Ian Swales | ProjectParly

Parliamentary History

Liberal Democrat

Redcar

6 May 2010 – 30 Mar 2015 (4 yrs 10 mo)

Ideology spectrum

42.8

ProgressiveCentreConservative

Leaning progressive — based on 21 coded votes across 3 axes (2% coverage).

Policy axis scores

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

Economic policy 45

Medium confidence 11 votes

Civil liberties 100

Low confidence 3 votes

Climate / energy 14

Low confidence 7 votes

Voting trends (most recent 12 months of activity)

Voting record

December 2014 6 votes

Division	Date	Vote
“The Bill establishes the secure college in law. Beyond the legal framework, the legislation does not specify details of the regime to be delivered within the secure college.” The most obvious example of that is the secure college rules. Effectively, the secure colleges are the old-style Borstals, and everybody knew that they did not work. Indeed. One of the fundamental problems is that there is n...	1 Dec 2014	NO
Question accordingly agreed to. Lords amendment 107 disagreed to.	1 Dec 2014	AYE
Question accordingly agreed to. Lords amendment 103 disagreed to.	1 Dec 2014	AYE
Question accordingly agreed to. Lords amendment 97 disagreed to.	1 Dec 2014	AYE
In a way, the wording does not matter. The net effect of those criteria is to set up retrospective tests that mean that the chilling effect will apply. Interveners are typically charities, not-for-profit organisations and others who may perhaps have funds to pay their own costs, but The hon. Gentleman is missing the point. Why should those who row in to back a judicial review that they lose be aut...	1 Dec 2014	AYE
Division 100	1 Dec 2014	AYE

