Lord Dubs
Born
1932
Prague
School
Cheadle Hulme School
Independent
University
London School of Economics and Political Science
In office
2.7 years
Longer than 41% of ministers
OfficeOther workEducation
In government
TB
Appointed by Tony Blair
1 post · 1997–1999
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, NIO
Career
Before Parliament 3
Alongside Parliament 6
After office 3
Voting record
949
votes since 2016
2
votes against their own party, 0.2% of 895 whipped votes
0
rebellions as a minister, from 0 votes
54
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
- No
- NoCrime and Policing Bill2026-03-18 · 4 votes that day
- AyeCrime and Policing Bill2026-03-18
- AyeProcedure and Privileges2022-02-22
- NoConduct Committee Report2021-07-20
- AyeProcedure and Privileges2021-07-13 · 2 votes that day
- NoAbortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 20212021-04-28 · 3 votes that day
- Aye
- Aye
- No
- NoEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill2019-09-06 · 2 votes that day
- No
Votes against their party latest 2
- AyeBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill2025-11-05 · Immigration & asylum
- AyePolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill2022-01-17 · Justice & courts
Read the full voting transcript (949 votes)
Commons and Lords votes since 2016. Topics are assigned from division titles by keyword rules.
Bills sponsored
4
private member's bills, 4 as lead sponsor
0
of them became law
Private member's bills 4
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Passed second reading, then ran out of time
Planning (Subterranean Development) Bill [HL]2015 · Private member's bill (Lords)
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Passed second reading, then ran out of time
Extension of Franchise (House of Lords) Bill [HL]2013 · Private member's bill (Lords)
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Went no further than first reading
Extension of Franchise (House of Lords) Bill [HL]2012 · Private member's bill (Lords)
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Passed second reading, then ran out of time
Cluster Munitions (Prohibition) Bill [HL]2006 · 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.