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Parliamentary History

Independent

Falkirk

21 Dec 2000 – 30 Mar 2015 (14 yrs 3 mo)

Ideology spectrum

26.0

ProgressiveCentreConservative

Progressive — based on 19 coded votes across 1 axes (1% coverage).

Policy axis scores

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

Climate / energy 26

Medium confidence 19 votes

Voting trends (most recent 12 months of activity)

Voting record

April 2013 4 votes

Division	Date	Vote
Question accordingly agreed to. Lords amendment 7 disagreed to	16 Apr 2013	NO
Does not the hon. Gentleman agree that businesses throughout Britain have been laden down with regulation, particularly in employment, and that we have to try constantly to make it easier for them to take people on, particularly at the moment, when we need to do that to create jobs? With the greatest respect to the hon. Gentleman, I disagree. We have heard this argument about the overburdening of ...	16 Apr 2013	NO
This is the reality for many people in this country—not for the Chancellor’s millionaire pals, but for the millions of ordinary people in this country who are facing the reality of unemployment and, for those in work, squeezed living standards, under-employment and increasing insecurity. The truly startling but unsurprising reality, confirmed by the OBR, is that people will be worse off in 2015 th...	15 Apr 2013	NO
Division 201	15 Apr 2013	NO

March 2013 11 votes

Division	Date	Vote
Rating and Valuation	13 Mar 2013	NO
A Joint Committee is considering the issues raised in the Green Paper and we look forward to considering its conclusions on this and other issues, which are expected to be published in the next few weeks. I am sure that the Committee will consider tonight’s debate and all the points raised by my hon. Friend carefully to see whether they are pertinent. If Parliament collectively believes that some ...	13 Mar 2013	NO
have supported us on this all along, and they have good reason for doing so. I want to try to persuade the hon. Member for Hayes and Harlington that Labour is right to support the Government’s position, so let me explain our position. If the Opposition spokespeople have changed their position— They have not changed their position. Well, if they have come to see the wisdom of the position adopted b...	13 Mar 2013	NO
The motion states that the Government should use “the billions of pounds committed to public procurement”, but our interpretation is that that does not automatically mean procurement in local government, although we believe that the Government have an important role to play in promoting that. I do not understand why the Minister thinks that the motion is defective. claimed to move the closure ( St...	12 Mar 2013	AYE
Question accordingly negatived. Question put ( Standing Order No. 31(2) ), That the proposed words be there added.	12 Mar 2013	NO
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. As a result of the Government’s actions, the richest pay more tax on capital gains, more stamp duty on their homes, more tax on their pension contributions, and more on income tax. As the Institute for Fiscal Studies has confirmed, the rich are now paying a higher percentage of income tax than at any time under the previous Administration. Given our measures to boost ...	12 Mar 2013	AYE
My hon. Friend makes a good point. The contents of the entire Bill show how the Government have already resisted the attempts of many in the banking lobby. Several hon. Members talked about RBS. The Government believe that RBS’s future is as a major UK bank with the majority of its businesses in the UK as regards personal, SME and corporate banking. United Kingdom Financial Investments Ltd continu...	11 Mar 2013	NO
Amendment made: 48, page 7, line 3, at end insert— ‘(7) In relation to proceedings before the Court of Session— (a) the reference in subsection (3) to the completion of the pre-trial disclosure exercise is a reference to the fixing of a hearing to determine the merits of the proceedings, and (b) the reference in subsection (6)(b) to when the pre-trial disclosure exercise is to be considered to hav...	4 Mar 2013	AYE
not been debated at all because we have not had time to do so. Is that not a reason for allowing renewal after a short time? Now that the Minister is talking about engaging Parliament and now that his right hon. and learned Friend the Minister without Portfolio is back in his place, is it not a good moment to address the idea that Parliament should be engaged by ensuring that the reviewer who can ...	4 Mar 2013	AYE
Amendment 43, page 5, line 5, leave out ‘(whether or not the Secretary of State)’. Amendment 44, page 5, line 11, leave out ‘person concerned’ and insert ‘party’. Amendment 29, page 5, line 18, leave out subsection (5). — (Mr Kenneth Clarke.) Amendment proposed : 30, page 5, line 36, leave out from ‘that’ to end of line 37 and insert	4 Mar 2013	AYE
People have been shocked by the stories they have heard. A constituent of mine, a young man I have known since he was a child, went to Pakistan to work in a hospital voluntarily because he is a doctor. He was picked up by the Pakistani authorities and tortured for six weeks. He was then interrogated by British intelligence officers, after torture. That is unacceptable. He is now in such a state th...	4 Mar 2013	AYE

