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

February 2009 3 votes

Division	Date	Vote
The hon. Member for Bournemouth, East (Mr. Ellwood) stood up for his constituency by calling for more resources for Dorset, and I now turn to that point. The resources provided to Dorset police authority have gone up by 47 per cent. since 1997, which is a 12 per cent. increase in real terms. I will come to this morning's report in The Times in a moment, but police numbers in the hon. Gentleman's a...	24 Feb 2009	AYE
Like the majority of my constituents who live along the boundary fence at Heathrow, and like my local borough council, I support the building of another runway at Heathrow. However, as you will rightly remind me if I carry on in this vein, Madam Deputy Speaker, this is not yet another debate about Heathrow, so I shall avoid that subject for the moment; there will be plenty more opportunities. I op...	24 Feb 2009	AYE
I will give way, but I am conscious of time and have a lot of points to cover. Given that the hon. Gentleman was not here for the rest of the debate, I hope that he will be very brief. I am grateful to the Minister. He knows that I am very fond of him and of Hartlepool, and that when I was a Minister, we spent a great deal of money on Hartlepool. One problem that we had when I was a Housing Minist...	11 Feb 2009	AYE

January 2009 3 votes

Division	Date	Vote
I thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, and Mr. Speaker for giving me the opportunity this evening to raise this issue, which is of great importance to my constituents. "the link between healthcare spending and health outcomes", "Recent developments in circulatory drug therapy (especially statins) are acknowledged to be highly cost effective", but we do not make full use of them. Our death rates from car...	21 Jan 2009	NO
I shall concentrate on the specific points that have been made, but if I do not have time to respond to all of them, I shall endeavour to write to hon. Members. I shall give way to the hon. Gentleman, particularly as his former colleague, the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead, would not. Absolutely. The hon. Gentleman has pointed to the inherent contradiction in the Conservatives' policy: they say t...	21 Jan 2009	AYE
I want to refer briefly to the comments made by the hon. Member for Taunton (Mr. Browne) . I agree with him that it is disappointing that there has been an increase in the level of irregularities. The figures that he quotes mostly relate to the fact that there is a larger EU following the accession of Bulgaria and Romania. Overall, the levels of fraud that were found by the European Court of Audit...	20 Jan 2009	NO

December 2008 6 votes

Division	Date	Vote
"Commission that we need to provide 1.5 per cent. of GDP for the stimulus package to strengthen the economy". On Monday, the German Economy Minister said that Germany had an obligation to introduce new measures to stimulate its economy. He wants Germany to introduce tax measures totalling €25 billion next year. The chief economist of DekaBank, Ulrich Kater, made the point that reducing VAT would h...	17 Dec 2008	AYE
Question accordingly negatived. Amendment proposed: at the end of the Question to add:	15 Dec 2008	AYE
My hon. Friend the Member for Warwick and Leamington (Mr. Plaskitt) made a brilliant speech about bank regulation. I was lost for most of it, but he really seemed to know what he was talking about. My right hon. Friend the Member for Croydon, North (Malcolm Wicks) made an erudite speech in which he spoke passionately about welfare reform and the value he attaches to it. My right hon. Friend said t...	15 Dec 2008	AYE
Question accordingly negatived. On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. This is a point of order for you, because the motion that the House has so narrowly approved was very different from what you suggested last Wednesday. Will you please reflect on that and come back to the House with another statement tomorrow? The House has not agreed to any motion; it was an amendment that was put forward. Main Que...	8 Dec 2008	NO
In addition, there has been an element of party political knockabout tonight, although some speeches have been very good. I simply put it to Government Members that irrespective of whether they agreed or disagreed with the previous Conservative Government, tonight's true debate is not about who was right or wrong; the true debate tonight is whether the Executive or Members of Parliament should dec...	8 Dec 2008	AYE
I am very grateful, Mr. Speaker, and I will bring my remarks to an end, as other Members want to speak. We must consider both principles that I mentioned, and investigate these matters calmly and in a considered manner, but at the right time. May I inform you, Mr. Speaker, that one of the reasons why the Labour Benches are so gratifyingly full is that we are on a four-line box—a form of Whip that ...	8 Dec 2008	AYE

