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Parliamentary History

Liberal Democrat

Eastleigh

5 May 2005 – 5 Feb 2013 (7 yrs 9 mo)

Ideology spectrum

75.0

ProgressiveCentreConservative

Conservative — based on 16 coded votes across 1 axes (1% coverage).

Policy axis scores

0 = progressive, 50 = centre, 100 = conservative. Based on coded division votes.

Climate / energy 75

Medium confidence 16 votes

Voting trends (most recent 12 months of activity)

Voting record

January 2013 5 votes

Division	Date	Vote
Twenty-seven months ago, in October 2010, I tabled an amendment that said that the boundary changes were being rushed through and should be postponed until the next Parliament. I was right then and I am right now. Hon. Members agree that this is a serious issue, and that we should look to try to have more equal constituencies, but the logic that has been followed does not do that. We need common-s...	29 Jan 2013	NO
I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Southend West (Mr Amess) for securing this debate on such an important subject, and I pay tribute to him and my hon. Friend the Member for Enfield, Southgate (Mr Burrowes) for consistently championing the cause of human rights in Iran. As my hon. Friend the Member for Enfield, Southgate has just said, one of the most striking and appalling aspects of ...	16 Jan 2013	AYE
We could have carried on with Warm Front and the status quo, but it would have taken us over 80 years. In fact, we may never have got there because over the past five years, despite the amount of money that Labour threw at the problem, fuel poverty was going up. We need a transformation in the way we deliver fuel poverty solutions, as well as delivering more investment. The green deal and the ECO ...	16 Jan 2013	NO
We have only two minutes left and there are still a number of points to cover— I gave way five times. Let me take this opportunity to point out that we do not need to change, nor is it the case simply that we can make requests of Ofqual. Ofqual can consider them and has in the past made wise judgments. I should say that the shadow Secretary of State has consistently questioned the judgment of Ofqu...	16 Jan 2013	NO
Here is the good news, which we would not get from the Opposition either: passenger journeys in 2012, measured on the third quarter, are up 0.6% from the same quarter the year before. [Interruption.] Members are shouting about London. Even with London taken out, passenger journeys are down just 0.8% on last year. Is that a Beeching-style cut? Total bus mileage is only down 0.8% as well. where they...	9 Jan 2013	NO

December 2012 17 votes

Division	Date	Vote
My hon. Friend will know that the CCS cost-reduction taskforce reported just a week ago and concluded: “UK gas and coal power stations equipped with carbon capture, transport and storage have clear potential to be cost competitive with other forms of low-carbon power generation, delivering electricity at a levelised cost approaching £100/MWh by the early 2020s”. That is not my conclusion, but that...	19 Dec 2012	NO
CMPs will allow the Government to defend their case and the claimant will have a special advocate working on their behalf, fighting their case. Moreover, it could well be that information that could be considered in a closed material procedure is of benefit to the claimant, and having the case heard using a closed material procedure does not guarantee that the Government will win. Will the Ministe...	18 Dec 2012	AYE
In between the bookends of prejudice that characterise the Bill, there are one or two worthwhile and sensible provisions, and I welcome them. The Penfold agenda for the rationalisation of conflicting planning and consent regimes is a sensible move forward, and there are some good things in that area, but it is hard to find them with those awful, unjustified, un-evidence-based prejudices on either ...	17 Dec 2012	AYE
Government amendment 64 creates a new right not to suffer detriment if an employee refuses to sign an employee-shareholder contract. This means that if an employee has been overlooked for promotion or has been disadvantaged in any other way because of that refusal, he may then be able to present a claim to an employment tribunal. Will the Minister give way? I will not, because of the time. Finally...	17 Dec 2012	NO
The hon. Gentleman is right that the main problem is the lack of effective demand because of the banking and mortgage collapse, but does he not see that, because of that, there is little or no profit in these prospective developments and that that is why they cannot afford the 106 agreement-type levels common before the bust? I turn to amendment 44, which was also tabled by my hon. Friend. The rig...	17 Dec 2012	NO
and “do not limit” themselves at 100 MW. During a recent “Sharp End” interview, the First Minister adopted Plaid Cymru’s position and said that he wanted full control over energy planning policy. If energy policy is the key to the future of the Welsh economy for jobs and growth—I am certain that it is—why should a 100 MW limit be set? Total control over energy planning policy would allow the Welsh...	17 Dec 2012	NO
years. That is what would have happened, had Labour won the election. It will fool no one: it will not fool the public, patients, the professionals or this House. We all know that the coalition is moving heaven and earth to protect the proud heritage of the NHS and drive up standards for everyone—whoever they are and wherever they live. Let us compare that with Labour’s real NHS project in Wales, ...	12 Dec 2012	NO
I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention and his compliment that he thinks my point is not wholly without merit, but it might test your patience, Mr Deputy Speaker, if I tried to shoehorn into the debate on the amendment possible solutions to the global food crisis and productivity in agriculture. On derivatives, in agricultural production there is a need to hedge. There needs to be some ki...	10 Dec 2012	NO
Amendment (b), tabled by the hon. Member for Nottingham East, would give the oversight committee an additional function to keep under review the adequacy and effectiveness of the Bank’s arrangements with the Treasury for crisis management. It is very important The problem is the threadbare nature of the memorandum of understanding, particularly the infamous paragraph 20, which says: “However, the ...	10 Dec 2012	NO
Legal aid and advice	5 Dec 2012	AYE
I acknowledge the special role the League of Friends plays in the life of Clevedon community hospital, a point my right hon. Friend made in his speech. It has worked to raise a lot of money for the hospital and to ensure that it is retained as an important community health care resource. It is dismayed and disappointed, as are others in the local community, by the attitude of the PCT. I understand...	5 Dec 2012	AYE
changes to public service provisions when in office, including through increasing the normal pension age from 60 to 65, introducing a cap-and-share mechanism to protect taxpayers from increasing costs and reforming contribution levels. According to the Public Accounts Committee, those reforms, implemented by the previous Government, will save the taxpayer £67 billion over 50 years. Can the hon. Ge...	4 Dec 2012	AYE
Question accordingly negatived. The Deputy Speaker then put forthwith the Questions necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded at that time ( Standing Order No. 83E ). Amendment proposed : 16, in clause 9, page 5, line 29, at end insert—	4 Dec 2012	NO
The other issue involved here is what our priorities are. The last figure I had for how much the unfunded public sector pension schemes were costing us was for 2009-10, when it was less than £4 billion. Some 60% of gross tax relief on pensions goes to higher rate taxpayers—that is £22 billion. The cost of providing tax relief to the 1% of our population who earn more than £150,000 was double the a...	4 Dec 2012	NO
There is a third reason for our approach. In order to provide the statutory protections that underpin our commitment on accrued rights, the Bill establishes a common set of member consent and consultation requirements. In the case of the new schemes set up under the Bill, any change in scheme regulations will require a prior, statutory consultation with all who are likely to be affected, or with t...	4 Dec 2012	NO
I would like to thank the Minister for the clarity his letters provided on clause 16, which was helpful, because there was originally some confusion about that in the Bill. I thank the hon. Gentleman for his kind remarks and hope that I can provide further such reassurance on the clause this afternoon. With regard to amendments 22 to 28, the purpose of clause 16 is to prevent benefits from being p...	4 Dec 2012	NO
Motion for leave to bring in a Bill (Standing Order No. 23 ) I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to repeal the Human Rights Act 1998; and for connected purposes. Section 3 also states that this provision does not affect the validity of any incompatible legislation, although it is also true under section 6 that it is unlawful for a public authority to act in a way that is incompat...	4 Dec 2012	NO

