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• Has never voted on fewer MPs in the House of Commons
• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 2 votes for, 2 votes against, 10 absences, between 2008–2011
• 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
• Voted a mixture of for and against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, 6 absences, in 2011

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Recent appearances

• Northern Ireland (Ministerial Appointments and Regional Rates) Bill - Second Reading (and remaining stages) 26 Apr 2017

  My Lords, I should like to join other noble Lords in strongly supporting the Bill before us and I fully appreciate that its fast-tracking is unavoidable in the circumstances. I would also like to associate myself with the comments made by other speakers regarding the security services and the very difficult job that they have to do in Northern Ireland. We all recognise that the achievement of...

• Digital Economy Bill - Report (2nd Day) 20 Mar 2017

  My Lords, I support Amendment 25YD. In Committee I set out in detail all the reasons why I thought that the Government should not do what they have done in this series of amendments. They will remove prohibited material and replace it with extreme pornographic material and put the remainder of the prohibited material category behind age verification. I concluded my speech by saying:...

• Written Answers — Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Wind Power 9 Feb 2017

  To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the amount of electricity generated by onshore wind farms in each of the last six months.

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DUP Peer, Former DUP MLA for Belfast East

Entered the House of Lords on 24 July 2006

Positions held at time of appointment: Lord Mayor of Belfast. (from Number 10 press release)

Entered the Assembly on 9 March 2007 — election

Left the Assembly on 24 March 2011 — Dissolved for election

Also represented Belfast East

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• Has spoken in 10 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords. See all Lord Browne of Belmont’s speeches
• Has received answers to 58 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 46.45% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 0 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — average amongst Lords.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 51 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)