook's votes

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• Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2010
• Almost always voted for an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 5 votes for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, in 2011
• Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2010
• Almost always voted for fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 2 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2011
• Voted against more EU integration Show votes 0 votes for, 4 votes against, 11 absences, between 2008–2011

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Recent appearances

• Employment - Motion to Take Note 6 Jun 2019

  My Lords, in 2010, when Labour left office, unemployment stood at 2.5 million. As my noble friend Lord Lupton has already noted, remarkably, every Labour Government have left office with unemployment higher than when they came into power. So I am very pleased today, a decade on from the worst recession since the 1930s, to welcome the latest employment figures. It is clearly excellent news...

• Commonwealth - Motion to Take Note 28 Mar 2019

  My Lords, we are all grateful to Her Majesty’s Government for initiating this debate. I am sorry that my noble friend Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon is unable to be present, but I welcome his capable last-minute replacement, my noble friend Lady Goldie. I put on record that my noble friend Lord Ahmad, as other noble Lords have said, deserves our great praise for his strong support of the...

• Spring Statement - Motion to Take Note 20 Mar 2019

  My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Gadhia, with his great financial experience, and a lot of what I say will be in agreement with his wise words. There is much to welcome in the Chancellor’s Spring Statement. As the noble Lord, Lord Macpherson of Earl’s Court, said, and as The Financial Times put it: “A decade on from the financial and economic crisis, the...

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Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1990

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, Financial Exclusion Committee (25 May 2016 to 25 Mar 2017)
• Member, Equality Act 2010 and Disability Committee (11 Jun 2015 to 15 Mar 2016)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 10 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords. See all Lord Northbrook’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 44.71% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 144 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)