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Mr Mike Thornton

Mr Mike Thornton

Last served Eastleigh (2013-02-28 – 2015-03-30)
44.0
Leaning progressive
16 coded votes
373
Total votes
141
Ayes
232
Noes
0
Other

Parliamentary History

28 Feb 2013 – 30 Mar 2015 (2 yrs)

Ideology spectrum

44.0
ProgressiveCentreConservative

Leaning progressive — based on 16 coded votes across 3 axes (4% coverage).

Policy axis scores

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

Economic policy 56
Low confidence 9 votes
Civil liberties 100
Low confidence 2 votes
Climate / energy 0
Low confidence 5 votes

Voting trends (most recent 12 months of activity)

Voting record

January 2015 7 votes
Division Date Vote
“signed off by the ‘quad’”? Did the Chief Secretary sign them off? Was it a mistake or is he now trying to “reverse ferret” out of it? Which is it? deficit, we will then balance the books, allowing borrowing only for productive capital investment or for financial stability. That means that we will finish the job and then be able to invest in our public services so that the people of the country ca... 13 Jan 2015 AYE
Question accordingly negatived. Motion made, and Question put, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 12.— (Jo Swinson .) 12 Jan 2015 AYE
There has been an encouraging trend in recent years towards safer and more tailored online ticket marketplaces and away from the touts outside venues. These websites can offer much more consumer protection than was available before, often in excess of what the law requires. The sites have processes in place to try to prevent, discourage and punish fraud. Although no market is perfect, we know how ... 12 Jan 2015 NO
Paragraph 13 provides that if the power is used two or more times against the same individual in a six-month period, the police would be allowed to hold the documents a third time for any five days before they need to apply to a court for an extension of time. The court is required to refuse to extend the duration of the travel documents’ retention unless exceptional circumstances apply. The amend... 6 Jan 2015 NO
‘(2) This section shall be repealed on 31 December 2016 unless both Houses of Parliament have passed a resolution that it should continue in force until a future date. (3) The date specified in a resolution of both Houses of Parliament under subsection (2) may be modified by subsequent resolutions of both Houses of Parliament.’. This amendment would require a vote in Parliament to renew the power ... 6 Jan 2015 NO
The Minister frames his response in a reasonable manner but, in line with the international convention on the reduction of statelessness, which is relevant to this measure and to which David Anderson did not refer when he appeared before the Joint Committee on Human Rights, it is an act of treason when a person With those comments, I hope right hon. and hon. Members will be minded not to press the... 6 Jan 2015 NO
Division 123 6 Jan 2015 NO
December 2014 21 votes
Division Date Vote
A number of hon. Members have mentioned sanctions. I have discussed the issue with my own local jobcentre and I can confirm that hardship payments are being paid where needed. The right hon. Member for Birkenhead I want to turn to a number of other relevant issues. First, is poverty a driver to the use of food banks? It might well be—obviously it is—but the best way to get people out of poverty is... 17 Dec 2014 NO
Question accordingly negatived. Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 31(2) ), That the proposed words be there added. 17 Dec 2014 AYE
The hon. Member for Edinburgh East (Sheila Gilmore) suggested that the comparison with the private rented sector was something of an afterthought. Uncharacteristically for her, she had not read the impact assessment we published in 2012, in which we made that very point. We heard from some of my hon. Friends about how their local authorities have been very proactive in this area. We heard how, in ... 17 Dec 2014 NO
That is hardly robust encouragement from the Government. It appears that the Liberal Democrats have had a change of heart. They now admit that section 78 of the 2010 Act was the right approach all along. We still have time before the election to make pay transparency a reality. It does not require primary legislation. Section 78 already gives the Government the power to make regulations to require... 16 Dec 2014 AYE
Question accordingly negatived. Clause 1 ordered to stand part of the Bill. 15 Dec 2014 NO
I completely understand why the Government have decided that within the 14-day period there should be no appeal or review, but I cannot understand why paragraph 8 of schedule 1 prohibits or prevents the judge from considering whether there is a basis for the order or retention in the first place. All the judge can do is ensure that those who are considering the matter are doing so diligently. He i... 15 Dec 2014 NO
If someone fails a fitness test through no fault of their own and they do not qualify for ill health retirement, they will get a redeployed role or an unreduced pension. That will be put on a statutory footing in the national framework—a full, unreduced pension, if not an alternative role. Having heard the words of the Minister, I think the whole House can now support the statutory instrument. I a... 15 Dec 2014 NO
Question accordingly negatived. Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 62(2) ), That the Bill be now read a Second time. 8 Dec 2014 AYE
Further public accountability will be provided by the new watchdog mentioned by the hon. Member for Rugby (Mark Pawsey) . We will be converting Passenger Focus into a new body, Transport Focus, which will better describe its reason for existence: it will now be commenting on the state of the roads as well as the modes of transport that use them. When Brunel was building his bridge, there was no pl... 8 Dec 2014 NO
Question accordingly agreed to. Question put accordingly, That the Bill be now read a Third time. 5 Dec 2014 AYE
What could a Government Bill have done instead? It could have set out where the revenues would come from to fund the promise. It could have hypothecated some element of taxation. It could have set up an independent body to ensure that the revenue was dedicated to the causes that are, in and of themselves, enormously admirable. But the Government chose not to do that. Instead, they chose to support... 5 Dec 2014 AYE
(2) An order under subsection (1) shall not be made unless a referendum has taken place in the United Kingdom and more than 50% of those casting a vote do so in favour of meeting the target. (3) This Act shall only have effect in those years where the United Kingdom records a budget surplus. (4) The Secretary of State may vary the target mentioned in section 1 by an order contained in a statutory ... 5 Dec 2014 NO
(a) the amount payable by the United Kingdom to the European Union. (b) Welfare benefits paid to foreign nationals. (c) Welfare benefits paid to UK nationals living abroad. (d) The administrative costs of the Department for International Development and its agencies and associated public bodies.” —(Philip Davies .) Brought up, and read the First time. 5 Dec 2014 NO
Question accordingly agreed to. Question put accordingly, That the clause be read a Second time. 5 Dec 2014 NO
“as soon as reasonably practicable”. When will that be? What does that mean? Will we have to wait for a report to come out a year hence? It is completely meaningless and I cannot believe that anyone has fallen for it. My hon. Friend’s amendment, which is very sensible indeed and should be welcomed by the whole House, says that the statement should be made after “no more than 10 days during which b... 5 Dec 2014 AYE
“The Bill establishes the secure college in law. Beyond the legal framework, the legislation does not specify details of the regime to be delivered within the secure college.” The most obvious example of that is the secure college rules. Effectively, the secure colleges are the old-style Borstals, and everybody knew that they did not work. Indeed. One of the fundamental problems is that there is n... 1 Dec 2014 AYE
Question accordingly agreed to. Lords amendment 107 disagreed to. 1 Dec 2014 AYE
Question accordingly agreed to. Lords amendment 103 disagreed to. 1 Dec 2014 AYE
Question accordingly agreed to. Lords amendment 97 disagreed to. 1 Dec 2014 AYE
In a way, the wording does not matter. The net effect of those criteria is to set up retrospective tests that mean that the chilling effect will apply. Interveners are typically charities, not-for-profit organisations and others who may perhaps have funds to pay their own costs, but The hon. Gentleman is missing the point. Why should those who row in to back a judicial review that they lose be aut... 1 Dec 2014 AYE
Division 100 1 Dec 2014 AYE
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