A selection of Lord Jones of Birmingham's votes

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• Has never voted on an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency
• Has never voted on fewer MPs in the House of Commons
• Has never voted on university tuition fees
• Has never voted on raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year
• Has never voted on more EU integration

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Recent appearances

• House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL] - Committee (2nd Day) 7 Sep 2018

  May I add to that? When you are in a hole, stop digging.

• House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL] - Committee (2nd Day) 7 Sep 2018

  My Lords, far be it from me to intrude on the private grief of the Benches opposite, but I would ask noble Lords to think about this. At the moment, we are watching a constitutional polemicism of British life. The division and nastiness of that shows in so many ways. If I was a voter of any party at any time from Birmingham to Manchester and back again and I saw what was going on in this...

• G7: Charlevoix, Quebec - Statement 11 Jun 2018

  Will the Minister please give us the benefit of her observation on the fact that we heard only a few months ago from members of the Opposition in this House and the other place that President Trump would not be welcome in this country and that the Government should not extend an invitation to him—yet those same people are now saying that we are at the bottom of the list of his affection? I...

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Profile

Crossbench Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 10 July 2007

Party was Labour until 3 Oct 2008

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Other offices held in the past

• Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (22 Jan 2008 to 6 Oct 2008)
• Minister of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office (22 Jan 2008 to 6 Oct 2008)
• Minister of State (Business and Regulatory Reform), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (18 Jan 2008 to 22 Jan 2008)
• Minister of State (Business and Regulatory Reform), Foreign & Commonwealth Office (18 Jan 2008 to 22 Jan 2008)
• Minister of State (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) (Business and Regulatory Reform) (7 Nov 2007 to 3 Oct 2008)
• Minister of State (also in the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform), Foreign & Commonwealth Office (25 Jul 2007 to 18 Jan 2008)
• Minister of State (also in the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (25 Jul 2007 to 18 Jan 2008)
• Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (also in the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) (29 Jun 2007 to 5 Oct 2008)
• Minister of State (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) (Trade Promotion and Investment) (29 Jun 2007 to 7 Nov 2007)
• Minister of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office (28 Jun 2007 to 25 Jul 2007)
• Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (28 Jun 2007 to 25 Jul 2007)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 4 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords. See all Lord Jones of Birmingham’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 5.21% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — well below average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 50 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)