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Parliamentary History

Conservative

Charnwood

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

February 2014 4 votes

Division	Date	Vote
My hon. Friend the Member for North Swindon (Justin Tomlinson) talked about how people can set up their own business, and how that is a real engine for social mobility, and how this Government are helping people through the new enterprise allowance. Under us, businesses are setting up at the rate of 2,000 a month. That is what we want—young people setting up in business, older people and women set...	5 Feb 2014	NO
“Patients requiring elective care will have the right, in law, to choose from any provider who meets NHS standards of quality at NHS costs”. If I am right, that is called “any qualified provider” or “any willing provider”, which is exactly what this Government have pursued. Labour’s rewriting of history is breathtaking. “pursuit of targets and financial balance at the expense of quality of care.” ...	5 Feb 2014	NO
Question accordingly agreed to. Lords amendment 112 disagreed to.	4 Feb 2014	AYE
against them could not possibly result in a conviction at trial. That means that the evidence against a person is so undermined that no conviction could be based on it. “a failure of the trial process”. The burden is not on the defendant to prove that they were innocent. In R (AH) v. the Secretary of State for Justice, the divisional court ruled that a miscarriage of justice occurs where an indivi...	4 Feb 2014	AYE

January 2014 20 votes

Division	Date	Vote
I, too, thank those who sat on the Committee and all those who have contributed throughout the Bill’s passage. I thank Opposition Members who have been involved, including my hon. Friend the Member for Warrington North (Helen Jones) and especially my right hon. Friend the Member for Delyn (Mr Hanson) , who has worked tirelessly in responding to the Government’s proposals at the various stages. The...	30 Jan 2014	AYE
Question accordingly negatived. Amendment proposed, 1, page 8, line 19, leave out leave clause 11.—(Yvette Cooper.)	30 Jan 2014	NO
Amendment 79 was tabled by the hon. Member for Hayes and Harlington (John McDonnell) , who spoke movingly about it, and co-signed by the hon. Member for Islington North (Jeremy Corbyn) . The basis of clause 3 is utterly flawed, given that it sets out the idea that directions for removal within 14 days are somehow sufficient grounds to assume that bail should not be granted. On any common-sense ana...	30 Jan 2014	AYE
Question accordingly negatived. Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 31(2) ), That the proposed words be there added.	29 Jan 2014	AYE
Under the previous Government, we had an approach that decided that Whitehall and the Secretary of State knew best. We had centrally driven initiatives, such as the national strategies, that included chunking and told teachers how they should teach. Rather than empowering teachers, they deskilled them. As the shadow Work and Pensions Secretary has said, that led to shocking levels of English and M...	29 Jan 2014	NO
I thank the hon. Gentleman for his comment, and clearly those are issues that all charities have concerns about. The amendment would also reduce the amount of red tape for charities simply seeking to help people who are unable to bear their own burdens. I have been contacted by charities—in Northern Ireland and across the UK—highlighting how some constituency boundaries split towns between two con...	22 Jan 2014	AYE
What did you say? Hansard will prove whether or not I did, and it may even identify the Minister. Ministers of course ratify decisions and good ones ensure that their decisions go through, but, frankly, I can think of numerous examples where that has not been the case. Going to special advisers and civil servants, although usually with general ministerial consent—perhaps not from the particular Mi...	22 Jan 2014	AYE
I am grateful; the hon. Gentleman has a couple of minutes to tell Parliament what it needs to know. In the judgment of the Home Secretary, which of the six people who will be released from their TPIMs, and who were considered so dangerous that they needed to have those restrictive measures, still pose a security threat? The Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 provides for the ...	21 Jan 2014	NO
Question accordingly negatived. Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 31(2) ), That the proposed words be there added.	21 Jan 2014	AYE
We received more than 1,100 written responses and more than 7,000 responses to the online questionnaire. One of those responses was 2,000 pages long, so the “demonstrates a high level of acrimony within the industry and is littered with claims and counter-claims”, which just shows that it is important to make sure that we get this right. The breadth and depth of views expressed in the Chamber toda...	21 Jan 2014	NO
Order. This has been a quiet and dignified debate. Members who were not present during it have now come into the Chamber. I ask them to have the courtesy to listen to the Minister. Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I do not know whether the Opposition are embarrassed by previous occasions when they claimed more would be paid from a bankers’ bonus tax than was actually paid in bankers’ bonuses. Perh...	15 Jan 2014	NO
‘(1) The Secretary of State must lay before both Houses of Parliament a report on the performance of all providers contracted to provide officers to perform the duties of supervisor or responsible officer as described in this Act after one year of this Act coming into force. (2) The report must include— (a) an assessment of the information made available by each provider to the public, and their a...	14 Jan 2014	NO
I am really pleased that the commission has been set up. The hon. Member for Penrith and The Border (Rory Stewart) is exactly the right man to lead on it, and I ask him to come over the Pennines as quickly as he can. He will be made to feel welcome in the north-east, because people there have lived through this, and although I am telling their story, I can never relate to it in the way they can. T...	14 Jan 2014	NO
The point I am making is that the rules, which pre-existed this Government by the way, are very clear: investigation is not the same thing as Let me make the point, because it has been raised, that all the bidders on our list have experience of either working with offenders or across the wider criminal justice system. This is exactly the broad market that we want to see deliver these services. Bel...	14 Jan 2014	NO
Question accordingly negatived. Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 31(2) ), That the proposed words be there added.	8 Jan 2014	AYE
That Labour councillor introduced an article 4 measure with immediate effect to prevent the conversion of more premises from other use classes to that of a betting shop. Let me quote that Labour councillor’s words on the Southwark council website— [ Interruption. ] She is a Labour councillor, and Labour Members might want to listen to her. She knows a lot more about this than they do. Councillor F...	8 Jan 2014	NO
Question accordingly negatived. Amendment proposed: 1, page 3, line 5 , at end insert ‘but shall not be less than 80 per cent of the average civil compensation recovered by mesothelioma claimants.’.—(Tracey Crouch.)	7 Jan 2014	NO
I regret to hear what the Minister is saying. One thing he could do is to change the clawback from 100% to 75%, which would at least give people a little more money. Some things are out of my hands, and such is the legal situation in relation to clawback. I cannot change that through the Bill. It just happens: if someone gets compensation, there is clawback on it at 100% because taxpayers’ money i...	7 Jan 2014	NO
I would like to associate myself with the thoughts and best wishes to the right hon. Member for Wythenshawe and Sale East (Paul Goggins) . He is a good friend. He has been a good friend to the people of Northern Ireland, both as Minister and outside of that role. We respect him greatly and hope he will return to health and strength in a short period of time. In conclusion, it is clear that somethi...	7 Jan 2014	NO
The Minister talks about fair deals between water companies. Is he satisfied with the terms for the supply of water from Wales to Severn Trent, especially given that Severn Trent is apparently selling on 30 million litres of water a day to Anglian Water at commercial rates? Of course, that is happening on the back of Welsh resources. The hon. Gentleman is tempting me to get into the specifics of i...	6 Jan 2014	NO

