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Mr John MacDougall

Mr John MacDougall

LAB Labour Former MP
Last served Glenrothes (2001-06-07 – 2008-08-12)
0.0
Progressive
2 coded votes
363
Total votes
154
Ayes
209
Noes
0
Other

Parliamentary History

7 Jun 2001 – 12 Aug 2008 (7 yrs 2 mo)

Ideology spectrum

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

Policy axis scores

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

Climate / energy 0
Low confidence 2 votes

Voting trends (most recent 12 months of activity)

Voting record

June 2008 3 votes
Division Date Vote
Question accordingly agreed to. Schedule added to the Bill. After Schedule 1 Amendment made: No. 5, in page 64, line 15, leave out Schedule 2.— [Mr. McNulty.] Motion made , and Question put, That the Bill be now read the Third time:— 11 Jun 2008 AYE
(a) the substitution for paragraph 36(2) of— "(2) The person to whom an application under this paragraph may be made is a judicial authority."; (b) the omission of the words "or senior judge" wherever occurring in paragraphs 36(4), 36A(3) and 37(2); and (c) the omission of paragraph 36A(2) and (5) to (7).".'.— [Mr. McNulty.] Brought up, and read the First time. 11 Jun 2008 AYE
(7) If it appears to the Secretary of State that the advice contains material whose disclosure— (a) would be damaging to the public interest, or (b) might prejudice the prosecution of any person, the duty of Secretary of State under subsection (6) is to lay before Parliament a copy of a version of the advice, provided by or agreed with the independent legal adviser, that does not contain such mate... 11 Jun 2008 AYE
December 2007 3 votes
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Order. It is one thing to quote from a book, but we are not a reading club. Mr. Speaker, thank you for pulling me up. I commend the book to the House as a damning record of MAFF under the Conservative Government. rose in his place and claimed to move, That the Question be now put. Question, That the Question be now put, put and agreed to. Question put accordingly, That the original words stand par... 4 Dec 2007 NO
Division 20 4 Dec 2007 AYE
"We welcome the publication of Sir Hayden Phillips' report. We accept his main recommendations...we are happy to discuss spending caps on all year round non-election campaigning and proposals for tighter controls on third-party expenditure".—[ Official Report , 15 March 2007; Vol. 458, c. 469 .] I hope that the Leader of the Opposition is not going down the road advocated by the recent treasurer o... 4 Dec 2007 NO
November 2007 4 votes
Division Date Vote
Division 8 21 Nov 2007 AYE
Since the Minister says that she and other Ministers were shocked, and that she is going to hold managers accountable, will she tell the House when she first saw the Healthcare Commission's report—the Secretary of State said he saw it on 9 October —and what action she took? I saw the report on 9 October and met the Healthcare Commission that afternoon. That happens to be what happened. What we are... 21 Nov 2007 NO
Perhaps the Conservatives will use the money that would have gone to reconstruct the former Soviet bloc to pay for removing inheritance tax from millionaires—they have no other way of paying for it. The crux of the debate is that if the rebate was not disapplied for eastern Europe, the UK would have a windfall from the accession of eastern European countries. That is akin to a transfer from the po... 19 Nov 2007 AYE
Division 5 19 Nov 2007 AYE
February 2007 2 votes
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Nobody could doubt the utter sincerity of my hon. Friend. Is he implying by his comments that, heaven forfend, there may be an element of opportunism in some of the opposition to the Bill? I would not wish, after 24 years of never having been called to account— It was 23 a minute ago. Time passes quickly, even in the House. It passes even more quickly when one is enjoying oneself, and more quickly... 28 Feb 2007 AYE
Question accordingly negatived. Question, That the proposed words be there added, put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 31 (Questions on amendments) , and agreed to. Mr. deputy speaker forthwith declared the main Question, as amended, to be agreed to. Motion made, and Question put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 118(6) (Delegated Legislation Committees) , 7 Feb 2007 NO
July 2006 13 votes
Division Date Vote
Our donation system is at least sometimes fairly open and transparent, but this is new territory for the United Kingdom, in the sense of working across a national boundary. It would be unreasonable to expect the Northern Ireland Office to operate solely as a single agency to set these precedents. I hope that silo thinking will not prevent a strategic approach from being taken. In essence, we simpl... 25 Jul 2006 AYE
