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Viscount Hailsham

Conservative Secretary of State Cabinet Peer Wikipedia ↗
Born
1945
Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea
School
Eton College
Independent (Clarendon)
University
Christ Church
Oxford or Cambridge
In office
12.3 years
Longer than 96% of ministers
OfficeOther workEducation

In government

JM
Appointed by John Major
1 post · 1995–1997
  • Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
    Cabinet Secretary of State 1995/07 – 1997/05
MT
Appointed by Margaret Thatcher
4 posts · 1983–1995
  • Minister of State, FCO
    Minister of State 1990/11 – 1995/07
  • Minister of State, DTI
    Minister of State 1989/07 – 1990/11
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, HO
    Under-Secretary 1986/09 – 1989/07
  • Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)
    Whip / Parliamentary 1983/02 – 1984/10

Career

Before Parliament 1

1968–
barrister
Law (barrister, solicitor)

Alongside Parliament 1

1990–
Queen's Counsel / barrister
Law (barrister, solicitor)

Voting record

566
votes since 2016
81
rebellions on whipped votes (15.1%)
0
rebellions as a minister, from 0 votes
28
free votes, with no party line
Viscount Hailsham15.1%
Typical Conservative0.3%
Votes by year
As ministerNot a ministerRebellions
Votes by topic
VotesRebellions

Free votes their own view

Votes against their party latest 15

Commons and Lords votes since 2016. Topics are assigned from division titles by keyword rules.