Lord Faulkner of Worcester
Born
1946
Manchester
School
Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood
Independent (Clarendon)
University
Worcester College
Oxford or Cambridge
In office
0.9 years
Longer than 9% of ministers
OfficeOther workEducation
In government
GB
Appointed by Gordon Brown
1 post · 2009–2010
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Lord in Waiting
Career
No career outside Parliament is documented for Lord Faulkner of Worcester.
Voting record
959
votes since 2016
3
votes against their own party, 0.3% of 910 whipped votes
0
rebellions as a minister, from 0 votes
49
free votes, with no party line
Share of whipped votes cast against their own party
Whipped votes by year
With their partyAgainst
Votes by topic
With their partyAgainst
Free votes their own view
- NoCrime and Policing Bill2026-03-18 · 4 votes that day
- AyeCrime and Policing Bill2026-03-18
- AyeRoyal Albert Hall Bill [HL]2025-01-29
- AyePublic Order Bill2023-02-07
- NoPublic Order Bill2023-02-07
- NoSitting Times2022-07-05
- AyeConduct Committee Report2021-07-20
- NoConduct Committee Report2021-07-20
- NoProcedure and Privileges2021-07-13 · 2 votes that day
- AyeConduct Committee Report2021-07-06
- NoAbortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 20212021-04-28 · 3 votes that day
- Aye
Votes against their party latest 3
- NoHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) Bill2020-11-30 · Energy & transport
- AyeCorporate Insolvency and Governance Bill2020-06-23 · Economy, business & work
- AyeEuropean Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill2017-02-27 · Brexit & EU
Read the full voting transcript (959 votes)
Commons and Lords votes since 2016. Topics are assigned from division titles by keyword rules.
Bills sponsored
9
private member's bills, 8 as lead sponsor
1
of them became law
Private member's bills 9
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Passed second reading, then ran out of time
Heritage Railways and Tramways (Voluntary Work) Bill [HL]2022 · Private member's bill (Lords)
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Went no further than first reading
Heritage Railways and Tramways (Voluntary Work) Bill [HL]2020 · Private member's bill (Lords)
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Went no further than first reading
Heritage Railways and Tramways (Voluntary Work) Bill [HL]2019 · Private member's bill (Lords)
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Went no further than first reading
Heritage Railways and Tramways (Voluntary Work) Bill [HL]2017 · Private member's bill (Lords)
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Passed second reading, then ran out of time
Accessible Sports Grounds Bill [HL]2015 · Private member's bill (Lords)
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Went no further than first reading
Firearms (Amendment) Bill [HL]2013 · Private member's bill (Lords)
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Went no further than first reading
Scrap Metal Dealers (Amendment) Bill [HL]2011 · Private member's bill (Lords)
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Became law
Sports Grounds Safety Authority Act 20112010 · Private member's bill (ballot) · co-sponsor
All 9 private member's bills
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Went no further than first reading
Sports Grounds Safety Authority Bill [HL]2009 · Private member's bill (Lords)
Taken from Parliament's own records of bills. A government bill carries the name of the minister who introduces it, so it says which brief they held, not that they wrote it. Private member's bills are the ones MPs and peers bring forward themselves, and very few become law.