A selection of Lord True's votes

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• Consistently voted for fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2011
• Consistently voted for an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 7 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2011
• Generally voted against more EU integration Show votes 1 vote for, 5 votes against, in 2011

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Recent appearances

• House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL] - Committee 23 Mar 2018

  My Lords, I do not see any distinction at all, though I am always grateful for a compliment from the noble Lord, whom I esteem highly. I do not particularly follow the argument about independence. It is true that hereditary Peers come here by a different route, but I have never made that argument. As was said in a challenge to the noble Viscount, it is an objective fact. They come here...

• House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL] - Committee 23 Mar 2018

  I never like to challenge or take issue with my noble friend, but his argument is—to put it politely—feeble in the extreme. If the Labour Party wished to achieve its historic objective of getting rid of the hereditary peerage and was armed with a popular mandate, I very much doubt it would wait until the noble Lord, Lord Strathclyde, died in 2060 to do so. The noble Lord’s...

• House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL] - Committee 23 Mar 2018

  I will not take further interventions. There are serious points to be made against the Bill and some of those that I have addressed remain unresolved.

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Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 11 January 2011

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Currently held offices

• Chair, Intergenerational Fairness Committee (since 17 May 2018)
• Member, Procedure Committee (Lords) (since 8 Jun 2015)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, House Committee (Lords) (22 May 2012 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Procedure Committee (Lords) (2 Nov 2011 to 30 Mar 2015)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 12 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords. See all Lord True’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 83.36% 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 0 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — average amongst Lords.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 182 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)