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Lord Patten

Conservative Secretary of State Cabinet Peer Wikipedia ↗
Born
1945
School
Wimbledon College
State non-selective
University
Sidney Sussex College
Oxford or Cambridge
In office
13.5 years
Longer than 98% of ministers
OfficeOther workEducation

In government

JM
Appointed by John Major
1 post · 1992–1994
MT
Appointed by Margaret Thatcher
4 posts · 1981–1992
  • Minister of State, HO
    Minister of State 1987/06 – 1992/04
  • Minister of State, DoEnv
    Minister of State 1985/09 – 1987/06
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, DHSS
    Under-Secretary 1983/06 – 1985/09
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, NIO
    Under-Secretary 1981/01 – 1983/06

Career

Before Parliament 1

Undated
Geography Fellow
University of Oxford
Teaching & academia

Voting record

574
votes since 2016
2
votes against their own party, 0.4% of 564 whipped votes
0
rebellions as a minister, from 0 votes
10
free votes, with no party line
Share of whipped votes cast against their own party
Lord Patten0.4%
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 2

Read the full voting transcript (574 votes)

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