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Mr Stephen Dorrell

Mr Stephen Dorrell

CON Conservative Former MP
Last served Charnwood (1979-05-03 – 2015-03-30)
70.9
Conservative
17 coded votes
1,489
Total votes
713
Ayes
776
Noes
0
Other

Parliamentary History

3 May 1979 – 30 Mar 2015 (35 yrs 10 mo)

Ideology spectrum

70.9
ProgressiveCentreConservative

Conservative — based on 17 coded votes across 3 axes (1% coverage).

Policy axis scores

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

Economic policy 50
Low confidence 4 votes
Civil liberties 100
Low confidence 1 votes
Climate / energy 75
Medium confidence 12 votes

Voting trends (most recent 12 months of activity)

Voting record

January 2013 5 votes
Division Date Vote
Here is the good news, which we would not get from the Opposition either: passenger journeys in 2012, measured on the third quarter, are up 0.6% from the same quarter the year before. [Interruption.] Members are shouting about London. Even with London taken out, passenger journeys are down just 0.8% on last year. Is that a Beeching-style cut? Total bus mileage is only down 0.8% as well. where they... 9 Jan 2013 NO
Question accordingly agreed to. Bill read a Second time. Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 83A(7) ), 8 Jan 2013 AYE
Question accordingly negatived. Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 62(2) ), That the Bill be now read a Second time. 8 Jan 2013 AYE
Order. The Minister has said he is not giving way, so we do not need people shouting from the side of the Chamber that he should do so. It is up to him. I have five minutes left to sum up the whole debate and I need to take that time. These savings are crucial. They show that the Government are dealing with the record budget deficit they inherited. They will help to build confidence that the UK is... 8 Jan 2013 NO
Division 130 8 Jan 2013 AYE
December 2012 12 votes
Division Date Vote
My hon. Friend will know that the CCS cost-reduction taskforce reported just a week ago and concluded: “UK gas and coal power stations equipped with carbon capture, transport and storage have clear potential to be cost competitive with other forms of low-carbon power generation, delivering electricity at a levelised cost approaching £100/MWh by the early 2020s”. That is not my conclusion, but that... 19 Dec 2012 NO
CMPs will allow the Government to defend their case and the claimant will have a special advocate working on their behalf, fighting their case. Moreover, it could well be that information that could be considered in a closed material procedure is of benefit to the claimant, and having the case heard using a closed material procedure does not guarantee that the Government will win. Will the Ministe... 18 Dec 2012 AYE
In between the bookends of prejudice that characterise the Bill, there are one or two worthwhile and sensible provisions, and I welcome them. The Penfold agenda for the rationalisation of conflicting planning and consent regimes is a sensible move forward, and there are some good things in that area, but it is hard to find them with those awful, unjustified, un-evidence-based prejudices on either ... 17 Dec 2012 AYE
Government amendment 64 creates a new right not to suffer detriment if an employee refuses to sign an employee-shareholder contract. This means that if an employee has been overlooked for promotion or has been disadvantaged in any other way because of that refusal, he may then be able to present a claim to an employment tribunal. Will the Minister give way? I will not, because of the time. Finally... 17 Dec 2012 NO
The hon. Gentleman is right that the main problem is the lack of effective demand because of the banking and mortgage collapse, but does he not see that, because of that, there is little or no profit in these prospective developments and that that is why they cannot afford the 106 agreement-type levels common before the bust? I turn to amendment 44, which was also tabled by my hon. Friend. The rig... 17 Dec 2012 NO
and “do not limit” themselves at 100 MW. During a recent “Sharp End” interview, the First Minister adopted Plaid Cymru’s position and said that he wanted full control over energy planning policy. If energy policy is the key to the future of the Welsh economy for jobs and growth—I am certain that it is—why should a 100 MW limit be set? Total control over energy planning policy would allow the Welsh... 17 Dec 2012 NO
years. That is what would have happened, had Labour won the election. It will fool no one: it will not fool the public, patients, the professionals or this House. We all know that the coalition is moving heaven and earth to protect the proud heritage of the NHS and drive up standards for everyone—whoever they are and wherever they live. Let us compare that with Labour’s real NHS project in Wales, ... 12 Dec 2012 NO
I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention and his compliment that he thinks my point is not wholly without merit, but it might test your patience, Mr Deputy Speaker, if I tried to shoehorn into the debate on the amendment possible solutions to the global food crisis and productivity in agriculture. On derivatives, in agricultural production there is a need to hedge. There needs to be some ki... 10 Dec 2012 NO
