A selection of Lord West of Spithead's votes

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• Has never voted on university tuition fees
• Has never voted on raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year
• Consistently voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 0 votes for, 3 votes against, in 2011
• Consistently voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 7 votes against, in 2011
• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 8 votes for, 1 vote against, 5 absences, between 2008–2011

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Recent appearances

• Upcoming Business – Lords: Main Chamber 18 Jul 2019

  The government of Turkey's purchase of surface-to-air missiles from Russia – Lord West of Spithead. Oral questions

• Nuclear Weapons (International Relations Committee Report) - Motion to Take Note 16 Jul 2019

  I have very real concerns on the cyber issue. As we construct the Dreadnought class, one needs to look down to the SMEs providing equipment. Proper attention is not being paid at the moment to the possibility of trojans and other things being placed within systems that are fitted in the submarine. More work needs to be done on this. Just as the noble Lord, Lord Judd, went out waving, he asked...

• Lotteries Regulation - Statement 16 Jul 2019

  Talking of evidence, do we have any evidence about what strata of society, in terms of income, tend to buy most lottery tickets? Is it the less affluent or the more affluent, and is there any evidence as to how that is split?

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Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 9 July 2007

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) (3 Dec 2015 to 27 Apr 2017)
• Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) (12 Jun 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Security and Counter-terrorism), Home Office (1 Aug 2007 to 11 May 2010)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) (Security and Counter-terrorism) (29 Jun 2007 to 6 May 2010)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Home Office (28 Jun 2007 to 1 Aug 2007)

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• Has spoken in 80 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords. See all Lord West of Spithead’s speeches
• Has received answers to 102 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 53.05% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 809 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)