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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

May 2013 10 votes
Division Date Vote
I suggest that this legislation will bring our nation many problems, whether for teachers or in our day schools. Indeed, I certainly pray that God will deliver us even when the Bill goes to another place. We are on the edge of a profound social change. What a pity there was nothing in the manifesto. What a pity we did not have a Committee stage on the Floor of the House. What a pity we had only tw... 21 May 2013 AYE
Question accordingly agreed to. New clause 16 read a Second time, and added to the Bill. 20 May 2013 NO
Arguments have also been made about costs and, as a matter of principle, I do not think that costs should be a bar to equalities legislation. It would, I suspect, be a lot cheaper to deny women the vote or to restrict voting even further to wealthy men above a certain age, but I do not think that anybody in the House would argue that to save money at election time we should reduce the number of pe... 20 May 2013 AYE
(a) less favourable treatment of a person by a public authority, (b) the imposition of any criminal or civil penalty, and (c) any legal proceedings against a person as a result of a decision not to opt-in, conduct, be present at, carry out, participate in, or consent to the taking place of, relevant marriages. (2) Expressions used in this section have the same meaning as the expressions used in se... 20 May 2013 NO
Question accordingly negatived. ‘(1) In the Equality Act 2010, after section 10(3), insert — “(4) The protected characteristic of religion or belief may include a belief regarding the definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman.”.’.— (Mr Burrowes.) Brought up, and read the First time. 20 May 2013 NO
I urge Members not to drive a coach and horses through the equality legislation, which treats everybody equally, regardless of their religion or sexuality. The Government have listened extremely carefully on Second Reading, in Committee and today to the concerns that have been expressed. We will do everything that we can to provide the safeguards that are necessary to meet colleagues’ concerns, wh... 20 May 2013 NO
Question accordingly negatived. Main Question put. 15 May 2013 AYE
Question accordingly negatived. Amendment proposed : (e) at end add: 15 May 2013 NO
Question accordingly negatived. Amendment proposed: (b) at end add: 15 May 2013 NO
Will my right hon. Friend clear up one point? Are the Liberal Democrats blocking the Conservative party from introducing an EU referendum Bill in Government time? I cannot block any Member picking up that Bill in the private Members’ ballot and seeking to advance it. We have already used more than 100 days of Government time to pass an Act that, for the first time in this country, gives our citize... 15 May 2013 NO
April 2013 20 votes
Division Date Vote
Division 227 25 Apr 2013 AYE
I return to my previous point: there is no compelling vision for growth in the Bill. On all the evidence, the comments that the Business Secretary made in his letter to the Deputy Prime Minister and Prime Minister last year are just as valid now as they were then, which is why we will not support this ludicrous measure and have resisted it every step of the way. I cannot match that. Reminiscences ... 25 Apr 2013 AYE
I appeal to all those Lib Dem parliamentarians who long held this as a point of principle and who have been lobbied by their constituents. They should stand with their constituents and with us, support low-paid workers I am glad we have had this debate. Some have commented that it is like closing the stable door after the horse has bolted. That is no fault of ours, but when the vote comes, people ... 24 Apr 2013 NO
Those are details, but having served as chair of a planning committee and, like other Members, having a postbag filled with planning issues, I know that they are important details to reassure not only hon. Members in the House, but those of us who will face neighbours who say that they were not really aware what they could object to and that a developer had assured them that they had the permitted... 23 Apr 2013 AYE
Question accordingly agreed to. Lords amendment 78 disagreed to. 22 Apr 2013 AYE
I thought I made myself clear but I will say it again: it would not require primary legislation if the MOD decided it was appropriate and right to make any changes to the retirement age. The Minister is being very helpful. In answer to an earlier question, he alluded to the timetable that has started. Would it be reasonable to assume that the negotiations are intended to be concluded by the MOD du... 22 Apr 2013 AYE
Question accordingly negatived. More than seven hours having elapsed since the commencement of proceedings, the proceedings were interrupted (Programme Order, 15 April ). The Chair put forthwith the Questions necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded at that time ( Standing Order No. 83D ). Amendment proposed : 8, page 120, line 9, at end add— 17 Apr 2013 NO
On that basis, I ask the Minister—perhaps in his reply now or at some later time—to tell us whether that review has indeed been carried out and what information is already available to assure us that the reassurances given previously have been brought into play. Otherwise, we are simply being told that we are asking for unnecessary reviews and that all will be done. Let us see if it is done, as ma... 17 Apr 2013 NO
“frankly, the very people you are after here are very good at getting out of these things and...will find all sorts of imaginative ways of avoiding it.” That was why it could only work for a single year. Has the Minister looked down the back of the Treasury sofas to find the £900 million a year that is missing? What has gone wrong? I will come on to that point, and the hon. Gentleman will be satis... 17 Apr 2013 NO
What the Minister will accept is that this Government have done more than any other in recent times to help those who aspire to purchase their own home. The Budget announced financial support of £5.4 billion for housing, which builds on the £11 billion of support already committed during the spending review period. The Government are also taking significant action through our build to rent and aff... 17 Apr 2013 NO
There are two issues here. First, it was not clear to me, but it has since been signalled to me, that the Leader of the House has concluded his speech; I thought he was giving way to the hon. Gentleman. Secondly, the hon. Gentleman should not accuse someone of misleading the House, which I thought I heard him suggest. Mr Speaker, I said he “would not want to” mislead the House. I am genuinely grat... 16 Apr 2013 AYE
I wish to speak briefly to Lords amendment 2, which would be a major change to the Bill, and to amendment (a) to Lords amendment 3, which stands in my name and that of the hon. Member for Worthing West (Sir Peter Bottomley) . I will curtail my remarks, because I want to give other Members the opportunity to speak. Lords amendment 2 would be a major change. The issue here is not just about big corp... 16 Apr 2013 AYE
Question accordingly agreed to. Lords amendment 37 disagreed to. 16 Apr 2013 AYE
Question accordingly agreed to. Lords amendment 36 disagreed to. 16 Apr 2013 AYE
Question accordingly agreed to. Lords amendment 35 disagreed to. 16 Apr 2013 AYE
On a point of clarification, the hon. Gentleman says that he has had 1,000 letters from his constituents. Have all those people specifically faced caste discrimination in this country? I will be very brief, because other colleagues want to speak. I want to address the issue of caste, and to compliment the hon. Member for Bedford (Richard Fuller) on the way he spoke and for the logic he brought to ... 16 Apr 2013 AYE
Question accordingly agreed to. Lords amendment 7 disagreed to 16 Apr 2013 AYE
I accept that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State, with his experience of the matter, understands that we need to find an article 4 system that actually works, rather than the well-intentioned but draconian outcome proposed by their lordships. Rightly or wrongly, concerns have been raised about how article 4 actually operates on the ground. That relates in part to the point my hon. Friend ... 16 Apr 2013 AYE
Does not the hon. Gentleman agree that businesses throughout Britain have been laden down with regulation, particularly in employment, and that we have to try constantly to make it easier for them to take people on, particularly at the moment, when we need to do that to create jobs? With the greatest respect to the hon. Gentleman, I disagree. We have heard this argument about the overburdening of ... 16 Apr 2013 AYE
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