November 2008 8 votes

Division	Date	Vote
"(a) in the interests of national security, (b) in the interests of the relationship between the United Kingdom and another country, or (c) otherwise in the public interest", however that "public interest" would be defined outside of national security. In other words, things could be secret simply because Ministers certified that they needed to be in the interest of avoiding embarrassment, or for ...	19 Nov 2008	NO
Question accordingly negatived. Question put, That this House disagrees with the Lords in the said amendment:—	19 Nov 2008	NO
I am sorry, but I do not think that the Minister is answering the points made in the debate. He is certainly not answering our case, outlined by my hon. Friend the Member for Luton, South (Margaret Moran) , that different chief constables decide to interpret requests differently. The position is shambolic; it must be tidied up. I will get to that point later. I was stating our belief that, in gene...	19 Nov 2008	NO
Question accordingly negatived. Government a mendment (g) to the Lords amendment made.	18 Nov 2008	AYE
We should not underestimate the challenges inherent in delivering a fully operational scheme in a little over 16 months, but, despite its complexity, it is important for us to set a target and try to meet it. We are committed to introducing the feed-in tariff as soon as possible. However, choosing an arbitrary date at this stage will fetter our ability to deliver a fully functional and effective s...	18 Nov 2008	AYE
Two hon. Members have justified clause 19, as the Minister will do. The GMB, of which I am a long-standing member, has sent us a note on various items. Its general secretary, who presumably knows what he is talking about, states: "Clause 19... is totally inadequate." He goes on to say that it will provide BNP members with "more protection than any other trade unionist and unions would be financial...	4 Nov 2008	NO
Let us have a register, but it would be much simpler if the court that hands out grants of probate could simply check that register—that would, to some extent, deal with data protection issues—and inform the executors that it knew that there was a dormant bank account, because it had found the name on the register. That would be a much simpler way of doing things. It would benefit charities, which...	3 Nov 2008	AYE
As chair of the all-party group on the community and voluntary sector, and one to whom the sector has been talking loudly on this issue, I very much appreciate the spirit in which my hon. Friend the Minister has tabled this amendment, as he promised that he would following our debate in Committee. He has been as good as his word. I will, if necessary, follow him into the Lobby to support new claus...	3 Nov 2008	NO

October 2008 6 votes

Division	Date	Vote
The hon. Gentleman will be aware that we have already given the traffic commissioner the power relating to the three-month extension, but his suggestion would almost take us into the game of finding a further extension. It is a question of where we draw the line. All the advice that we have received is that the process should be well on the way, if not complete, after nine months. That is why we h...	27 Oct 2008	NO
An interesting range of contributions has been made to our discussions about one of the major elements of the Bill. It was interesting that the hon. Member for Wimbledon (Stephen Hammond) started with an attack on the Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions, my right hon. Friend the Member for Doncaster, Central (Ms Winterton) , who undertook a great range of work in listening carefull...	27 Oct 2008	NO
There will be no automatic right. The Minister told the hon. Member for Wolverhampton, South-West (Rob Marris) that he wants to preserve the rights of foreign spouses of British nationals, even if they have been here for five years. So when he says there is no automatic right, he means that there is no automatic right unless someone is married. That is the first exception, and there will be others...	21 Oct 2008	NO
Division 278	21 Oct 2008	NO
Division 277	21 Oct 2008	NO
"that—on average—around 9 per cent. of all statutory instruments transpose EC legislation...I believe this is the correct figure." "has previously researched Mr Farage's claim, made on Today , that this figure is 75 per cent., and found that it is supposedly based on a German government statement, although no-one has actually discovered it. Mark points out, however, that this whole area is a conte...	8 Oct 2008	AYE

July 2008 4 votes

Division	Date	Vote
My hon. Friend the Member for North Durham (Mr. Jones) described a catalogue of problems in the last two Parliaments and stressed the importance of financial audit. The right hon. Member for Maidstone and The Weald (Miss Widdecombe) said that she wanted to make a robust defence of the position in which hon. Members find themselves. She certainly succeeded. She also pointed to the fundamental weakn...	16 Jul 2008	AYE
Division 264	16 Jul 2008	AYE
All politicians in Northern Ireland have a responsibility to build on the stability that has already been granted through the peace process, and we all have a responsibility to play our part to secure more investment and jobs by completing devolution. That is not to say, however, that families are not feeling the pinch, in Northern Ireland as much as elsewhere. Energy bills, petrol and food are al...	9 Jul 2008	AYE
(ii) how any administrative costs are to be defrayed; (e) provide for it to be an offence for a person fraudulently to supply or sell rebated fuel other than as proscribed by these regulations; (f) provide for a system of registration of eligible retail outlets; (g) provide for the scheme to be administered in Scotland by the Scottish Executive and in Wales by the Welsh Ministers.'.— [John Thurso....	2 Jul 2008	AYE

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