November 2014 19 votes

Division	Date	Vote
economic recovery, but to make sure we never get into this mess again. That is why it is all about finding the right balance: between ensuring that those with the broadest shoulders take the biggest burden and ensuring the UK remains internationally competitive and open for business. The motion's final point related to creating new funds for health and care. Since 2010, the Government have increas...	26 Nov 2014	NO
Question accordingly agreed to. Amendment proposed: 16, page 2, line 18, leave out “The reference in” and insert “In”. —(Thomas Docherty.)	24 Nov 2014	AYE
Question accordingly negatived. Amendment proposed : 24, page 2, line 9, at end insert—	24 Nov 2014	AYE
Question accordingly agreed to. Amendment proposed : 15, page 2, line 9, at end insert—	24 Nov 2014	AYE
Question accordingly negatived. Amendment proposed : 14, page 1, line 18, leave out subsection (4) and insert—	24 Nov 2014	AYE
I always give way to the hon. Lady and she always then serves up the most impossible and difficult interventions. I think she is the Michael Holding of interventions, with these very fast balls being bowled at me. My stumps have disappeared behind me, but what I would say is that I would apply exactly the same rules to those people as to anybody else. If someone commits an offence currently for wh...	24 Nov 2014	AYE
The hon. Member for Clacton (Douglas Carswell) , who has not returned to his seat, said that there was 100% agreement within his party. I hope he spoke to its economics spokesman before he made those comments, because he may find that that is not the case. I want to make a point about prima facie evidence. It is not a requirement under the 1957 extradition convention that requesting states provide...	19 Nov 2014	AYE
Question accordingly negatived. More than two hours having elapsed since the commencement of proceedings on consideration, the proceedings were interrupted (Programme Order, 18 November ). 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 : 10, page 134, line 36, at end insert—	19 Nov 2014	NO
However, the Labour Government did not deliver that, perhaps because there are people for whom such arrangements work well, as we heard from the TUC during the evidence session in Committee. While there are undoubtedly problems with zero-hours contracts, and I do not wish to dismiss them, I think it important to introduce some perspective to the debate. Last year the Chartered Institute of Personn...	19 Nov 2014	NO
environment that we can have prosperity, growth and indeed the environmental protections that she is so passionate about. I strongly support, and urge her to support, the deregulation target. Why does the Minister present regulation as always being anti-business, given that so many businesses are saying that smart regulation is good for a competitive environment? Of course, if we can achieve the r...	18 Nov 2014	NO
This amendment provides that all regulations under the Part, other than regulations under section 61(1)(c), are subject to affirmative resolution procedure. Amendment 58, page 49, line 5, at end insert— ‘( ) If a draft of an instrument containing regulations under section (Power to grant exemptions from Pubs Code) would, apart from this subsection, be treated for the purposes of the Standing Order...	18 Nov 2014	NO
“It is right that we make the new scheme consistent with the current framework.”––[Official Report, Child care Payments Public Bill Committee, 23 October 2014 ; c. 192 .] I urge her to reconsider her decision not to increase support for parents of disabled children. She can help today by increasing the maximum age at which disabled children become eligible for the tax-free child care scheme—and, i...	17 Nov 2014	NO
Secretary promised a debate on the European arrest warrant and promised a vote on it, and she has not given it. Do you agree that that is not a reply to a business motion debate? I think I have set out the position clearly and there is nothing at this stage for me to add, but Members will form their own view. That is the fairest thing I can say—Members will form their own view. I think I am right ...	10 Nov 2014	AYE
My hon. Friend is absolutely right. She makes a point that she and other Labour Members have been fighting for. This Government are bequeathing the people of England a fractured landscape in the NHS, in skills and in transport, but we are embarking on a journey to empower people and places across England to work together, and we are placing the bus at the centre of that, as has been done so well i...	5 Nov 2014	NO
(a) the extent to which the current legislation governing prostitution in England and Wales acts as an effective deterrent to demand for sexual services from exploited persons; (b) the extent to which the current legislation governing prostitution in England and Wales enables effective enforcement action against those trafficking people for sexual exploitation; and (c) the extent to which alternat...	4 Nov 2014	NO
Question accordingly negatived. Proceedings interrupted (Programme Order, this day). The Deputy Speaker put forthwith the Questions necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded at that time ( Standing Order No. 83E ) New Clause 2	4 Nov 2014	NO
I am encouraged that the Minister says her mind is open and that there will be further consideration. Can hon. Members take that as a distinct hint for more progress in the Lords? If my right hon. Friend will allow me to continue my comments, I will speak first about new clause 1. The new clause would open the way for the GLA’s remit to be extended to any area of work or sector, which would be a m...	4 Nov 2014	NO
(2) A person may be in a situation of exploitation whether or not— (a) escape from the situation is practically possible for the person; or (b) the person has attempted to escape from the situation. (3) The consent or apparent consent of the person of the exploitation is irrelevant where any of the means set forth in section 9(1) has been used.’— (Diana Johnson.) Brought up.	4 Nov 2014	NO
Despite the Crown Prosecution Service guidelines, children are still prosecuted. It should be an imperative for us in this legislation to stop that from occurring in the future, and this Bill provides us with an opportunity to do that. I point out to the Minister that in July the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child urged the Government, in relation to trafficked children and to all children co...	4 Nov 2014	NO

October 2014 5 votes

Division	Date	Vote
Order. That is very unseemly conduct from the hon. Member for Easington (Grahame M. Morris) . I know you are an excitable chap and a keen parliamentarian, but the voice of Cleethorpes must be heard. Question put ( Standing Order No. 23 ).	29 Oct 2014	AYE
When we talked about Remploy and the staff who used to work there, a couple of points made by the right hon. Member for East Ham (Stephen Timms) were wrong. In fact, 80% of former employees have now found jobs or are receiving specialist tailored employment and support to help them find one. These are the sort of things we are doing to help disabled people, as well as helping an extra 116,000 peop...	28 Oct 2014	NO
As I understand the Bill, it proposes that in the event of a custodial sentence of less than 12 months the recall mechanism can be triggered. Many offences are punished not by custodial sentences but by serious community penalties. Why have the Government taken the view that offences punished by such sentences should not trigger the ability to recall the Member? I must correct my hon. and learned ...	27 Oct 2014	NO
“My HIA Inquiry panel colleagues and I welcome the written statement made by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to the House of Commons in which she has given assurances that all So Sir Anthony Hart appears to be robust in his determination, as we are in ours, to uncover the truth about this horrible matter. Taking all these strands together, I hope that this reassures those on both sides...	22 Oct 2014	AYE
“whether the person, in carrying out the activity in the course of which the negligence or breach of statutory duty took place, demonstrated a generally responsible approach towards protecting the safety or other interests of others.” We heard a degree of teasing from the Opposition about the “generally responsible approach”, but I am afraid that the issue is a bit too serious for teasing. I want ...	20 Oct 2014	NO

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