A selection of Lord Barwell's votes

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• Consistently voted against paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability Show votes 0 votes for, 15 votes against, between 2011–2016
• Voted a mixture of for and against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 1 vote for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, between 2011–2016
• Generally voted for encouraging occupational pensions Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2010–2011
• Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration Show votes 21 votes for, 20 votes against, 6 absences, between 2010–2017
• Consistently voted for greater restrictions on campaigning by third parties, such as charities, during elections Show votes 12 votes for, 0 votes against, between 2013–2016
• Almost always voted for fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 6 votes for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, between 2010–2016

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Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Communities and Local Government: Social Rented Housing: Letting Agents 27 Apr 2017

  Social letting agencies can support vulnerable people and people on low incomes to access and sustain tenancies in the private rented sector. There are a number of different models of social letting agencies and in the Housing White Paper we set out our interest in exploring the relative effectiveness of these different models with the aim of securing more housing for households who would...

• Written Answers — Department for Communities and Local Government: Letting Agents: North East 27 Apr 2017

  It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

• Written Answers — Department for Communities and Local Government: Homes and Communities Agency: Public Appointments 27 Apr 2017

  I will ask the Chief Executive of the Homes and Communities Agency to write to the hon. Member with this information.

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Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 7 October 2019

Previously MP for Croydon Central until 3 May 2017 — Dissolved for election

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

Also represented Croydon Central

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Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Lord Barwell campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Health
• Cabinet Office
• Treasury
• Transport
• Communities and Local Government
• Smoking: Health Services
• Radiotherapy
• Youth Unemployment: London
• Heathrow Airport
• Autism: Children

Other offices held in the past

• Minister of State (Department for Communities and Local Government) (Housing, Planning and London) (17 Jul 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Comptroller (HM Household) (Whip, House of Commons) (13 May 2015 to 17 Jul 2016)
• Government Whip (15 Jul 2014 to 13 May 2015)
• Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (7 Oct 2013 to 15 Jul 2014)
• Member, Draft House of Lords Reform Bill (Joint Committee) (23 Jun 2011 to 26 Mar 2012)
• Member, Science and Technology Committee (Commons) (12 Jul 2010 to 27 Feb 2012)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Parking Places (Variation of Charges) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Crown Tenancies Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Neighbourhood Planning Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Taxation of Pensions Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Corporation Tax (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Childcare Payments Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
• Deregulation Bill Committee (16 out of 18)
• Prisons (Interference with Wireless Telegraphy) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Children and Families Bill Committee (18 out of 19)
• Mental Health (Discrimination) (No. 2) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Crime and Courts Bill Committee (12 out of 13)
• Localism Bill Committee (22 out of 24)
• London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Amendment) Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
• Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims (Amendment) bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 0 debates since joining Parliament — below average amongst Lords. See all Lord Barwell’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 written questions since joining Parliament — average amongst Lords.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 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") 0 times in debates — well below average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)