My right hon. Friend the Member for Greenwich and Woolwich (Mr. Raynsford) welcomed the policy, as he has done consistently over months and years, and raised his concerns about the timing of the introduction of the mandatory elements in the packs. My hon. Friends and I will examine his words closely. The hon. Member for Cotswold (Mr. Clifton-Brown) made an important point about regulating estate a... 19 Jul 2006 NO
I am trying to be as helpful as I can be to the hon. Gentleman, because he has sought to improve the Bill, not to block it or wreck it, in great distinction from the behaviour of the Conservative party throughout its progress. I am following my right hon. Friend's argument. Will he confirm that, under our constitutional arrangements, the Assembly cannot require this House to pass legislation? The ... 18 Jul 2006 AYE
In the document before me, it says that "the Electoral Commission is an independent body established by the UK Parliament in 2000 by the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act. We are independent of the UK Government and political parties, and are directly accountable to Parliament." Will the hon. Gentleman answer this simple question: how on earth will it benefit the Labour party? That ... 18 Jul 2006 AYE
Question accordingly agreed to. Bill read the Third time, and passed, with amendments. Motion made, and Question put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 119 (9) (European Standing Committees) , 13 Jul 2006 AYE
Furthermore, the scheme must now require members to publish an annual report about cases dealt with under the scheme and lessons to be learned. We have taken it on board that there should be a guarantee that annual reports on lessons to be learned will be prepared and published. We have clarified that the free legal advice that may be provided under the scheme will be provided to the individual se... 13 Jul 2006 AYE
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: Amendment No. 5, in page 5, line 1, leave out paragraph (a). Government amendments Nos. 13 and 14. Amendment No. 7, in page 5, line 10, leave out subsection (3). Government amendment No. 15. Clause 8(1)(b) enables the redress scheme to provide, in connection with proceedings under the scheme, for services other than legal advice. [Interrupt... 13 Jul 2006 NO
The Bill proposes an out-of-court settlement scheme at the outset, so that redress can be provided much more quickly to individual patients. The national health service will thereby be encouraged to take a positive approach to identifying mistakes and accepting and acknowledging problems by offering an apology and an explanation to such individuals, and by making financial recompense where necessa... 13 Jul 2006 NO
I should begin by reassuring the hon. Gentleman that the public value test will make a significant difference to the way in which the BBC operates in terms of future services, and despite the temptation on his part to suggest that the BBC would be moving into the business of antiques dealing or car dealing, I see absolutely no reason for it to move in that direction. The hon. Gentleman asked about... 10 Jul 2006 NO
adjournment (summer) 5 Jul 2006 AYE
"excessive tinkering with tax rules." We are not sorry to see the back of the sections 42 and 48 reliefs. We hope that the Government have at last got it right; otherwise, expect "Groundhog Day" this time next year with yet more changes to the film tax regime in the Finance Bill 2007. The continual cycle of change has produced a huge amount of uncertainty in the film industry and has jeopardised s... 5 Jul 2006 AYE
Amendment made: No. 27, page 98, line 43, at end insert— '(a) no account shall be taken of the fact that a property may fall to be described as owner-occupied by reason only of the provision by the company of services to an occupant who is in exclusive occupation of the property and is not connected with the company (within the meaning given by section 839 of ICTA),'. — [Ed Balls.] Amendment made:... 5 Jul 2006 NO
(4) For the purpose of sub-paragraph (2)(b), shares of one company are stapled to shares of another if in consequence of the nature of the rights attaching to the shares of the one company (including any terms or conditions attaching to the right to transfer the shares) it is necessary or advantageous for a person who has, disposes of or acquires shares of that company also to have, to dispose of ... 5 Jul 2006 NO
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