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Mr David Heath

Mr David Heath

Last served Somerton and Frome (1997-05-01 – 2015-03-30)
64.7
Leaning conservative
34 coded votes
2,123
Total votes
1,051
Ayes
1,072
Noes
0
Other

Parliamentary History

1 May 1997 – 30 Mar 2015 (17 yrs 10 mo)

Ideology spectrum

64.7
ProgressiveCentreConservative

Leaning conservative — based on 34 coded votes across 3 axes (2% coverage).

Policy axis scores

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

Economic policy 60
Medium confidence 10 votes
Civil liberties 100
Low confidence 1 votes
Climate / energy 65
Medium confidence 23 votes

Voting trends (most recent 12 months of activity)

Voting record

July 2013 8 votes
Division Date Vote
Question accordingly negatived. Bill to be further considered tomorrow. Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 119(11) ), 8 Jul 2013 AYE
Although the Minister clearly cannot intervene in investigations by the Serious Fraud Office because prosecutorial authorities are quite separate from the Executive, which has always been the case and will, I am sure, continue to be the case for centuries to come, it would be useful for him to indicate what the state of play is in relation to breaches of existing criminal law that might give rise ... 8 Jul 2013 NO
There is also the international dimension. Part of the rationale for the Government’s current position on the 3% leverage ratio—or a leverage ratio of 33:1, if we want to put it that way—is that it is part of the new Basel regime. However, we have a particular issue in the UK. We are a global—some would say the main global—financial centre, but in a medium-sized economy. That gives us many great s... 8 Jul 2013 NO
(6) A statement under this section must be published by the regulator concerned in the way appearing to the regulator to be best calculated to bring it to the attention of the public. (7) A regulator may charge a reasonable fee for providing a person with a copy of the statement published under this section. (8) A regulator must, without delay, give the Treasury a copy of any statement which it pu... 8 Jul 2013 NO
My right hon. Friend, as always, is very acute and he realises that this is a political move. The change is being introduced with no analysis and no evidence base—it is a political move that will have significant redistributional consequences in favour of some areas at the expense of others, paying no regard whatever to the principles of localism that the Government used to proclaim. May I tempt m... 2 Jul 2013 NO
Order. Mr Newmark, this is not an opportunity for you to make a speech; it was an intervention on new clause 10, and we would like it to be relevant. Will the hon. Lady give way? No, I will not give way now, as I want to carry on with my argument. There may be an opportunity later. and sticking fast. The Chancellor and the Prime Minister have also tried to pass this off as everybody else’s fault, ... 2 Jul 2013 NO
segment of the debate, one of the key issues is tax avoidance, and Government Members made great play of the fact that the higher rate of income tax introduced at the end of the last Labour Government was not going to deliver much revenue because people would attempt to avoid it. I can understand that argument, but I think they are wrong, because we did not have a long enough period to see it work... 1 Jul 2013 NO
for which the House has determined tax relief should be available. One might find people retiring earlier or locating in other jurisdictions. All those things have an impact. I sympathise somewhat with the point of the hon. Member for Islwyn (Chris Evans) about his and his party’s desire to target bankers, but if we want to create an entrepreneurial society, we must realise that not all the big we... 1 Jul 2013 NO
June 2013 22 votes
Division Date Vote
I do not know whether it is the mention of New Jersey or technology that has prompted the hon. Lady’s intervention; I shall wait and see. My intervention is about the Minister’s mention of sharing the Lindisfarne Gospels the world over. Given that they have such massive heritage importance to the north-east and the world, is it not a shame that people will be charged to see them when they are on d... 26 Jun 2013 AYE
Question accordingly negatived. Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 62(2) ), That the Bill be now read a Second time. 26 Jun 2013 AYE
Will the Minister give way? I am sorry, but no. I have very little time and a lot to say to reply to the debate. My hon. Friends the Members for Tewkesbury (Mr Robertson) and for The Cotswolds (Geoffrey Clifton-Brown) asked that we say once again what the costs are. I will give those figures to the House now. For phase 1, it is £21.4 billion in 2011 prices, and for phase 2, it is £21.2 billion, ma... 26 Jun 2013 NO
Question accordingly negatived. Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 31(2) ), That the proposed words be there added. 25 Jun 2013 AYE
No, she clearly thinks that the House is still too confrontational, or too male-dominated or testosterone-driven. I am not entirely sure what she considers to be the cause of the tension. Finally, in summing up for the Opposition the hon. Member for Harrow West touched on many of the issues that his hon. Friends had raised in the debate, in particular the code of conduct. The Government’s position... 25 Jun 2013 NO
Question accordingly negatived. Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 31(2) ), That the proposed words be there added. 19 Jun 2013 AYE
