A selection of Baroness Sherlock's votes

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• Consistently voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 7 votes against, in 2011
• Consistently voted against university tuition fees Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, in 2010
• Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2010
• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 5 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2011
• Consistently voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 0 votes for, 3 votes against, in 2011

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Recent appearances

• Social Security Coordination (Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 and Council Regulation (EC) No 859/2003) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 - Motion to Approve 5 Mar 2019

  My Lords, I thank the Minister for her introduction and all noble Lords for their contributions. I start with an apology, because I will not be brief. I do not often make lengthy speeches in this House, but I have been through these regulations as best as I can—and there are a lot of them—read the Explanatory Memorandum and listened carefully to the Minister’s introduction, and all that...

• Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2019 - Motion to Approve 5 Mar 2019

  On the affordability question, will the Minister address the point that I and another noble Lord made: the Government are likely to save half a billion pounds more on this freeze than they did from the 2014-15 Budget, so why could that money not be put to this purpose? While she is at it, her comments about work are very interesting, but if I could bring her back to the order under...

• Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2019 - Motion to Approve 5 Mar 2019

  My Lords, I thank the Minister for her introduction to this order and both noble Baronesses who have spoken. As we have heard, the purpose of the order is to make changes to the rates of those benefits which have been fortunate enough to escape the Government’s freeze, which is causing so much damage, as we have heard from the noble Baronesses. We now have a series of different categories...

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Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 5 July 2010

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Currently held offices

• Opposition Senior Whip (Lords) (since 27 May 2015)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Work and Pensions) (since 8 Oct 2013)

Other offices held in the past

• Opposition Whip (Lords) (18 Mar 2013 to 27 May 2015)

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• Has spoken in 27 debates in the last year — above average amongst Lords. See all Baroness Sherlock’s speeches
• Has received answers to 3 written questions in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 80.29% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — well above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 198 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)