John Bercow | ProjectParly

Parliamentary History

Speaker

Buckingham

1 May 1997 – 4 Nov 2019 (22 yrs 6 mo)

Ideology spectrum

80.0

ProgressiveCentreConservative

Conservative — based on 10 coded votes across 1 axes (1% coverage).

Policy axis scores

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

Climate / energy 80

Medium confidence 10 votes

Voting trends (most recent 12 months of activity)

Voting record

October 2008 9 votes

Division	Date	Vote
Question accordingly negatived. Main Question put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 62 (Amendment on second or third r eading) :—	20 Oct 2008	NO
The Bill introduces greater transparency to political donations. At various points in the past— Returning to the important theme of the arms race, will my hon. Friend assure the House that when that matter comes before the Committee he will take it very seriously? In the end, the Bill must be about giving confidence not only to Members of Parliament or candidates but to the wider public, who need ...	20 Oct 2008	AYE
Division 276	20 Oct 2008	NO
I know that time is against me, so I shall conclude by saying merely that I believe that it was a good thing that the Electoral Commission stated the following to me: "In our report, we did not recommend the complete removal of candidates' addresses from ballot papers—but we did suggest that addresses on ballot papers"— one of the examples that we all know about— "could be abridged. Giving the fir...	20 Oct 2008	AYE
"(12) Where a child was accommodated by the local authority under this section immediately before being detained, the child shall continue to be deemed a "looked after child" for the purposes of section 23(1)(b) and section 24 of this Act save for the provision of accommodation." (13) In this section "detained" means detained in a remand centre, a young offenders institution or a secure training c...	8 Oct 2008	AYE
Interestingly, new clause 23 touches on some of the same issues, but proposes a more informal approach. It contains some interesting ideas; indeed, I would be rather surprised if something similar were not operating in the best local authorities. I am therefore not convinced that there is a need to legislate at this stage; rather, perhaps new clause 23 sets out some good practice that should be en...	8 Oct 2008	AYE
Division 273	8 Oct 2008	AYE
"if we fail in our endeavours to make the notification scheme work, we will not need to return to the House with primary legislation and we will implement the registration scheme, despite our concerns about whether it will work as well as everyone would like it to."—[ Official Report, Standing Committee B, 21 October 2004 ; c. 289-291.] We believe that local authorities should devise and publish a...	8 Oct 2008	AYE
"that—on average—around 9 per cent. of all statutory instruments transpose EC legislation...I believe this is the correct figure." "has previously researched Mr Farage's claim, made on Today , that this figure is 75 per cent., and found that it is supposedly based on a German government statement, although no-one has actually discovered it. Mark points out, however, that this whole area is a conte...	8 Oct 2008	AYE

