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Danny Alexander

Danny Alexander

Last served Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey (2005-05-05 – 2015-03-30)
59.3
Leaning conservative
27 coded votes
1,339
Total votes
744
Ayes
595
Noes
0
Other

Parliamentary History

5 May 2005 – 30 Mar 2015 (9 yrs 10 mo)

Ideology spectrum

59.3
ProgressiveCentreConservative

Leaning conservative — based on 27 coded votes across 2 axes (2% coverage).

Policy axis scores

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

Economic policy 50
Low confidence 8 votes
Climate / energy 63
Medium confidence 19 votes

Voting trends (most recent 12 months of activity)

Voting record

October 2013 8 votes
Division Date Vote
A couple of years after the White Paper, the then Business Secretary, the right hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle (Alan Johnson) , said: “The Government consider that zero hours contracts can contribute to the flexibility necessary for a modern labour market”.—[ Official Report , 2 March 2000; Vol. 345, c. 344W .] Unlike the last Labour Government, we will act. We will hold a full... 16 Oct 2013 NO
Does the Minister recognise that sometimes it is not the attacks themselves that cause anxiety but the intimidating nature of some of the dogs that are attached to what I would call dangerous owners? That blights the lives of people trying to use the parks. Just the presence of this intimidating animal with its owner can do some damage. I do recognise that. That is a good reason why it is better t... 15 Oct 2013 NO
In the absence of any amendment to the programme motion, what could the House possibly gain from voting against it? If we did so we would, in effect, lose a whole day. I welcome the hon. Gentleman, whose presence in the House has been limited because of illness, to his place. The fact of the matter is that there is a general trend under this Government to limit the time to consider all Bills, not ... 14 Oct 2013 AYE
Division 96 14 Oct 2013 AYE
Part 3 seeks to punish all trade unions by burying them in pointless and expensive administrative requirements for their membership lists because some of them have had the temerity to be affiliated to the Labour party. It should be seen for the grubby little piece of partisan legislative abuse that it is. Order. We have fewer than 20 minutes left and five Members wish to catch my eye. If we can di... 9 Oct 2013 AYE
elections, and if there were special, unique features associated with a particular constituency and an argument going on there, it would not be unreasonable to have a different expenditure level in that seat. Further, also under subsection (6)— Order. I say very gently to the Deputy Leader of the House, to whose contribution I am listening with my usual interest and respect, that I know that he wi... 9 Oct 2013 NO
I have listened carefully to what the Opposition have said, but I will press the Government amendments. Amendment 32 agreed to. Amendment made: 33, page 12, line 34, leave out subsection (3) and insert— ‘( ) Omit subsection (3).’.— (Tom Brake.) Amendment proposed : 101, page 12, leave out line 37 to line 9 on page 13 and insert— 9 Oct 2013 NO
I shall repeat what I just said to Mr Allen: we need to get to the point. This debate is about the programme motion. I have allowed a little leeway, and he has used that leeway. I think he is now in danger of taking advantage of the Chamber, and I am sure he is about to finish. Since, sadly, I am accusing the Government of taking advantage of this Chamber, it is incumbent upon me not to do so, but... 8 Oct 2013 AYE
July 2013 17 votes
Division Date Vote
Senior Courts of England and Wales 17 Jul 2013 AYE
Court of Judicature, Northern Ireland 17 Jul 2013 AYE
Deferred Division 17 Jul 2013 AYE
which the Welsh Government have great hopes for, will be successful and that, in looking at it, we will form a different view. It is important to keep all one’s options open. As I was saying, NHS Blood and Transplant announced its new strategy on 11 July . It has a new chair who is full of vigour and who I am sure will do an extremely good job. performance in many other countries. There is no reas... 17 Jul 2013 AYE
Question accordingly negatived. Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 31(2) ), That the proposed words be there added. 17 Jul 2013 AYE
We must focus on improving productivity in the NHS so that we can do more with the resources that we have. As the Secretary of State outlined, that is about improving the technology in the NHS so that we can spend more money on care and free up staff time. If we use technology to better join up health and social care, staff will spend less time on paperwork and more time with patients, which will ... 17 Jul 2013 NO
Division 60 15 Jul 2013 AYE