Amendment (b), tabled by the hon. Member for Nottingham East, would give the oversight committee an additional function to keep under review the adequacy and effectiveness of the Bank’s arrangements with the Treasury for crisis management. It is very important The problem is the threadbare nature of the memorandum of understanding, particularly the infamous paragraph 20, which says: “However, the ... 10 Dec 2012 NO
changes to public service provisions when in office, including through increasing the normal pension age from 60 to 65, introducing a cap-and-share mechanism to protect taxpayers from increasing costs and reforming contribution levels. According to the Public Accounts Committee, those reforms, implemented by the previous Government, will save the taxpayer £67 billion over 50 years. Can the hon. Ge... 4 Dec 2012 AYE
Question accordingly negatived. The Deputy Speaker then put forthwith the Questions necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded at that time ( Standing Order No. 83E ). Amendment proposed : 16, in clause 9, page 5, line 29, at end insert— 4 Dec 2012 NO
The other issue involved here is what our priorities are. The last figure I had for how much the unfunded public sector pension schemes were costing us was for 2009-10, when it was less than £4 billion. Some 60% of gross tax relief on pensions goes to higher rate taxpayers—that is £22 billion. The cost of providing tax relief to the 1% of our population who earn more than £150,000 was double the a... 4 Dec 2012 NO
November 2012 12 votes
Division Date Vote
for everything. How would they pay for a VAT cut? The bank payroll tax. Higher capital expenditure? The bank payroll tax. Reversing changes to child benefit? The bank payroll tax. At the last count, a tax that they think would raise £2 billion has been used 15 times over to fund tax cuts and spending increases. I have three minutes left, so I am going to continue. I am not going to give way. I wan... 28 Nov 2012 NO
“I have been very clear and we have all been clear, we have to try to do this in a way that is fair so that the broadest backs bear the biggest burden. That is why we haven’t changed… the 50p tax rate.” The Deputy Prime Minister said in September 2011: “At a time when millions of people who play by the rules, work hard, pay their taxes and try to look after their families, it would be incomprehens... 28 Nov 2012 NO
complexity from the system to allow start-ups of small and sometimes fairly short-term charities. It is a good idea to enable people to set up charities for a particular purpose and perhaps to close them down once they have had a dab at what they need to do. Perhaps we are rather too inclined to keep organisations going just for the sake of keeping them going, rather than saying, “It has done its ... 26 Nov 2012 NO
Question accordingly agreed to. The Deputy Speaker declared the main Question, as amended, to be agreed to ( Standing Order No. 31(2) ). rail fares; commends that these measures have been in part affordable because of the Government’s record of success in tackling tax avoidance and evasion which is on track to raise an additional £7 billion per annum by the end of this Parliament; and welcomes the... 12 Nov 2012 AYE
Question accordingly negatived. Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 31(2) ), That the proposed words be there added. 12 Nov 2012 AYE
What he did not mention was that the Ministers in question must have been those who consulted on the matter in 2008 and then decided not to change the law. Even four years on, the shadow Chancellor cannot stop himself briefing against the Treasury team of the right hon. Member for Edinburgh South West. Incidentally, HMRC has strengthened compliance in this area. It has, among other things, won a l... 12 Nov 2012 NO
We will focus our efforts on reducing the rate of the spread of the disease. We will continue to trace recently planted saplings and nursery stock and will destroy infected trees, as we have been doing through the summer. We are getting the public to help to identify diseased trees through raising awareness. We are looking for genetic strains that are resistant to the disease and getting land mana... 12 Nov 2012 NO
No. I have been very generous in taking interventions in three debates so far, so I will make my points and will not waste any more time. The last major element of the scheme is special expenses. As is consistent with our policy of focusing payments on the most seriously affected, we have retained the vast majority of those payments in their entirety. However, we have made it clear that the scheme... 7 Nov 2012 NO
Question accordingly negatived. Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 31(2) ), That the proposed words be there added. 7 Nov 2012 AYE
It is worth putting it on record that despite the financial challenge faced by the whole public sector, we have put an extra £12.5 billion into the NHS during the life of this Parliament. That is not to say, however, that there is no financial pressure, and the Opposition were right to highlight the Nicholson challenge and the need to cut away bureaucracy and waste in the NHS in order to put more ... 7 Nov 2012 NO
Division 94 6 Nov 2012 NO
Will the Minister give way? I will in a moment. I welcome, too, the support that we have had from my hon. Friends the Members for Halesowen and Rowley Regis (James Morris), for Bury St Edmunds (Mr Ruffley), for Henley (John Howell), for Dover (Charlie Elphicke), for Cleethorpes (Martin Vickers) and others. My hon. Friends the Members for Rugby (Mark Pawsey) and for Waveney (Peter Aldous) raised sp... 5 Nov 2012 AYE
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