Mr Mark Oaten | ProjectParly

Parliamentary History

Liberal Democrat

Winchester

20 Nov 1997 – 6 May 2010 (12 yrs 5 mo)

Ideology spectrum

71.0

ProgressiveCentreConservative

Conservative — based on 7 coded votes across 1 axes (2% coverage).

Policy axis scores

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

Climate / energy 71

Low confidence 7 votes

Voting trends (most recent 12 months of activity)

Voting record

June 2009 5 votes

Division	Date	Vote
The funding formula needs to be reviewed from time to time. As the hon. Gentleman rightly said, the review was overdue, but it has now taken place. Part of the formula was set by the previous Conservative Government and it was enormously unfair to certain areas. We have put that right, which will result in Cornwall getting more money, as he recognised. He put his case fairly, as did the hon. Membe...	17 Jun 2009	AYE
Order. The hon. Gentleman is a very experienced Member of the House, so he will know that we do not refer to people who are not in the Chamber in that way. Our debate has become a little lively for this time of the afternoon. Interestingly, in many of our discussion we have discussed the potential for things to have an influence on local communities and for business rate supplement projects to be ...	17 Jun 2009	NO
Against that background, I am sorry to have to say that we have to maintain that the Government have misjudged the mood and misread the evidence, and that if they disagree with the Lords they will make the Bill worse than when it came back to this House from the other place. That will be a missed opportunity and a great let-down, and it will send precisely the wrong signals to businesses in this c...	17 Jun 2009	NO
On the economy, we know what— [ Interruption. ] I am about to come to the hon. Member for Carmarthen, East and Dinefwr (Adam Price) , so he can keep calm. What were his views, along with all the nationalists? They proclaimed the great arc of prosperity that was to extend across the smaller countries—Ireland, Iceland and Latvia. The hon. Gentleman said that "small country success is everywhere...Ic...	10 Jun 2009	AYE
If the hon. Lady will allow me, I shall finish this point, lest I have to start being rude to her. I want to make sure that where we can proceed in unity in the House, we do so. There is no point in trying to score partisan points just for the sake of it, but I reserve my position on that for the hon. Lady. I thank the Minister for giving way. I know that in his previous job, he was keen to modern...	10 Jun 2009	AYE

May 2009 7 votes

Division	Date	Vote
(3) Any decision of the Crown Court may be appealed to the Court of Appeal within 21 days of such decision. (4) Where an application has been made for an order under this section, the relevant sample and any information derived therefrom shall not be destroyed until such application and any appeal thereof has been determined. (3) At end of section 113(1) insert— "provided always that the protectio...	19 May 2009	NO
"The Government should introduce a Bill to replace the existing regulatory framework governing the NDNAD. This would provide an opportunity to reassess the length of time DNA profiles are retained under regulatory oversight of the NDNAD." We agree. The use, retention and destruction of DNA records and the oversight that sits behind it require detailed primary legislation in their own right, with f...	19 May 2009	AYE
Last week, she said: "We will have as much discussion as we can and will try, if possible, to reach agreement on the allocation of time in the full day's debate on Report." That was after we had to accept that we would be given only one day. Again, in response to the hon. Member for Macclesfield, the Leader of the House said: "I have said that we will have discussions to make sure that we can try ...	19 May 2009	NO
I wish in particular to mention the Royal College of Nursing. It is our understanding that since the publication of the two reviews, the RCN is calling no longer for a full public inquiry but rather for a review of any new issues. Many hon. Members have taken part in the debate, but the issues that the Opposition Front Benchers raised shared the theme of whistleblowing. I intend to address that, b...	18 May 2009	AYE
I was about to deal with the "pugnacious" slur, but then I found myself wanting to respond that if the hon. Gentleman had the slightest understanding of the issue, he could not possibly ask such a daft question. Of course we could not possibly put a figure on the number of people who may have been thinking about applying to have a new college in future. The right hon. Gentleman talked about Craven...	18 May 2009	AYE
The Minister is most generous in giving way again, and I am most grateful. I accept the value of the benefits that the Minister has outlined—it would be churlish not to—but my point is that the customers of the business to which I referred say that, even though they get a lot of grant, they simply do not have the money that they need to put in themselves. They get a 40 per cent. grant, but they ca...	12 May 2009	AYE
I refer the right hon. Gentleman to the authoritative KPMG survey of more than 500 multinational companies that reached that conclusion. The World Bank's "Doing Business 2009" study ranks the UK sixth in the world. The evidence is clear: we are in a strongly competitive position, and it is important that we should retain that. If everything is so wonderful, why have so many companies left for tax ...	12 May 2009	AYE