December 2013 6 votes

Division	Date	Vote
I thank the Minister for giving way. I think he was somewhat churlish in not acknowledging that many Opposition Members are also extremely grateful to those who work in food banks. When I went to my local church-run food bank, I found that the people there were not political; the one thing they wanted to tell me was how shocked they were that so many of the people coming to them were suffering fro...	18 Dec 2013	NO
Order. The Minister is not giving way. He has limited time, and we will hear him. Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. In the longer term, we need to do more to prevent people from ending up in hospital as a result of avoidable crises. As my hon. Friend the Member for St Ives (Andrew George) said, we need to make two big shifts. The first involves a move to a much greater focus on preventing ill healt...	18 Dec 2013	NO
(a) on the basis of whether an authority’s relevant basic amount of council tax for the financial year beginning with 1 April 2013 would have been excessive if that amount for that year and for the immediately preceding financial year had been determined under section 52ZX of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 as amended by this section, (b) on the basis of whether an authority’s relevant basic...	17 Dec 2013	NO
Local authorities often work with residents, community groups and MPs to promote the best interests of residents in matters such as the siting of local health provisions and national infrastructure developments. If the Government’s proposals pass, the Secretary of State could use clause 39 to block such collaboration, ultimately to the detriment of residents. Time and again, the Secretary of State...	17 Dec 2013	NO
I did not get much of an impression of that in the hon. Lady’s contribution, but I give way to her. The Minister has also just repeated the ridiculous notion of the £3.8 billion for the integration of health care. That is not new money. It includes care— Order. I call the Minister. I note the position in Salford, and I recognise that finances in local government are tight. However, the Opposition ...	16 Dec 2013	NO
Betting, Gaming and Lotteries	4 Dec 2013	AYE

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