A selection of Lord Wharton of Yarm’s votes

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• Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration Show votes 21 votes for, 24 votes against, 4 absences, between 2011–2017.
• Consistently voted for replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 5 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2016.
• Generally voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs Show votes 1 vote for, 1 vote against, 2 absences, between 2010–2016.
• Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2010–2016.
• Consistently voted for encouraging occupational pensions Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2011.
• Generally voted for a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU Show votes 7 votes for, 3 votes against, between 2011–2016.

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Recent appearances

• King’s Speech - Debate (2nd Day) 8 Nov 2023

  My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the maiden speech of my noble friend Lord Houchen of High Leven, not least because he is my friend who now happens to be noble, and it is a pleasure to sit with him on these Benches. We can see already the passion he for has the area of Teesside, the Tees Valley, where he is the directly elected metro mayor. I first encountered him when he was young,...

• Written Answers — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Cyprus: Islamophobia 26 Oct 2023

  To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking as a Guarantor Power on Cyprus to work with relevant authorities to tackle the sharp increase in Islamophobic attacks against Turkish Cypriots in the Republic of Cyprus.

• Written Answers — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Cyprus: Missing Persons 26 Oct 2023

  To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to provide practical or financial assistance (1) to the President of Northern Cyprus, Ersin Tatar, and the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, in relation to their work on missing persons, and (2) to the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus.

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Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 10 September 2020

Previously MP for Stockton South until 3 May 2017 — Dissolved for election

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

Also represented Stockton South

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Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Lord Wharton of Yarm campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

• Business
• Innovation and Skills
• Energy and Climate Change
• Health
• Treasury
• Education
• Insolvency Service: Stockton On Tees
• Renewable Energy
• Asylum: Finance
• Traffic Penalty Tribunal
• Business: Government Assistance

Other offices held in the past

• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development (17 Jul 2016 to 12 Jun 2017)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Communities and Local Government) (Northern Powerhouse) ( 8 May 2015 to 17 Jul 2016)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 12 Nov 2012)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Local Government (Religious etc. Observances) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Control of Horses Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• European Union (Referendum) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (12 out of 14)