The Secretary of State says he is happy to go along with this agreement. Will he explain what agreement he is talking about? What we have agreed to do across the Government is table amendments to the Bill before the House at the moment that introduce things like a proportionality test, which is much needed and mirrors the situation in Germany. That is the kind of reform to the arrest warrant that ... 15 Jul 2013 NO
(i) the separation of the provision of core services from the provision of investment activities, (ii) the retention of a class of assets in the ownership of HM Treasury, (iii) the impact of any sale on the creation of a regional banking network. (2) A copy of the report in subsection (1) shall be laid before Parliament and sufficient time shall be given for the appropriate committees of both Hous... 9 Jul 2013 NO
We accept the need to go further. Accordingly, we will be adopting the commission’s recommendation that the Prudential Regulation Authority should be given a secondary competition objective, and we will table amendments to the Bill to that effect in the autumn. Hear, hear. I am grateful for my hon. Friend’s contribution. The regulator will be created under the Bill, and given that it will be set u... 9 Jul 2013 NO
Division 50 9 Jul 2013 NO
The hon. Gentleman mentions the important pursuit of growth. Will he enlighten the House on what happened to his party’s five-point plan for growth, including his commitment to a reduction in VAT? We are desperately keen for the Government to bring forward any measures—whether measures on VAT or bringing forward capital infrastructure—that would stimulate growth. Any Chancellor worth his or her sa... 2 Jul 2013 AYE
Secondly, there are advantages in terms of tax revenue. Although schedule 19 imposes SDRT on fund managers matching investors for UK funds, the Exchequer would be advantaged by having more funds domiciled in the UK, as that would involve the paying of income tax, national insurance, VAT, business rates and other taxes by people who would be employed here, rather than in Luxembourg, Ireland and oth... 2 Jul 2013 NO
My right hon. Friend, as always, is very acute and he realises that this is a political move. The change is being introduced with no analysis and no evidence base—it is a political move that will have significant redistributional consequences in favour of some areas at the expense of others, paying no regard whatever to the principles of localism that the Government used to proclaim. May I tempt m... 2 Jul 2013 NO
Order. Mr Newmark, this is not an opportunity for you to make a speech; it was an intervention on new clause 10, and we would like it to be relevant. Will the hon. Lady give way? No, I will not give way now, as I want to carry on with my argument. There may be an opportunity later. and sticking fast. The Chancellor and the Prime Minister have also tried to pass this off as everybody else’s fault, ... 2 Jul 2013 NO
segment of the debate, one of the key issues is tax avoidance, and Government Members made great play of the fact that the higher rate of income tax introduced at the end of the last Labour Government was not going to deliver much revenue because people would attempt to avoid it. I can understand that argument, but I think they are wrong, because we did not have a long enough period to see it work... 1 Jul 2013 NO
for which the House has determined tax relief should be available. One might find people retiring earlier or locating in other jurisdictions. All those things have an impact. I sympathise somewhat with the point of the hon. Member for Islwyn (Chris Evans) about his and his party’s desire to target bankers, but if we want to create an entrepreneurial society, we must realise that not all the big we... 1 Jul 2013 NO
June 2013 3 votes
Division Date Vote
Perhaps the Minister might be able to explain why it has taken nearly two years to make that amendment. If I understood him correctly, he said that the evaluation of all this process was being extended to the end of the summer, so if the revised letter is not going out until the end of this month or the end of next month, there will be very little time to judge whether that has made any difference... 12 Jun 2013 AYE
The hon. Member for Mitcham and Morden (Siobhain McDonagh) , as ever, championed her local hospital, as I expect her always to do, but she spoke about a lack of public consultation and many of us will take away her wise observations on that. It is important to remind the House of the comments of my hon. Friend the Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood. He, like others in the debate, reported that his... 5 Jun 2013 NO
Question accordingly negatived. Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 31(2) ), That the proposed words be there added. 5 Jun 2013 AYE
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