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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

March 2014 6 votes
Division Date Vote
will review evidence of concerns about local authorities’ commissioning practice to establish whether it is appropriate to ask the CQC to undertake a targeted review under section 48 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008. Getting the message out to commissioners that the powers will be used is important in itself to concentrate minds. They will be under the spotlight if they fail in their commiss... 10 Mar 2014 NO
(a) promote and safeguard the health and well-being of carers; (b) ensure that effective procedures exist to identify patients who are or are about to become carers; (c) ensure that appropriate systems exist to ensure that carers receive appropriate information and advice; and (d) ensure that systems are in place to ensure that the relevant general medical services are rendered to their patients w... 10 Mar 2014 NO
Question accordingly negatived. ‘(1) A person (“P”) who provides regulated social care for an individual under arrangements made with P by a public authority, or paid for by a public authority, is to be taken for the purposes of subsection (3)(b) of section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998 (acts of public authorities) to be exercising a function of a public nature in doing so. (2) This section appli... 10 Mar 2014 NO
Division 221 5 Mar 2014 AYE
Registration of Births, deaths and marriages etc 5 Mar 2014 AYE
Motion lapsed ( Standing Order No. 9(3) ). Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do no adjourn.—(Amber Rudd.) As my right hon. Friend the Member for Barking (Margaret Hodge) has repeatedly argued, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs is not tackling this problem seriously enough and “pursues tax owed by the smaller businesses but seems to lose its nerve when it comes to mounting prosecu... 5 Mar 2014 AYE
March 2014 5 votes
Division Date Vote
Division 214 26 Feb 2014 NO
happens. Perhaps the hon. Gentleman’s hon. Friends can take note that he is struggling to make himself heard above the noise. I am happy to be ignored in perfect silence or to be heckled, but when the noise is so close, it is a little difficult to hear oneself think. One expects an element of quiet—perhaps it comes with being a schoolteacher. The hon. Member for Scunthorpe (Nic Dakin) , my neighbo... 12 Feb 2014 AYE
of jobs in the economy. He used the analogy of a rising tide carrying all boats, but it is business and private sector growth that makes that tide rise. We absolutely agree. My hon. Friend the Member for Bedford (Richard Fuller) made an excellent speech reinforcing the point that if we are serious about fairness, we must take seriously the issue of what kind of future our young people and their ch... 11 Feb 2014 NO
Question accordingly agreed to. Lords amendment 125 agreed to. 10 Feb 2014 AYE
We can debate whether we should replace the words “smoking in cars” with the words “smoking in enclosed public places”. However, the arguments that are made by Government Members are all too often the wrong arguments and they are being left behind by society, which wants us to move again. That is why I support the Lords amendments. Protecting children is one of the most important responsibilities ... 10 Feb 2014 NO
January 2014 19 votes
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I, too, thank those who sat on the Committee and all those who have contributed throughout the Bill’s passage. I thank Opposition Members who have been involved, including my hon. Friend the Member for Warrington North (Helen Jones) and especially my right hon. Friend the Member for Delyn (Mr Hanson) , who has worked tirelessly in responding to the Government’s proposals at the various stages. The... 30 Jan 2014 AYE
Question accordingly negatived. Amendment proposed, 1, page 8, line 19, leave out leave clause 11.—(Yvette Cooper.) 30 Jan 2014 NO
Question accordingly agreed to. New clauses 12 and 18 added to the Bill. 30 Jan 2014 NO
Amendment 79 was tabled by the hon. Member for Hayes and Harlington (John McDonnell) , who spoke movingly about it, and co-signed by the hon. Member for Islington North (Jeremy Corbyn) . The basis of clause 3 is utterly flawed, given that it sets out the idea that directions for removal within 14 days are somehow sufficient grounds to assume that bail should not be granted. On any common-sense ana... 30 Jan 2014 AYE
Question accordingly negatived. Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 31(2) ), That the proposed words be there added. 29 Jan 2014 AYE
Under the previous Government, we had an approach that decided that Whitehall and the Secretary of State knew best. We had centrally driven initiatives, such as the national strategies, that included chunking and told teachers how they should teach. Rather than empowering teachers, they deskilled them. As the shadow Work and Pensions Secretary has said, that led to shocking levels of English and M... 29 Jan 2014 NO
