A selection of Lord Bilimoria's votes

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• Has never voted on fewer MPs in the House of Commons
• 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 university tuition fees Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, in 2010
• Has never voted on an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency
• Has never voted on more EU integration

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Recent appearances

• D-day: 75th Anniversary - Motion to Take Note 4 Jun 2019

  My Lords, the landings of allied forces on the Normandy coast on 6 June 1944—Operation Overlord—were a combined naval, air and land attack on Nazi-occupied France. We must remember that Germany had occupied France since the spring of 1940, and in early 1943 the planning for the invasion started. There was then the 1943 Tehran Conference on opening the second front in western Europe, and,...

• UK Foreign Policy in a Shifting World Order (International Relations Committee Report) - Motion to Take Note 21 May 2019

  My Lords, when I came to this country in the early 1980s as a 19 year-old student from India, Britain was known as the sick man of Europe. It had no respect in the world. A country which had a great empire was going nowhere. In a recent article, James Landale wrote: “William Gladstone, said that his first principle of foreign policy was ‘good government at home’ ... countries with a...

• Brexit: Common Security and Defence Policy Missions and Operations (European Union Committee Report) - Motion to Take Note 15 May 2019

  My Lords, the 26-page political declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the European Union and the United Kingdom, published in November last year, starts with platitudes and continues with platitudes, including in “Part III: Security Partnership”, under the heading “Objectives and principles”: “With a view to Europe’s security and the safety of...

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Crossbench Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 24 July 2006

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, Finance Bill Sub-Committee (6 Dec 2016 to 17 Mar 2017)
• Member, Finance Bill Sub-Committee (8 Dec 2015 to 4 Mar 2016)
• Member, Finance Bill Sub-Committee (8 Jan 2014 to 11 Mar 2014)
• Member, Finance Bill Sub-Committee (4 Dec 2012 to 5 Mar 2013)

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• Has spoken in 45 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords. See all Lord Bilimoria’s speeches
• Has received answers to 1 written question in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 23.03% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — below average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 244 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)