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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

November 2012 5 votes

Division	Date	Vote
No. I have been very generous in taking interventions in three debates so far, so I will make my points and will not waste any more time. The last major element of the scheme is special expenses. As is consistent with our policy of focusing payments on the most seriously affected, we have retained the vast majority of those payments in their entirety. However, we have made it clear that the scheme...	7 Nov 2012	NO
Question accordingly negatived. Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 31(2) ), That the proposed words be there added.	7 Nov 2012	AYE
It is worth putting it on record that despite the financial challenge faced by the whole public sector, we have put an extra £12.5 billion into the NHS during the life of this Parliament. That is not to say, however, that there is no financial pressure, and the Opposition were right to highlight the Nicholson challenge and the need to cut away bureaucracy and waste in the NHS in order to put more ...	7 Nov 2012	NO
Division 94	6 Nov 2012	NO
Will the Minister give way? I will in a moment. I welcome, too, the support that we have had from my hon. Friends the Members for Halesowen and Rowley Regis (James Morris), for Bury St Edmunds (Mr Ruffley), for Henley (John Howell), for Dover (Charlie Elphicke), for Cleethorpes (Martin Vickers) and others. My hon. Friends the Members for Rugby (Mark Pawsey) and for Waveney (Peter Aldous) raised sp...	5 Nov 2012	AYE

October 2012 16 votes

Division	Date	Vote
Can the Minister confirm the amount of extra money which, under the Government’s proposals, we will send to the EU over the next two and a half years? According to my calculations and the House of Commons Library, it is an extra £1.3 billion between now and the next general election. Can he confirm that figure or tell the House what the figure is? It is true that the increase that we are talking a...	31 Oct 2012	NO
“not only will you need a computer to work out your benefit entitlements, you’ll need a map”. Coming from a party that had 32 different benefits to work through, I find that quite an amazing comment. I give way, of course, to the Select Committee Chairman. It is all down to local councils to decide, but one of the complications is that the Government are localising council tax benefit, but central...	31 Oct 2012	NO
I am genuinely trying to understand this point and ensure that the Bill is as foolproof as possible. As I understand the Government’s case, the clinical need of people with mental health problems—the Bill clearly would not apply to people who did not have mental health problems—is trumping the absence of proper process, so the Bill is not an abuse of human rights. The difficulty that I have with t...	30 Oct 2012	AYE
The Minister spoke warmly about his father and trade unions. Which trade unions support this Bill as it currently stands? Can he name even one? Since we received the first interim report from Lord Hutton, we have been in negotiations with trade union representatives from almost all the major trade unions. I am pleased to say that most of them have taken a very constructive approach. As I said, tra...	29 Oct 2012	AYE
perhaps they should start by getting those three to pull their fingers out, get campaigning and explain the rationale for their candidacy. Every Member of this House, elected as we are, should want election turnouts to be strong, and I am delighted that the profile of the elections is rising in Cleethorpes, Brigg and Goole, and Denton and Reddish. I believe that it will rise across England and Wal...	24 Oct 2012	NO
Sulphur contents for marine fuels	17 Oct 2012	AYE
Absolutely, and I would be very happy to do so. The hon. Lady’s commendable focus on this area of health care would, of course, lead me to wish to share that information with her, but of course I would be delighted to share it with the all-party group, too. The work done by a number of all-party groups, including hers, helps to ensure that many of these important issues are never forgotten and tha...	17 Oct 2012	AYE
Amendment 64, page 43, line 4, after ‘specified period’, insert ‘, or’. Amendment 65, page 43, line 6, after ‘specified period’, insert ‘, or’. Amendment 66, page 43, line 10, leave out line 10 and insert ‘If the provision is made by virtue of subsection (2)(a), it includes’. Amendment 67, page 43, line 19, leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must if necessary’. New clause 26— Review of legislation relati...	17 Oct 2012	NO
(b) is not to be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.’.— (Matthew Hancock.) Amendment made: 3, page 2, line 37, leave out ‘in the United Kingdom’ and insert ‘(whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere)’.— (Matthew Hancock.) Amendment proposed : 76, page 3, line 24, at end add—	17 Oct 2012	NO
I know that the Liberal Democrats have such power and significance in the coalition that they will be able to advance that proposal. If it is one of their manifesto or conference commitments, it will certainly happen. That might not look as sarcastic as it should do in Hansard , Mr Deputy Speaker. Let me go back to the point made by the hon. Member for Stroud (Neil Carmichael) . I mentioned Govern...	17 Oct 2012	NO
(1A) In subsection (1) “pre-termination negotiations” means any offer made or discussions held, before the termination of the employment in question, with a view to it being terminated on terms agreed between the employer and the employee.’. Amendment 9, page 8, line 36, leave out from beginning to second ‘to’ in line 37 and insert ‘Subsection (1) does not affect the admissibility, on any question...	17 Oct 2012	NO
Will the hon. Gentleman give way? No, because the hon. Gentleman came late to the debate. I am not boring! I might allow the hon. Gentleman to intervene if he came to the Chamber occasionally. The point of my proposals is to ensure a balance of fairness in the regime that is being introduced. There is currently no balance whatever. The Bill is Beecroft. It is based on no evidence and on prejudice,...	17 Oct 2012	NO
“under as few constraints as reasonably possible in determining its activities, timetables and priorities”, and it should not be regarded as the servant or agent of the Crown, or enjoy any status, immunity and privilege of the Crown. Those words are very clear. We are deliberately making sure that the EHRC is improved in respect of its management. We have made significant progress at the EHRC: we ...	16 Oct 2012	AYE
5. Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at 7.00 pm on the second day. The Bill aims to promote long-term growth and simplify regulation. The Government have tabled new clauses, introducing a number of further measures to improve regulation, and amendments, which followed from the useful and detailed deliberations in Committee. The Gover...	16 Oct 2012	AYE
Amendment 12, in clause 4, page 3, line 8, at end insert— ‘(f) the beneficial owners of any debt issued by a company receiving infrastructure assistance or one of their subsidiary companies, (g) the beneficial owners of any company which has entered into an agreement to receive infrastructure assistance, (h) for the purposes of this Act beneficial owner has the same meaning as that conferred by th...	15 Oct 2012	NO
If I have not been clear enough, I apologise to my hon. Friend. Perhaps I could write to him later in order to be clearer, or even have a meeting with him on this particular issue. The Minister has already confirmed that flood defences would fall under the auspices of the Bill. Will he confirm that that would also be true of a carbon capture and storage infrastructure network? I can confirm that C...	15 Oct 2012	NO