February 2013 9 votes

Division	Date	Vote
The Government support homeowners taking in a lodger if they wish, just as we do for people in social housing. There will be a £4,250 income tax exemption should somebody want to take in a lodger. The hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion (Caroline Lucas) talked about borrowing more money. We cannot keep on borrowing. That is what got us into this situation. We need to stop borrowing and start living...	27 Feb 2013	AYE
child care industry also support our proposals. I admit that not everyone is supportive. I can only say that we are giving people the opportunity to offer more places, it is not compulsory, and it is certainly not something that we will allow providers who do not invest in high quality to do. We will also allow good nurseries who hire high-quality staff to have more flexibility and to expand, agai...	13 Feb 2013	NO
I hope that when people are considering whether to support the Lords in their amendment, they will not object to it on the principle that they do not like ticket touting, as I think that would be very unfortunate. It would fly in the face of all the evidence received by the Select Committee and reflected in its conclusions. We were unanimous in thinking that the secondary market was a perfectly le...	6 Feb 2013	NO
Question accordingly agreed to. Question put accordingly , That this House agrees with Lords amendment C6.	6 Feb 2013	AYE
He’s got a second wind. I can assure him he hasn’t. To clarify that point, a message has gone out from the Whip’s Office to all colleagues saying that we are officially on a one-line Whip. I am pleased to have that confirmation. It means that our attendance is voluntary. In conclusion, I hope that I will be able to move formally amendment (g) to Lords amendment C9, because it is the most telling a...	6 Feb 2013	AYE
Question accordingly agreed to. Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 41A(3) ,	5 Feb 2013	AYE
Question accordingly agreed to. Queen’s recommendation signified . Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 52(1)( a ) )	5 Feb 2013	AYE
Question accordingly agreed to. Bill read a Second time. On a point of order, Mr Speaker. On the Floor of the House today, we heard many times that the Bill should be committed to a Committee of the whole House. The Minister was asked whether that was possible, and he gave his reasons why he believed not. For clarification, Mr Speaker, and before we vote on the programme motion, is it possible to ...	5 Feb 2013	AYE
Labour introduced civil partnerships legislation in 2004 and since then, in a very short period, they have become widely and readily accepted. It has quickly become time to finish what was started then and I am very pleased that we are making progress with this Bill today. It is clear that there are concerns relating to detailed aspects of the Bill and it is, of course, right that they should be e...	5 Feb 2013	AYE

January 2013 6 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
That is absolutely correct. That clarification was right; the amendments are within the scope of the Bill. I have no intention of disputing your ruling, Mr Deputy Speaker, and that was not the intention of my comments. I merely wanted to say that this Bill has never had the intention of addressing the religion of the monarch or indeed of those in the line of succession. I thank the hon. Gentleman ...	28 Jan 2013	NO
Division 138	21 Jan 2013	NO
Question accordingly negatived. It being after nine o’clock, the Chairman put forthwith the Questions necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded at that time (Programme Order, 8 January ). Question put (single Question on successive provisions of the Bill), That clauses 1 to 3 stand part of the Bill; and that the schedule be the schedule to the Bill.	21 Jan 2013	NO
As the Minister knows very well, my question was this: what are his figures on absolute poverty? The hon. Lady will know perfectly well that the Labour Government never forecast poverty rates. She was a Work and Pensions Minister with—if I remember rightly—responsibility for child poverty, and never once forecast poverty rates, but in opposition she suddenly believes that this Government should do...	21 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	AYE

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