November 2012 8 votes

Division	Date	Vote
Question accordingly negatived. Main Question put.	29 Nov 2012	AYE
for everything. How would they pay for a VAT cut? The bank payroll tax. Higher capital expenditure? The bank payroll tax. Reversing changes to child benefit? The bank payroll tax. At the last count, a tax that they think would raise £2 billion has been used 15 times over to fund tax cuts and spending increases. I have three minutes left, so I am going to continue. I am not going to give way. I wan...	28 Nov 2012	NO
“I have been very clear and we have all been clear, we have to try to do this in a way that is fair so that the broadest backs bear the biggest burden. That is why we haven’t changed… the 50p tax rate.” The Deputy Prime Minister said in September 2011: “At a time when millions of people who play by the rules, work hard, pay their taxes and try to look after their families, it would be incomprehens...	28 Nov 2012	NO
complexity from the system to allow start-ups of small and sometimes fairly short-term charities. It is a good idea to enable people to set up charities for a particular purpose and perhaps to close them down once they have had a dab at what they need to do. Perhaps we are rather too inclined to keep organisations going just for the sake of keeping them going, rather than saying, “It has done its ...	26 Nov 2012	NO
The people or organisations hosting those 0845 numbers are the ones who earn the components of those calls. We have touched on the cost of 0845 calls and what would happen if we replaced them. The estimate is that replacing 0845 numbers with a free service would cost in excess of £12 million, because of changes to contracts and significant migration costs, including changes to branding and marketi...	21 Nov 2012	AYE
Question accordingly agreed to. The Deputy Speaker declared the main Question, as amended, to be agreed to ( Standing Order No. 31(2) ). rail fares; commends that these measures have been in part affordable because of the Government’s record of success in tackling tax avoidance and evasion which is on track to raise an additional £7 billion per annum by the end of this Parliament; and welcomes the...	12 Nov 2012	AYE
Question accordingly negatived. Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 31(2) ), That the proposed words be there added.	12 Nov 2012	AYE
What he did not mention was that the Ministers in question must have been those who consulted on the matter in 2008 and then decided not to change the law. Even four years on, the shadow Chancellor cannot stop himself briefing against the Treasury team of the right hon. Member for Edinburgh South West. Incidentally, HMRC has strengthened compliance in this area. It has, among other things, won a l...	12 Nov 2012	NO

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