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Lord Young of Cookham

Conservative Secretary of State Cabinet Peer Wikipedia ↗
Born
1941
Oxford
School
Eton College
Independent (Clarendon)
University
Christ Church
Oxford or Cambridge
In office
21.3 years
Longer than 100% of ministers
OfficeOther workEducation

In government

TM
Appointed by Theresa May
1 post · 2016–2019
  • Lord in Waiting
    Whip / Parliamentary 2016/07 – 2019/08
DC
Appointed by David Cameron
3 posts · 2010–2014
JM
Appointed by John Major
3 posts · 1990–1997
  • Secretary of State for Transport
    Cabinet Secretary of State 1995/07 – 1997/05
  • Financial Secretary
    Minister of State 1994/07 – 1995/07
  • Minister of State, DoEnv
    Minister of State 1990/11 – 1994/07
MT
Appointed by Margaret Thatcher
3 posts · 1979–1990
  • Comptroller of HM Household (Senior Whip)
    Whip / Parliamentary 1990/07 – 1990/11
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, DoEnv
    Under-Secretary 1981/09 – 1986/09
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, DHSS
    Under-Secretary 1979/05 – 1981/09

Career

Before Parliament 6

1963–1966
Role not stated
Hill Samuel
Banking, finance & accountancyunverified
1966–1967
Role not stated
National Economic Development Office
Civil service & diplomacy
1967–1969
Kobler Research Fellow
University of Surrey
Teaching & academia
1968–1971
Councillor
London Borough of Lambeth
Local government (councillor)
1969–1974
Economic advisor
Post Office Corporation
Civil service & diplomacy
1970–1973
Member (vice-chairman, Strategic Planning Authority)
Greater London Council
Local government (councillor)

Voting record

1,161
votes since 2016
20
votes against their own party, 1.8% of 1,128 whipped votes
0
rebellions as a minister, from 165 votes
33
free votes, with no party line
Share of whipped votes cast against their own party
Lord Young of Cookham1.8%
Typical Conservative0.3%
Typical Labour0.1%
Whipped votes by year
With their partyAgainst
Votes by topic
With their partyAgainst

Free votes their own view

Votes against their party latest 15

Read the full voting transcript (1,161 votes)

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

Bills sponsored

4
private member's bills, 2 as lead sponsor
2
of them became law
5
government bills put forward as a minister
5
of them became law

Government bills 5

Private member's bills 4

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.