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Baroness Primarolo

Labour Minister of State Peer Wikipedia ↗
Born
1954
London
School
Thomas Bennett Community College
State non-selective
University
University of Bristol
In office
13.0 years
Longer than 97% of ministers
OfficeOther workEducation

In government

GB
Appointed by Gordon Brown
2 posts · 2007–2010
  • Minister for Children, Young People and Families
    Minister of State 2009/06 – 2010/05
  • Minister for Public Health
    Minister of State 2007/06 – 2009/06
TB
Appointed by Tony Blair
2 posts · 1997–2007
  • Paymaster General
    Minister of State 1999/01 – 2007/06
  • Financial Secretary
    Minister of State 1997/05 – 1999/01

Career

Before Parliament 2

1973–
legal secretary
an east London Law Centre
Law (barrister, solicitor)
1985–
councillor (vice chair, Equal Opportunities Committee)
Avon County Council
Local government (councillor)

Voting record

624
votes since 2016
0
votes against their own party, 0.0% of 591 whipped votes
0
rebellions as a minister, from 0 votes
33
free votes, with no party line
Share of whipped votes cast against their own party
Baroness Primarolo0.0%
Typical Labour0.1%
Typical Conservative0.3%
Whipped votes by year
With their partyAgainst
Votes by topic
With their partyAgainst

Free votes their own view

Read the full voting transcript (624 votes)

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

Bills sponsored

1
government bills put forward as a minister
1
of them became law

Government bills 1

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.