All the skills to which I have referred are crucial in a modern world, and all of them feed into our creative industries. The arts and the creative industries provide huge economic benefit, as was made clear by my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol East (Kerry McCarthy) . The creative industries are worth more than £36 billion a year, and employ 1.5 million people in the United Kingdom. Culture ha... 19 Jun 2013 NO
He has defended that business strongly. Bill Gates is now doing something that a financial transaction tax would achieve universally, across the world. It would raise money from the speculative, gambling casino economy that the world has become and give it to those who are often mineral rich or agriculture rich but massively exploited by those of us who live on the fat of that speculation. I was g... 18 Jun 2013 NO
(1) If a pupil of sufficient maturity in attendance at a school to which section 403 applies requests to be wholly or partly excused from receiving sex and relationships education at the school, the pupil shall be so excused accordingly until the request is withdrawn. (2) The Secretary of State must in regulations define “sufficient maturity”. (3) A statutory instrument containing regulations unde... 11 Jun 2013 NO
For this reason, both the all-party group on child protection and the Justice Committee welcomed the Government’s aim of reducing unnecessary delay in the care system. Care must be taken with regard to the target as well. Clause 14 provides the starting point for courts in setting a time for cases; proceedings should come to an end within 26 weeks, as I mentioned. But there is some ambiguity as to... 11 Jun 2013 NO
The hon. Member for Mitcham and Morden (Siobhain McDonagh) , as ever, championed her local hospital, as I expect her always to do, but she spoke about a lack of public consultation and many of us will take away her wise observations on that. It is important to remind the House of the comments of my hon. Friend the Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood. He, like others in the debate, reported that his... 5 Jun 2013 NO
Question accordingly negatived. Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 31(2) ), That the proposed words be there added. 5 Jun 2013 AYE
On humaneness, the hon. Member for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire (Simon Hart) made the point far better than I could that the organisations that were arguing for shooting as the most humane method of disposal are now saying it is the least humane; they cannot have it both ways. Humaneness will be looked at as part of the trials. Independent observers will be watching and reporting back. ... 5 Jun 2013 NO
Division 22 5 Jun 2013 AYE
Will the hon. Gentleman explain why the Solar Trade Association is opposed to raising the threshold to 10 MW? I have to inform the hon. Gentleman that had I been a representative of the Solar Trade Association I would have declared an interest. I am sure that he and I can both read the briefings it supplies to this House. Indeed, he may wish to enlighten us about this; I will gladly give way if he... 4 Jun 2013 NO
Question accordingly negatived. Amendment proposed: 3, page 192, line 18, at end insert ‘unless one or more consumers have suffered loss or damage greater than this value.’.— (Luciana Berger .) 3 Jun 2013 NO
That is a very good answer, but the Minister gave an answer earlier that was found to be wrong, so I will wait for a note to come over to him. further, because this is an okay Bill, but that is all it is; it is not good. It is probably slightly better than what we had at the start, but we still have a long way to go. I ask the Minister to consider that. I also ask the Minister to look at the issue... 3 Jun 2013 NO
‘paragraph 22 (amendment of section 24A of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 as it has effect in England and Wales and Scotland) extends’ .—(Michael Fallon.) Amendment made: 69, page 103, line 41, leave out ‘120(1) (repeals)’ and insert ‘120(1), (4) and (5)’.—(Michael Fallon.) Amendments made: 71, page 107, line 25, leave out from ‘paragraph 3)’ to the end of line 29. 72, page 108, line 15, leave... 3 Jun 2013 NO
of State considers necessary to ensure that a CFD counterparty can meet its liabilities under any CFD to which it is a party.’. — (Michael Fallon.) Amendments made: 101, page 13, line 19, leave out ‘to or’. Amendment 102, page 13, line 21, leave out ‘to or’. Amendment 103, in clause 22, page 14, line 6, at end insert— 3 Jun 2013 NO
Amendment made: 61, page 8, line 31, at end insert— ‘(1A) Provision made by virtue of this section may— (a) include provision for a CFD counterparty to calculate or determine, in accordance with such criteria as may be provided for by or under the regulations, amounts which are owed by the CFD counterparty; (b) provide for anything which is to be calculated or determined under the regulations to b... 3 Jun 2013 NO
(b) any person who is a holder of a licence to supply electricity under section 6(1)(d) of EA 1989; (c) any person who is a capacity provider; (d) such other persons as the Secretary of State considers it appropriate to consult. (8) In relation to any exercise by the Secretary of State or the Authority of a power to make capacity market rules, the person making the rules must, as soon as reasonabl... 3 Jun 2013 NO
Division 12 3 Jun 2013 NO
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