A selection of Lord Jones of Birmingham's votes

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

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Recent appearances

• House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL] - Report: Amendment 2A 15 Mar 2019

  My Lords, I do not think I need to remind noble Lords that, at this moment, all over the nation, the political class is seen to have failed the country. If ever there was a time when noble Lords could make a stand for connecting more with the people, it is now. I assure noble Lords that, in pubs from Cradley Heath to West Bromwich, to Kings Heath in my home town, they talk of nothing but...

• 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...

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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)

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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 4.98% 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?)