July 2008 17 votes

Division	Date	Vote
English is an additional language for 75 per cent. of children at Churchill Gardens community primary school, and 55 per cent. of the children there are on free school meals. Is it not a terrific tribute to the school that, through great leadership, a language-rich environment and a powerful focus on communication, it is getting terrific results? That just shows what can be done in a mainstream sc...	21 Jul 2008	NO
Retailers would be likely to stop smoothing the impact of oil prices feeding through to petrol prices, as they tend to do at the moment. As well as being based on a non-existent windfall, the Opposition's proposal would make it incredibly difficult to forecast the public finances, given the notorious volatility of the world oil price. On the Government's policy, how much will the 2p delayed duty r...	16 Jul 2008	AYE
My hon. Friend the Member for North Durham (Mr. Jones) described a catalogue of problems in the last two Parliaments and stressed the importance of financial audit. The right hon. Member for Maidstone and The Weald (Miss Widdecombe) said that she wanted to make a robust defence of the position in which hon. Members find themselves. She certainly succeeded. She also pointed to the fundamental weakn...	16 Jul 2008	AYE
Division 265	16 Jul 2008	AYE
Division 264	16 Jul 2008	AYE
The amendments focus on that precise point. I said in Committee that the new sanctions are an alternative to criminal prosecution. Before determining whether to pursue a prosecution or impose a sanction, the regulator will have to undertake a thorough and rigorous investigation, at the end of which a determination of whether a person has committed an offence will be made. The regulator would then ...	10 Jul 2008	AYE
Division 260	9 Jul 2008	NO
All politicians in Northern Ireland have a responsibility to build on the stability that has already been granted through the peace process, and we all have a responsibility to play our part to secure more investment and jobs by completing devolution. That is not to say, however, that families are not feeling the pinch, in Northern Ireland as much as elsewhere. Energy bills, petrol and food are al...	9 Jul 2008	AYE
Question accordingly negatived. Motion made and Question put,	3 Jul 2008	AYE
Question accordingly negatived. It being more than one and half hours after the commencement of proceedings, Mr. Speaker put the remaining Question s necessary to dispose of proceedings on the motions relating to Members' salaries , pursuant to Order [ 1 July ]. Main Question put:—	3 Jul 2008	AYE
Order. I am sorry to cut off the hon. Gentleman, but he has had his eight minutes. Could I just say— Order. I dare say that the House could listen to some speeches for a considerable length of time this afternoon because of their informed and reasoned content, but we are operating under a time limit. If the House did not hear the last remark by my hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth, West (Sir ...	3 Jul 2008	AYE
The Bill addresses the challenges that the British economy faces. As I said, it supports British business and families, and I commend it to the House. I am afraid that I cannot say the same about the Bill itself. It all started with the pre-Budget report last October, and what a lot of water has passed under the bridge since then. We have had the cancelled election, "discgate", the credit crunch, ...	2 Jul 2008	NO
The hon. Gentleman is talking about stability, so could he say by how much the regulator would bring the price of oil down under new clause 8, if it increased by 5p? The hon. Gentleman and his colleagues have undoubtedly talked in the past about the fuel duty regulator that operates in France. However, if the fuel duty regulator is the panacea for the problems that he is describing, can he explain...	2 Jul 2008	AYE
My remarks on amendments Nos. 89 to 91 apply to some extent to this group of amendments as well. It is better that we have clarification in the guidance than not at all, but it would have been better still if it were in the Bill. However, in this case, the guidance does not render what is in the Bill meaningless or unnecessary, so the Minister can make her case for doing it in guidance if that is ...	2 Jul 2008	AYE
We are not experts in this place—we cannot be. People out there spend their entire lives dealing with tax, and not only that—they may spend their entire lives dealing with one tax, such as capital gains tax or the taxation of overseas domiciled residents. Sometimes, they deal with just a subsection of that subject. If we are to maximise the advantage that we can get from their embedded knowledge, ...	2 Jul 2008	AYE
Question accordingly negatived. Amendment proposed : No. 6, page 2, line 27, at end insert—	1 Jul 2008	AYE
I made it clear that we were conscious of the fact that 1.1 million people— Households. Several hon. Friends are obviously hoping to offer help at this point. May I add to that point? Am I right in thinking that when my right hon. Friend says that the Treasury is focused, she means that it is focused on introducing a package that fully compensates those who are not yet fully compensated? Yes. I fe...	1 Jul 2008	AYE

June 2008 4 votes

Division	Date	Vote
Let us be clear: when there are good environmental or other reasons for saying no to a project—a power station or a wind farm—the answer should be no. That is right and proper. However, we must say yes if we want energy security and if we wish to tackle global warming. That is why the not-in-my-backyard people need to be faced down. I am happy to give way to the eminent Whip. rose in his place and...	30 Jun 2008	AYE
I turn now to driving test centres. I am not a Transport Minster, but I have it on good authority that Ministers have agreed that the development of a new national network of driving test centres is required not only to facilitate the new European requirements for practical driving and riding tests, but to provide driving tests that are more relevant to modern driving conditions and to help to ens...	25 Jun 2008	NO
Does not the hon. Gentleman realise that the proposals will simply delay and complicate matters more? Far from streamlining the process, establishing the quango and putting in place the ministerial guidance—all of which will be much delayed—will be an impediment to speedy decision making, not an encouragement. I do not agree with that, but that is just a difference of opinion. I welcome the Bill. ...	25 Jun 2008	NO
Question accordingly negatived. Amendment proposed: No. 300, page 77, line 7, leave out 'the regional development agency for its region' and insert 'a local authority for an area within its region (whether singly or jointly with other local authorities)'.— [Mrs. Lait.]	25 Jun 2008	AYE

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