A selection of Lord Winston's votes

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• Voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, 6 absences, in 2011
• Has never voted on more EU integration
• Voted against university tuition fees Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, in 2010
• Has never voted on fewer MPs in the House of Commons
• Has never voted on raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year

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Recent appearances

• Drugs Licensing - Statement 19 Jun 2018

  My Lords, perhaps I may take odds with my noble friend Lord Rosser on the Front Bench because there are times occasionally when members of the Opposition should congratulate the Government on what they are doing. This is a good decision which is urgently needed. To be fair to the Government, 20 years ago I chaired the Science and Technology Select Committee when we had an inquiry into the...

• European Union (Withdrawal) Bill - Third Reading 16 May 2018

  Does the noble Lord not feel that, important though the future of this House may be, the future of future generations is very important indeed—our children, our grandchildren and civilisation after us?

• Creative Industries: Skills Shortage - Question 2 May 2018

  My Lords, in my capacity as champion of outreach at Imperial College, I go to a phenomenal number of schools around England and sometimes to Wales. What I find is that a huge number of students are not able to do, for example, an arts A-level with a science A-level because there is insufficient money in the system for schools to provide that, yet that is what gives them a compass in science...

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Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1995

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, Science and Technology: Sub-Committee I (Higher education in STEM subjects) (13 Sep 2011 to 17 Jul 2012)
• Member, Science and Technology Committee (Lords) (22 Jun 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill (Joint Committee) (9 May 2007 to 8 Aug 2007)
• Member, Select Committee on Science and Technology Sub-Committee 2 (13 Nov 2002 to 12 Nov 2009)
• Member, Select Committee on Science and Technology Sub-Committee 2 (24 Nov 1998 to 11 May 2001)
• Member, Science and Technology: Sub-Committee I (6 Oct 1997 to 11 May 2001)
• Member, Science and Technology Committee (Lords) (28 Oct 1996 to 8 Nov 2006)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 20 debates in the last year — above average amongst Lords. See all Lord Winston’s speeches
• Has received answers to 4 written questions in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 23.07% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — below average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 2 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — above average amongst Lords.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 208 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)