A selection of Baroness Thornton'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 raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2010
• Consistently voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, 1 absence, in 2011
• Almost always voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 5 votes against, 2 absences, in 2011
• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 13 votes for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, between 2008–2011

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Recent appearances

• British American Tobacco - Question 17 Oct 2017

  To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assistance they have given British American Tobacco in its challenge to the claim for unpaid VAT brought by the government of Bangladesh.

• British American Tobacco - Question 17 Oct 2017

  I thank the noble Lord for that Answer, but I beg to disagree that this is in line with the United Nations guidelines. I was prompted to ask this Question because the high commissioner in Bangladesh found time to champion British American Tobacco. Given that the activities of tobacco companies in Bangladesh are estimated to cause around 100,000 premature deaths a year, does the Minister...

• British American Tobacco - Question 17 Oct 2017

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Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1998

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Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Spokesperson (Equalities and Women's Issues) (17 Oct 2011 to 1 Jul 2015)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Health) (8 Oct 2010 to 6 Sep 2012)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Health (25 Mar 2010 to 11 May 2010)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (19 Feb 2010 to 6 May 2010)
• Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) (18 Feb 2008 to 19 Feb 2010)
• Government Whip (25 Jan 2008 to 25 Mar 2010)
• Member, Communications Committee (23 Apr 2007 to 18 Dec 2008)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee D (6 Dec 1999 to 30 Nov 2000)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee C (24 Nov 1998 to 11 Nov 1999)

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• Has spoken in 9 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords. See all Baroness Thornton’s speeches
• Has received answers to 1 written question in the last year — average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 72.68% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — well above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 26 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — well above average amongst Lords.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 781 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)