September 2012 9 votes

Division	Date	Vote
‘(10) The defence under this section is not defeated by reason only of the fact that the operator of the website moderates the statements posted on it by others.’— (Mrs Grant.) I beg to move amendment 8, page 8, line 26, leave out from ‘court’ to end of line 28 and insert— ‘(a) is satisfied that it is not reasonably practicable for an action to be brought against the author, editor or publisher; a...	12 Sep 2012	NO
On the amendments tabled by my hon. Friends the Members for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Paul Farrelly) and for Hayes and Harlington (John McDonnell), my constituency neighbour, my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme, pointed out that the Reynolds list was meant to be flexible, but that this had led to a catalogue of problems. I welcome his attempt to tidy up clause 4 while seeking to probe t...	12 Sep 2012	NO
There are therefore counter-arguments to the cases raised by Lord Prescott and others. [ Interruption. ] My hon. and learned Friend the Member for Harborough (Mr Garnier) says that it is not compulsory to sue, and I made that point when I was asked why I never sued Auberon Waugh who made a living out of me for about four years. Having said that, there are other issues to which I wish to pay more a...	12 Sep 2012	NO
Finally, in the short amount of time available to me, let me say that Government Members faced up to the difficult challenges of funding higher education. However, we do not know what the Opposition stand for. It is like a multiple-choice question. Which is the answer? Is it the graduate tax? We know that the Leader of the Opposition is in favour of a graduate tax because he said: “I want to have ...	11 Sep 2012	NO
more return for working. So this is good news for work incentives. The right hon. Member for Birkenhead referred to the people facing an increase in their marginal rate, but that increase is by four percentage points, from a median of 41 to 45. That is the trade-off. We give people an incentive to take work and we tackle the most severe marginal rates, while some people face a four percentage poin...	11 Sep 2012	NO
Division 63	11 Sep 2012	NO
Question accordingly negatived Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 31(2) ), That the proposed words be there added.	5 Sep 2012	AYE
Let me turn the underlying economic issue. My hon. Friend the Member for Meon Valley (George Hollingbery) hit the nail on the head. He was absolutely right to say that we have recognised that ensuring that we deal with the deficit is what keeps interest rates low. For many of our constituents—indeed, for millions of households—ensuring that interest rates remain lower for longer is vital to their ...	5 Sep 2012	NO
It is our intention, once the savings coming through from Network Rail are realised, to end the era of above-inflation rail fare increases introduced by the previous Government. There can be no doubt about our intention to do that. I can assure the hon. Member for Wirral South (Alison McGovern) that split ticketing will be covered in the fares and ticketing review. As for East Coast, which is curr...	5 Sep 2012	NO

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