A selection of the Bishop of Birmingham's votes

See full list of topics voted on

• Has never voted on raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year
• Has never voted on more EU integration
• Has never voted on university tuition fees
• Has never voted on an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency
• Has never voted on fewer MPs in the House of Commons

We have lots more plain English analysis of the Bishop of Birmingham’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit the Bishop of Birmingham’s full vote analysis page for more.

Recent appearances

• Higher Education and Research Bill - Committee (2nd Day) (Continued) 11 Jan 2017

  My Lords, I regret that my friend the Bishop of Portsmouth is not in his place tonight, having been exhausted, I suppose, by leading the debate on the Armed Forces covenant on Monday. He has asked me to bring before your Lordships Amendment 58 which relates to the general duties of the Office for Students. This is in the context of warmly welcoming the Bill’s commitment to greater...

• House of Lords: Size - Motion to Resolve 5 Dec 2016

  My Lords, I am pleased to be able to contribute to this important debate and am grateful to the Campaign for an Effective Second Chamber, in which we are allowed to participate from time to time, for bringing it to us today. I am also grateful for the remarks of the noble Lords and noble Baronesses who have already spoken. I have written down that I share their widely shared view that the...

• Autumn Statement: Economy - Motion to Take Note 29 Nov 2016

  My Lords, the noble Lord mentioned doctrine, and I am sure that the aspirations of the Government’s economic plan fit in perfectly with the newly arrived season of the Christian Advent, where we offer the expectation of a fulfilled and better future, and the hope that the general population will continue to display their usual dependence on the freely available social measures of faith,...

More of The Bishop of Birmingham’s recent appearances

RSS feed (?)

Profile

Bishop

Entered the House of Lords on 26 October 2010

• Wikipedia page
• Diocese website

Currently held offices

• Member, Financial Exclusion Committee (since 25 May 2016)
• Convenor of the Lords Spiritual (since 18 May 2015)

Numerology

Please note that numbers do not measure quality. Also, representatives may do other things not currently covered by this site.
More about this

• Has spoken in 4 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords. See all the Bishop of Birmingham’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 1.38% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — well below average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 0 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — average amongst Lords.
• 6 people are tracking this peer — email me updates on the Bishop of Birmingham’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 24 times in debates — below average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)