A selection of Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford's votes

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• Generally voted for reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax") Show votes 11 votes for, 0 votes against, 6 absences, between 2012–2014
• Consistently voted for encouraging occupational pensions Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2011
• Generally voted for fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 5 votes for, 1 vote against, 2 absences, between 2010–2016
• Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration Show votes 19 votes for, 22 votes against, 8 absences, between 2010–2017
• Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2010–2016
• Generally voted for replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, between 2015–2016

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Recent appearances

• Upcoming Business – Lords: Main Chamber 21 Mar 2019

  Health Services (Cross-Border Health Care and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019; National Health Service (Cross-Border Healthcare and Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019; Social Security Coordination (Reciprocal Healthcare) (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 – Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford. Orders and regulations

• Upcoming Business – Lords: Main Chamber 21 Mar 2019

  Nutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 – Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford. Orders and regulations

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Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 1 February 2019

Previously MP for Oxford West and Abingdon until 3 May 2017 — Dissolved for election

Entered the House of Commons on 6 May 2010 — General election

Also represented Oxford West and Abingdon

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @nicolablackwood

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Home Department
• International Development
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Education
• Business
• Innovation and Skills
• Departmental Contracts
• Immigrants: Detainees
• Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre
• Universal Credit
• Immigration Controls

Currently held offices

• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care (since 14 Jan 2019)

Other offices held in the past

• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (17 Jul 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (10 Sep 2015 to 19 Jul 2016)
• Chair, Science and Technology Committee (Commons) (18 Jun 2015 to 19 Jul 2016)
• Member, Home Affairs Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill Committee (9 out of 16)
• Mobile Homes Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Protection of Freedoms Bill Committee (15 out of 20)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 48 debates since joining Parliament — well above average amongst Lords. See all Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 written questions since joining Parliament — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 75.00% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — well above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 19–20 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 40 times in debates — below average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)