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John Mason

John Mason

Last served Glasgow East (2008-07-24 – 2010-05-06)
100.0
Conservative
4 coded votes
251
Total votes
127
Ayes
124
Noes
0
Other

Parliamentary History

24 Jul 2008 – 6 May 2010 (1 yr 9 mo)

Ideology spectrum

100.0
ProgressiveCentreConservative

Conservative — based on 4 coded votes across 1 axes (2% coverage).

Policy axis scores

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

Climate / energy 100
Low confidence 4 votes

Voting trends (most recent 12 months of activity)

Voting record

April 2009 10 votes
Division Date Vote
Question accordingly agreed to. Motion made, and Question put, 30 Apr 2009 AYE
Question accordingly negatived. Main Question put. 30 Apr 2009 NO
Question accordingly agreed to. Motion made, and Question proposed, (1) That, in the opinion of this House, staff who work for an hon. Member should be employed by the House, as a personal appointment and managed by the hon. Member; and (2) That the House of Commons Commission shall consider this decision and make recommendations for its implementation, including any transitional provisions which ... 30 Apr 2009 AYE
(3) That the provisions of this Resolution shall apply whether or not the interest in question depends essentially upon, or arises out of, the hon. Member's position as a Member of Parliament; and (4) That the provisions of this Resolution shall come into effect on 1 July 2009 . —[Chris Bryant.] Does the hon. Member for South Staffordshire (Sir Patrick Cormack) wish to move amendment (g)? I wish j... 30 Apr 2009 AYE
In order to help the hon. Gentleman, it was explained earlier that the following motions can be voted against. The House can negate them if it so wishes. [Interruption.] The right hon. Member for Maidstone and The Weald (Miss Widdecombe) was very good at being a Home Office Minister, but she should let me do the chairing. She will find it easier. On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. As a mere ex-Home... 30 Apr 2009 AYE
The other issue that we need to clarify, which was raised by the right hon. and learned Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Mr. Howard) , concerns the position of the Government of Nepal and the court case. The Nepalese official who gave evidence to the court case did so in a private capacity. There was nobody there from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Nepalese Government have not given a vie... 29 Apr 2009 AYE
(b) in sub-paragraph (b) (lower-emission van), for "£120" substitute "£125". (5) The amendments made by this Resolution have effect in relation to licences taken out on or after 1 May 2009 . And it is declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968. That provision may be made... 28 Apr 2009 NO
6. CORPORATION TAX (SMALL COMPANIES' RATES AND FRACTIONS FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 2009) 28 Apr 2009 NO
Question accordingly agreed to. Question put, 28 Apr 2009 NO
(1) For the tax year 2009-10 the amount specified in section 35 of the Income Tax Act 2007 (personal allowance for those aged under 65) is replaced with "£6,475". (2) Accordingly, section 57 of that Act (indexation of allowances), so far as relating to the amount specified in section 35 of that Act, does not apply for that tax year. (3) This Resolution does not require a change to be made in the a... 28 Apr 2009 NO
March 2009 19 votes
Division Date Vote
Question accordingly negatived. Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 31(2) ), That the proposed words be there added. 25 Mar 2009 NO
My hon. Friend the Member for Newport, West (Paul Flynn) , with whom I often disagree, brought home the gravity of the decisions with which we were all confronted back in 2003 by the simple act of reading out the names this afternoon of all of our people who died in the operation in Iraq. Acknowledging that gravity is something that unites the House. A couple of other things also unite the House. ... 25 Mar 2009 AYE
Division 87 24 Mar 2009 AYE
Numerous constituents have raised with me such issues as assisted suicide, which has attracted a great deal of interest. Constituents on both sides of the argument have urged me to support their views. They expect these matters to be debated. My hon. Friend is making a very good case. That is exactly the point: our constituents expect us to be debating the issues, and they do not understand why we... 23 Mar 2009 NO
Question accordingly negatived. Question put forthwith (Standing Order 31(2)), That the proposed words be there added. 18 Mar 2009 NO
Does my hon. Friend find it strange that the Conservatives in opposition now castigate the Government for proposing to double the national debt in the light of the worst world recession since 1946, yet the previous Conservative Government doubled the national debt when there was not such a deep world recession at all? They were the profligate ones, whereas we have had to pick up the pieces and pay... 18 Mar 2009 NO
We took evidence in Committee, and I asked about what would happen to the kids of drug addicts if the parents' benefits were cut. One charity that supported conditionality could not answer that question. In Committee, the Minister for Employment and Welfare Reform said that the ideas about what would happen were fatuous and vacuous. He has been using such words quite a lot recently, and his resort... 17 Mar 2009 NO
Question accordingly negatived. Amendment proposed : 35, page 4, line 22 , at end insert— 17 Mar 2009 AYE
Well, it is not amateur dramatics, as the hon. Gentleman says; this is about trying to assist blind people and it depends on what side of the argument one is on. In my role as Minister for disabled people, I have also been able to voice my support for this measure. Indeed, when I spoke at the lobby that I mentioned, I gave an unequivocal nod towards the Government's commitment to it, and my right ... 17 Mar 2009 AYE
My right hon. Friend's interpretation of the views that I and other Labour Members expressed is a travesty. We are saying that the voluntary approach has been shown to be more effective in engaging people in the world of work, and we should pursue that approach. We are saying that any schemes that involve sanctions or people losing their benefit should be subject to a pilot scheme that compares th... 17 Mar 2009 AYE
second strategic energy review and european energy networks 11 Mar 2009 AYE
Adjournment (easter) 11 Mar 2009 NO
So that the general public can understand what is happening in the debate, will the Minister say whether he agrees with my analysis of the conciliation process—that a stalemate is likely and that the matter will go back to the Commission, where it will remain beyond the life of the Commission? Does the Minister anticipate a result before the European elections? We will know one way or the other wh... 10 Mar 2009 NO
I accept the point of my hon. Friend the Member for Halton (Derek Twigg) about the £2 billion, because that is essential to keep Jobcentre Plus going and working effectively. I also take his point—not least because we recently announced the Houghton report—about the role of local government of all political persuasions in working with its local communities to do everything possible for local labou... 10 Mar 2009 NO
Division 49 3 Mar 2009 NO
I should first say that the term "acting Speaker" is certainly not in the Standing Orders. Standing Order 83E(2)(c) speaks of "The question on any amendment, new clause or new schedule selected by the Speaker for separate decision". That is clear. Subsection (3) states: "On a motion made for a new clause or a new schedule, the Speaker shall put only the question that the clause or schedule be adde... 2 Mar 2009 NO
Question accordingly agreed to. Amendment 140 agreed to. On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. My understanding is that we voted on new clause 23 although it had never been moved. Could we vote on my amendments 84 and 85, which were supported by 216 Members of Parliament? I think we should vote on those amendments. 2 Mar 2009 NO
Question accordingly agreed to. New clause 23 added to the Bill. 2 Mar 2009 NO
(7) Before rule 54 there is inserted— "Destruction of home address forms 53A The returning officer shall destroy each candidate's home address form— (a) on the next working day following the 21st day after the officer has returned the name of the member elected; or (b) if an election petition questioning the election or return is presented before that day, on the next working day following the con... 2 Mar 2009 NO
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