I am not sure how I can follow that really. Just agree with it. It is disappointing that so many organisations feel they have to bid for European money with so many strings attached. I am disappointed. We are paying for propaganda and politics, which we just do not do in this country. It is great shame that we have missed this opportunity to straighten those things out. Question put, That the Bill... 27 Jan 2014 AYE
It does not exclude the organisation mentioned by the hon. Gentleman. He could argue that he was promoting European citizenship and integration by promoting the reform of the European Union. The article does not talk about signing up to the European Union. I have made it absolutely clear that the amendments would end up defeating the regulation. They would delay funding for important commemoration... 27 Jan 2014 NO
“showed me his gardens, which are for variety of evergreens, and hedge of holly, the finest things I ever saw in my life.” Motion lapsed ( Standing Order No. 9(3) ). Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.— (Mr Evennett .) The Olympia was constructed from 1844 to 1846 and remains on site today. Let me return to Sayes court. When John Evelyn moved out in 1694, it was ren... 22 Jan 2014 AYE
I shall try to be at least as economical as the hon. Member for Caerphilly (Wayne David) . The Commission’s programme is a fascinating and important one. The modest motion before us asks only that we take note of the document and regard it as “a useful tool” for looking at that programme, so I am happy to support it. I thank the hon. Member for his succinctness. I had better make this my applicati... 22 Jan 2014 AYE
I thank the hon. Gentleman for his comment, and clearly those are issues that all charities have concerns about. The amendment would also reduce the amount of red tape for charities simply seeking to help people who are unable to bear their own burdens. I have been contacted by charities—in Northern Ireland and across the UK—highlighting how some constituency boundaries split towns between two con... 22 Jan 2014 AYE
What did you say? Hansard will prove whether or not I did, and it may even identify the Minister. Ministers of course ratify decisions and good ones ensure that their decisions go through, but, frankly, I can think of numerous examples where that has not been the case. Going to special advisers and civil servants, although usually with general ministerial consent—perhaps not from the particular Mi... 22 Jan 2014 AYE
I am grateful; the hon. Gentleman has a couple of minutes to tell Parliament what it needs to know. In the judgment of the Home Secretary, which of the six people who will be released from their TPIMs, and who were considered so dangerous that they needed to have those restrictive measures, still pose a security threat? The Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 provides for the ... 21 Jan 2014 NO
Question accordingly negatived. Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 31(2) ), That the proposed words be there added. 21 Jan 2014 AYE
We received more than 1,100 written responses and more than 7,000 responses to the online questionnaire. One of those responses was 2,000 pages long, so the “demonstrates a high level of acrimony within the industry and is littered with claims and counter-claims”, which just shows that it is important to make sure that we get this right. The breadth and depth of views expressed in the Chamber toda... 21 Jan 2014 NO
‘(1) The Secretary of State must lay before both Houses of Parliament a report on the performance of all providers contracted to provide officers to perform the duties of supervisor or responsible officer as described in this Act after one year of this Act coming into force. (2) The report must include— (a) an assessment of the information made available by each provider to the public, and their a... 14 Jan 2014 NO
I am really pleased that the commission has been set up. The hon. Member for Penrith and The Border (Rory Stewart) is exactly the right man to lead on it, and I ask him to come over the Pennines as quickly as he can. He will be made to feel welcome in the north-east, because people there have lived through this, and although I am telling their story, I can never relate to it in the way they can. T... 14 Jan 2014 NO
The point I am making is that the rules, which pre-existed this Government by the way, are very clear: investigation is not the same thing as Let me make the point, because it has been raised, that all the bidders on our list have experience of either working with offenders or across the wider criminal justice system. This is exactly the broad market that we want to see deliver these services. Bel... 14 Jan 2014 NO
We heard excellent speeches from my hon. Friend the Member for Stone (Mr Cash) , my right hon. Friend the Member for Ross, Skye and Lochaber (Mr Kennedy) , and my hon. Friends the Members for Stroud (Neil Carmichael), for Daventry (Chris Heaton-Harris) and, of course, for North East Somerset. I must say that my hon. Friend the Member for Stone made a fantastic contribution. It was generous to me, ... 13 Jan 2014 AYE
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