Voting Record — Lord Peston (13597)

Lord Peston

Note: our records only go back to 1997 for the Commons and 2001 for the Lords (more details).

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Interesting Votes

Votes in parliament for which this Lord's vote differed from the majority vote of their party (Rebel), or in which this Lord was a teller (Teller), or both (Rebel Teller).

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HouseDateSubjectLord PestonLab VoteRôle
23 Apr 2016Stopped being Member, Science and Technology Committee (Lords)
30 Mar 2015Stopped being Member, Joint Committee on Security
16 Dec 2013Stopped being Member, Draft Voting Eligibility (Prisoners) Bill Committee
16 May 2013Became Member, Science and Technology Committee (Lords)
14 May 2013Became Member, Draft Voting Eligibility (Prisoners) Bill Committee
12 Nov 2009Stopped being Member, Constitution Committee
Lords8 Jul 2009Parliamentary Standards Bill — Second Reading — amendment motion minorityno Rebel
8 Nov 2006Stopped being Member, BBC Charter Review Committee
Lords30 Oct 2006Education and Inspections Bill — Stop faith schools requiring that candidates for headteacher posts belong to the relevant faith — rejected minorityno Rebel
Lords2 May 2006Speakership: House Committee Report minorityno Rebel
Lords25 Oct 2005Racial and Religious Hatred Bill Majorityno Rebel
8 Jun 2005Became Member, Constitution Committee
24 May 2005Became Member, Joint Committee on Security
24 May 2005Became Member, BBC Charter Review Committee
Lords8 Mar 2005Prevention of Terrorism Bill Majorityno Rebel
Lords5 Jul 2004Children Bill [HL] minorityno Rebel
18 Apr 2004Stopped being Member, Economic Affairs Committee
Lords21 Oct 2003Hunting Bill — amendment — registered hunting Majorityno Rebel
Lords21 Oct 2003Hunting Bill: amendment — "intentional" hunting Majorityno Rebel
Lords23 Jun 2003Communications Bill Majorityno Rebel
Lords4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — fully elected minorityno Rebel
Lords19 Mar 2002Hunting with dogs: Ban Majorityaye Rebel
Lords13 Dec 2001Lords Amendment Majorityno Rebel
Lords10 Dec 2001Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill Majorityno Rebel
Lords23 Jul 2001House of Lords' Offices: Select Committee Report minorityno Rebel
28 Jun 2001Became Member, Economic Affairs Committee
11 May 2001Stopped being Member, Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England
7 Dec 1998Became Member, Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England
8 Apr 1997Stopped being Member, Refreshment Sub Committee
8 Apr 1997Stopped being Member, House of Lords Offices Committee
20 May 1992Became Member, Refreshment Sub Committee
22 Oct 1991Stopped being Member, European Union Committee
6 Dec 1988Became Member, House of Lords Offices Committee
29 Nov 1988Became Member, European Union Committee

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this Lord and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

AgreementPolicy
50% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
50% Assisted Dying
67% Asylum System - More strict
50% Business and community control of schools: For
4% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
50% Control Orders
33% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
64% European Union Integration - For
30% Fox hunting - Ban
50% Gambling - Against permissiveness
74% Homosexuality - Equal rights
58% Identity cards - For introduction
50% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
50% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
50% No detention without charge or trial
50% Reducing the number of MPs - for
50% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
40% Schools - Greater Autonomy
100% Smoking ban - In favour
50% Stop climate change
21% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
50% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
50% University Tuition Fees - For

Possible Friends (more...)

Shows which Lords voted most similarly to this one in the Parliament. This is measured from 0% agreement (never voted the same) to 100% (always voted the same). Only votes that both Lords attended are counted. This may reveal relationships between Lords that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.

AgreementNameParty
100.0%Lord Bradley Lab
100.0%Baroness Chapman Crossbench
100.0%The Bishop of ChelmsfordBishop
100.0%Baroness Hale of RichmondJudge
100.0%Baroness Jones of WhitchurchLab
(13 MPs voted exactly the same as this one)

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