TheyWorkForYou

Menu

Lord Tombs

Former Crossbench Peer

 

As a result of COVID-19, some MPs have been less able to vote in Parliament, and this will be reflected in their voting record.

Show more detail
11th May to 2nd June 2020

All MPs could vote remotely through an online voting tool. Votes cast remotely are shown as normal on the TheyWorkForYou voting record.

2nd to 9th June 2020

The option of online voting was removed, and a number of MPs may have been unable to vote because they were not physically able to attend.

10th June 2020 onwards

The requirements on proxy voting were relaxed, allowing MPs to designate another MP to cast a vote on their behalf.

If an MP votes by proxy, it is effectively exactly the same as if they cast the vote in person and it shows up on their TheyWorkForYou voting record.

MPs are not required to designate a proxy, and may instead pair with an opposing MP to miss a vote. Parliament does not record when two MPs have come to a pairing arrangement, so on TheyWorkForYou, they will both appear to have been absent for the vote.

We will update this information if the situation changes. See more detail on votes during the COVID-19 period here.

A selection of Lord Tombs's votes

See full list of topics voted on

  • Voted for an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 6 absences, in 2011
  • Has never voted on raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year
  • Has never voted on university tuition fees
  • Has never voted on fewer MPs in the House of Commons
  • Has never voted on more EU integration

We have lots more plain English analysis of Lord Tombs’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Lord Tombs’s full vote analysis page for more.

Recent appearances

  • Assisted Dying Bill [HL]: Second Reading 18 Jul 2014

    My Lords, today’s debate has already shown how complicated is the proposal for mercy killing—for that is what we are discussing. The desire to relieve seemingly unbearable suffering is understandable and even praiseworthy, but the means chosen may involve even more suffering for others, whose vulnerability may not be immediately apparent. We rightly seek in our society to protect life,...

  • Health: End of Life — Motion to Take Note 12 Dec 2013

    My Lords, I begin by apologising for my late arrival by a few minutes. I came rather a long way and the transport was not quite up to scratch. I start by saying that I am opposed to assisted dying—as I think is well known—which has monopolised the discussion today, although the debate is rather wider than that and covers other aspects, which I would classify as assisted suicide. I do not...

  • Electricity Generation — Question 7 Nov 2012

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking in response to the recent projection by Ofgem of a fall in the generating plant margin from 14% at present to 4% in the next four years.

More of Lord Tombs’s recent appearances

Profile

Former Crossbench Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1990

Left the House of Lords on 31 March 2015 — retired

Other offices held in the past

  • Member, Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) (23 Jun 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
  • Member, Committee on Chinook ZD 576 (2 Jul 2001 to 7 Nov 2002)
  • Member, Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee (12 Dec 2000 to 18 Nov 2004)
  • Member, Science and Technology: Sub-Committee I (6 Dec 1999 to 30 Nov 2000)
  • Member, Select Committee on Science and Technology Sub-Committee 2 (21 Nov 1995 to 6 Dec 2000)
  • Member, Science and Technology: Sub-Committee I (23 Nov 1993 to 3 Nov 1994)
  • Member, Science and Technology Committee (Lords) (12 Nov 1991 to 30 Nov 2000)

Note for journalists and researchers: The data on this page may be used freely, on condition that TheyWorkForYou.com is cited as the source.

This data was produced by TheyWorkForYou from a variety of sources. Voting information from Public Whip.