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Parliamentary History

Conservative

Slough

9 Jun 1983 – 1 May 1997 (13 yrs 10 mo)

Ideology spectrum

32.2

ProgressiveCentreConservative

Progressive — based on 25 coded votes across 3 axes (1% coverage).

Policy axis scores

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

Economic policy 67

Low confidence 3 votes

Civil liberties 0

Low confidence 1 votes

Climate / energy 29

Medium confidence 21 votes

Voting trends (most recent 12 months of activity)

Voting record

December 2014 11 votes

Division	Date	Vote
I want to take on board the point about universities and freedom of speech. As I have said previously, universities’ commitment to freedom of speech and the rationality underpinning the advancement of knowledge mean that they represent one of our most important safeguards against extremist views and ideologies. The duty is not about restricting freedom of speech. We have not had the advantage of s...	16 Dec 2014	AYE
That is hardly robust encouragement from the Government. It appears that the Liberal Democrats have had a change of heart. They now admit that section 78 of the 2010 Act was the right approach all along. We still have time before the election to make pay transparency a reality. It does not require primary legislation. Section 78 already gives the Government the power to make regulations to require...	16 Dec 2014	AYE
Question accordingly negatived. Clause 1 ordered to stand part of the Bill.	15 Dec 2014	AYE
I completely understand why the Government have decided that within the 14-day period there should be no appeal or review, but I cannot understand why paragraph 8 of schedule 1 prohibits or prevents the judge from considering whether there is a basis for the order or retention in the first place. All the judge can do is ensure that those who are considering the matter are doing so diligently. He i...	15 Dec 2014	AYE
If someone fails a fitness test through no fault of their own and they do not qualify for ill health retirement, they will get a redeployed role or an unreduced pension. That will be put on a statutory footing in the national framework—a full, unreduced pension, if not an alternative role. Having heard the words of the Minister, I think the whole House can now support the statutory instrument. I a...	15 Dec 2014	AYE
“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	NO
Question accordingly agreed to. Lords amendment 103 disagreed to.	1 Dec 2014	NO
Question accordingly agreed to. Lords amendment 97 disagreed to.	1 Dec 2014	NO
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	NO
Division 100	1 Dec 2014	NO

November 2014 19 votes

Division	Date	Vote
My hon. Friend rightly says that it was this Chancellor who set that carbon floor price, causing considerable difficulties for our industries. We are still having to go through hoops with those industries to get the relief they need. My right hon. Friend the Member for Torfaen (Paul Murphy) stressed the importance to our manufacturers of remaining in the EU and the very real fear that the Conserva...	26 Nov 2014	AYE
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	AYE
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	NO
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	NO
Question accordingly agreed to. Question put accordingly, That the Bill be now read a Second time.	21 Nov 2014	AYE
Members will be pleased that I intend to keep my comments brief. Our NHS is a monumental achievement and one that my party remains deeply proud of. There are many people alive today who remember what life was like before the NHS and who would never go back to a time when the poor could not afford treatment for preventable illnesses. That is the generation that truly understands what the NHS means ...	21 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	AYE
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	AYE
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	AYE
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	AYE
I most certainly do agree with my hon. Friend. It is a peculiar world—I would use the word “bonkers”—when someone earning £100,000 can benefit more from a new Government scheme than somebody on perhaps £20,000. It is important that the Government think again on some of these points. Universal credit is still in its infancy and is being gradually rolled out. It seems to make little sense to limit h...	17 Nov 2014	AYE
“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	AYE
Division 79	10 Nov 2014	AYE
such as having a multiple-negotiated outcome, rather than the European arrest warrant. We will not be able to talk about the other implications of Europol and Eurojust for the actions of the European Court and the ability of the Home Secretary to pass laws that protect us. All in all, I think that this is a very unfortunate outcome for Parliament today—a very clever parliamentary trick, but very p...	10 Nov 2014	AYE
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	NO

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