April 2009 5 votes

Division	Date	Vote
Question accordingly agreed to. Motion made, and Question put,	30 Apr 2009	AYE
Question accordingly negatived. Main Question put.	30 Apr 2009	NO
Question accordingly agreed to. Motion made, and Question proposed, (1) That, in the opinion of this House, staff who work for an hon. Member should be employed by the House, as a personal appointment and managed by the hon. Member; and (2) That the House of Commons Commission shall consider this decision and make recommendations for its implementation, including any transitional provisions which ...	30 Apr 2009	AYE
(3) That the provisions of this Resolution shall apply whether or not the interest in question depends essentially upon, or arises out of, the hon. Member's position as a Member of Parliament; and (4) That the provisions of this Resolution shall come into effect on 1 July 2009 . —[Chris Bryant.] Does the hon. Member for South Staffordshire (Sir Patrick Cormack) wish to move amendment (g)? I wish j...	30 Apr 2009	NO
In order to help the hon. Gentleman, it was explained earlier that the following motions can be voted against. The House can negate them if it so wishes. [Interruption.] The right hon. Member for Maidstone and The Weald (Miss Widdecombe) was very good at being a Home Office Minister, but she should let me do the chairing. She will find it easier. On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. As a mere ex-Home...	30 Apr 2009	AYE

March 2009 13 votes

Division	Date	Vote
Question accordingly negatived. Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 31(2) ), That the proposed words be there added.	25 Mar 2009	NO
My hon. Friend the Member for Newport, West (Paul Flynn) , with whom I often disagree, brought home the gravity of the decisions with which we were all confronted back in 2003 by the simple act of reading out the names this afternoon of all of our people who died in the operation in Iraq. Acknowledging that gravity is something that unites the House. A couple of other things also unite the House. ...	25 Mar 2009	AYE
The hon. and learned Member for Harborough says that we are suffering from them, but I was about to say that my mistakes pale into insignificance when compared with the triumphs of this Administration, of whom I have been an adornment. Name the triumphs! Another hon. Gentleman on the Opposition Front Bench asks me to name the triumphs. I could name a number of them, but I shall name just one. Acco...	24 Mar 2009	NO
The hon. Gentleman, as always, puts the argument so eloquently that I simply endorse what he says. Does my hon. Friend agree—I assume she does, as she will have signed off the information given by the Government at the time of this debate—that if the removal of the free speech clause will not affect the threshold of the offence, logically its retention cannot affect the threshold of the offence ei...	24 Mar 2009	NO
My right hon. Friend's interpretation of the views that I and other Labour Members expressed is a travesty. We are saying that the voluntary approach has been shown to be more effective in engaging people in the world of work, and we should pursue that approach. We are saying that any schemes that involve sanctions or people losing their benefit should be subject to a pilot scheme that compares th...	17 Mar 2009	AYE
I am pleased that the Minister is admitting that we will now be pulling away from the system that exists in this country, which did not seem to come across in his earlier remarks, but who is the DPP going to answer to? The DPP will be answerable to the Assembly for the use of resources and the administration of its office—that is very clear—but not for individual prosecution decisions, which are e...	4 Mar 2009	AYE
Division 49	3 Mar 2009	NO
I should first say that the term "acting Speaker" is certainly not in the Standing Orders. Standing Order 83E(2)(c) speaks of "The question on any amendment, new clause or new schedule selected by the Speaker for separate decision". That is clear. Subsection (3) states: "On a motion made for a new clause or a new schedule, the Speaker shall put only the question that the clause or schedule be adde...	2 Mar 2009	NO
Question accordingly agreed to. Amendment 140 agreed to. On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. My understanding is that we voted on new clause 23 although it had never been moved. Could we vote on my amendments 84 and 85, which were supported by 216 Members of Parliament? I think we should vote on those amendments.	2 Mar 2009	NO
Question accordingly agreed to. New clause 23 added to the Bill.	2 Mar 2009	NO
(7) Before rule 54 there is inserted— "Destruction of home address forms 53A The returning officer shall destroy each candidate's home address form— (a) on the next working day following the 21st day after the officer has returned the name of the member elected; or (b) if an election petition questioning the election or return is presented before that day, on the next working day following the con...	2 Mar 2009	NO
Amendment 96, page 6, line 7, leave out '£5,000' and insert '£7,500'. Amendment 97, page 6, line 18, leave out '£5,000' and insert '£7,500'. Amendment 98, page 6, line 35, leave out '£1,000' and insert '£1,500'. Amendment 99, page 6, line 35, leave out '£5,000' and insert '£7,500'.— (Mark Tami.) Amendment proposed: 121, page 6, line 38, at end insert—	2 Mar 2009	NO
This has been a very interesting debate. The proceedings of the Neill committee have been set out in some detail, so I shall not repeat them. The clause would end the big donor culture at a stroke. Some may argue for a cap of less than £50,000. I notice that the Liberal Democrats started to do that today. That, as the Lord Chancellor pointed out, is a flat contradiction of the Liberal party policy...	2 Mar 2009	AYE

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