A selection of Lord Pearson of Rannoch's votes

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• Consistently voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2010
• Has never voted on an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency
• Generally voted against more EU integration Show votes 0 votes for, 10 votes against, 5 absences, between 2008–2011
• Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2010
• Has never voted on fewer MPs in the House of Commons

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Recent appearances

• Terrorism: Domestic Extremism - Question 26 Apr 2017

  My Lords, does the Minister recall the recent report from the National Police Chiefs’ Council, which found that less than 10% of tip-offs about potential terrorists came from within our Muslim communities? Does that not suggest that our peaceful Muslim friends may not be doing enough to expose and stand up against their violent co-religionists? If so, what can the Government do to help them?

• Brexit: Negotiations - Question 24 Apr 2017

  My Lords, is not the deeper problem that the Eurocrats are much more interested in keeping their sinking project of European integration afloat because it pays them so well than they are in meeting the needs of the real people of Europe, which are much the same as ours?

• Written Answers — Home Office: European Gendarmerie Force 19 Apr 2017

  To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made on the development of the EU Gendarmerie Force.

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UKIP Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1990

Party was Conservative until 7 Jan 2007

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, Draft Mental Incapacity Bill (Joint Committee) (11 Jul 2003 to 17 Nov 2003)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee C (23 Nov 1993 to 3 Nov 1994)
• Member, European Union Committee (12 Nov 1991 to 8 Nov 1995)

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• Has spoken in 96 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords. See all Lord Pearson of Rannoch’s speeches
• Has received answers to 106 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 19.26% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — below average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 70 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") 481 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)