A selection of Baroness Sherlock's votes

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• 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
• Consistently voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2010
• 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

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Recent appearances

• Bereavement Benefits - Question 6 Apr 2017

  My Lords, I also signed the letter and was pleased to do so. There is genuine feeling around the House that the Government have made a mistake on this. What will happen in practice is that a six year-old who lost her father last year will be supported until she leaves school; if her father died next year, that support would stop after 18 months. That cannot be right. I know that I gave the...

• Local Authorities: Relationship Support Services - Question 5 Apr 2017

  My Lords, I should like to return to the answer given by the Minister to my noble friend Lady Lister. Perhaps he should go back to his own paper entitled Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families, which came out yesterday. Paragraph 33 cites evidence that problem debt and financial burdens can put pressure on relationships. It attributes those issues to persistent low income and income...

• Child Support: Unpaid Maintenance - Question 30 Mar 2017

  My Lords, I am happy to take the Minister at his word. Let us look at today, but in doing so I declare an historic interest as a member of the board of CMEC before I came into the House. The Government are closing the CSA and if you have an active case on the CSA, instead of transferring it to the new system, it is shut down and you are invited to apply to the new system. The Government...

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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 21 debates in the last year — above average amongst Lords. See all Baroness Sherlock’s speeches
• Has received answers to 1 written question in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 80.12% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — well above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 4 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — above average amongst Lords.
• 11 people are tracking this peer — email me updates on Baroness Sherlock’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 168 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)