A selection of Lord West of Spithead's votes

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• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 8 votes for, 1 vote against, 5 absences, between 2008–2011
• 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
• Has never voted on university tuition fees
• Consistently voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 7 votes against, in 2011

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Recent appearances

• Upcoming Business – Lords: Main Chamber 26 Nov 2018

  Importance of the Appledore shipyard as part of the UK's future shipbuilding strategy – Lord West of Spithead. Oral questions

• Shipbuilding: Warships - Question 14 Nov 2018

  My Lords, there has been a lot of talk about shipbuilding but very little building. It seems to me that we have to get a grip on things such as the Type 26 programme. We will now wait for six or seven years for the first frigate to appear, carrying all the costs of that yard, rather than pushing ahead, ordering all eight, getting all the long lead items and actually delivering them one a...

• Written Answers — Ministry of Defence: Type 45 Destroyers 14 Nov 2018

  To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to fit T45 destroyers with strike length MK 41 vertical launching systems as part of their Power Improvement Project.

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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 71 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords. See all Lord West of Spithead’s speeches
• Has received answers to 88 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 53.70% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 29 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") 784 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)