A selection of Lord Dobbs's votes

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• Consistently voted for fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, in 2011
• Generally voted against more EU integration Show votes 1 vote for, 5 votes against, in 2011
• Almost always voted for an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 6 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, in 2011

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Recent appearances

• Brexit: Article 50 Period Extension Procedure - Statement 18 Mar 2019

  My Lords, perhaps I might ask my noble friend the Minister—and he is a friend—a gentle but serious question. How can he expect noble Lords from these Benches to support the policy that is now being advocated, which the Government themselves have consistently opposed and repeatedly promised to never bring before this House?

• Written Answers — Department for Exiting the European Union: Borders: Northern Ireland 13 Mar 2019

  To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 13 February (HL13385), which characteristics beyond infrastructure in their view constitute a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

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Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 20 December 2010

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, Communications Committee (8 Jun 2015 to 10 Sep 2015)
• Member, Privacy and Injunctions (Joint Committee) (18 Jul 2011 to 12 Mar 2012)

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• Has spoken in 24 debates in the last year — above average amongst Lords. See all Lord Dobbs’s speeches
• Has received answers to 15 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 73.08% 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") 110 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)