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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House	Date	Subject	Lord Peston	Lab Vote	Rôle
23 Apr 2016	Stopped being Member, Science and Technology Committee
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Joint Committee on Security
16 Dec 2013	Stopped being Member, Draft Voting Eligibility (Prisoners) Bill (Joint Committee)
16 May 2013	Became Member, Science and Technology Committee
14 May 2013	Became Member, Draft Voting Eligibility (Prisoners) Bill (Joint Committee)
12 Nov 2009	Stopped being Member, Constitution Committee
Lords	8 Jul 2009	Parliamentary Standards Bill — Second Reading — amendment motion	minority	no	Rebel
8 Nov 2006	Stopped being Member, BBC Charter Review Committee
Lords	30 Oct 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Stop faith schools requiring that candidates for headteacher posts belong to the relevant faith — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	2 May 2006	Speakership: House Committee Report	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	25 Oct 2005	Racial and Religious Hatred Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
8 Jun 2005	Became Member, Constitution Committee
24 May 2005	Became Member, Joint Committee on Security
24 May 2005	Became Member, BBC Charter Review Committee
Lords	8 Mar 2005	Prevention of Terrorism Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	5 Jul 2004	Children Bill [HL]	minority	no	Rebel
18 Apr 2004	Stopped being Member, Economic Affairs Committee
Lords	21 Oct 2003	Hunting Bill — amendment — registered hunting	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	21 Oct 2003	Hunting Bill: amendment — "intentional" hunting	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	23 Jun 2003	Communications Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — fully elected	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	19 Mar 2002	Hunting with dogs: Ban	Majority	aye	Rebel
Lords	13 Dec 2001	Lords Amendment	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	10 Dec 2001	Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	23 Jul 2001	House of Lords' Offices: Select Committee Report	minority	no	Rebel
28 Jun 2001	Became Member, Economic Affairs Committee
11 May 2001	Stopped being Member, Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England
7 Dec 1998	Became Member, Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England
8 Apr 1997	Stopped being Member, Refreshment Sub Committee
8 Apr 1997	Stopped being Member, House of Lords Offices Committee
20 May 1992	Became Member, Refreshment Sub Committee
22 Oct 1991	Stopped being Member, European Union Committee
6 Dec 1988	Became Member, House of Lords Offices Committee
29 Nov 1988	Became 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.

Agreement	Policy
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

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.

Agreement	Name	Party
100.0%	Lord Bradley	Lab
100.0%	Baroness Chapman	Crossbench
100.0%	The Bishop of Chelmsford	Bishop
100.0%	Baroness Hale of Richmond	Judge
100.0%	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch	Lab

(13 MPs voted exactly the same as this one)

Voting Record — Lord Peston (13597)

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