Mr Stephen Dorrell | ProjectParly

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

June 2013 8 votes

Division	Date	Vote
“if we don’t decarbonise electricity, we’ve got no hope of meeting all the targets that we are all committed to”. I entirely agree with the statement, but, unfortunately, the Prime Minister seems to have abandoned that. I pay tribute to everyone who has taken part in the debate and thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to comment briefly on what has been said. I am particularly gratefu...	4 Jun 2013	NO
Question accordingly negatived. Amendment proposed: 3, page 192, line 18, at end insert ‘unless one or more consumers have suffered loss or damage greater than this value.’.— (Luciana Berger .)	3 Jun 2013	NO
That is a very good answer, but the Minister gave an answer earlier that was found to be wrong, so I will wait for a note to come over to him. further, because this is an okay Bill, but that is all it is; it is not good. It is probably slightly better than what we had at the start, but we still have a long way to go. I ask the Minister to consider that. I also ask the Minister to look at the issue...	3 Jun 2013	NO
‘paragraph 22 (amendment of section 24A of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 as it has effect in England and Wales and Scotland) extends’ .—(Michael Fallon.) Amendment made: 69, page 103, line 41, leave out ‘120(1) (repeals)’ and insert ‘120(1), (4) and (5)’.—(Michael Fallon.) Amendments made: 71, page 107, line 25, leave out from ‘paragraph 3)’ to the end of line 29. 72, page 108, line 15, leave...	3 Jun 2013	NO
of State considers necessary to ensure that a CFD counterparty can meet its liabilities under any CFD to which it is a party.’. — (Michael Fallon.) Amendments made: 101, page 13, line 19, leave out ‘to or’. Amendment 102, page 13, line 21, leave out ‘to or’. Amendment 103, in clause 22, page 14, line 6, at end insert—	3 Jun 2013	NO
Amendment made: 61, page 8, line 31, at end insert— ‘(1A) Provision made by virtue of this section may— (a) include provision for a CFD counterparty to calculate or determine, in accordance with such criteria as may be provided for by or under the regulations, amounts which are owed by the CFD counterparty; (b) provide for anything which is to be calculated or determined under the regulations to b...	3 Jun 2013	NO
(b) any person who is a holder of a licence to supply electricity under section 6(1)(d) of EA 1989; (c) any person who is a capacity provider; (d) such other persons as the Secretary of State considers it appropriate to consult. (8) In relation to any exercise by the Secretary of State or the Authority of a power to make capacity market rules, the person making the rules must, as soon as reasonabl...	3 Jun 2013	NO
Division 12	3 Jun 2013	NO

May 2013 4 votes

Division	Date	Vote
I suggest that this legislation will bring our nation many problems, whether for teachers or in our day schools. Indeed, I certainly pray that God will deliver us even when the Bill goes to another place. We are on the edge of a profound social change. What a pity there was nothing in the manifesto. What a pity we did not have a Committee stage on the Floor of the House. What a pity we had only tw...	21 May 2013	AYE
Question accordingly negatived. Main Question put.	15 May 2013	AYE
Question accordingly negatived. Amendment proposed : (e) at end add:	15 May 2013	NO
Will my right hon. Friend clear up one point? Are the Liberal Democrats blocking the Conservative party from introducing an EU referendum Bill in Government time? I cannot block any Member picking up that Bill in the private Members’ ballot and seeking to advance it. We have already used more than 100 days of Government time to pass an Act that, for the first time in this country, gives our citize...	15 May 2013	NO

April 2013 18 votes

Division	Date	Vote
I return to my previous point: there is no compelling vision for growth in the Bill. On all the evidence, the comments that the Business Secretary made in his letter to the Deputy Prime Minister and Prime Minister last year are just as valid now as they were then, which is why we will not support this ludicrous measure and have resisted it every step of the way. I cannot match that. Reminiscences ...	25 Apr 2013	AYE
I appeal to all those Lib Dem parliamentarians who long held this as a point of principle and who have been lobbied by their constituents. They should stand with their constituents and with us, support low-paid workers I am glad we have had this debate. Some have commented that it is like closing the stable door after the horse has bolted. That is no fault of ours, but when the vote comes, people ...	24 Apr 2013	NO
Those are details, but having served as chair of a planning committee and, like other Members, having a postbag filled with planning issues, I know that they are important details to reassure not only hon. Members in the House, but those of us who will face neighbours who say that they were not really aware what they could object to and that a developer had assured them that they had the permitted...	23 Apr 2013	AYE
But if we look at what the Government are trying to do, they are getting spending down from 47.4% of GDP to about 40% of GDP. We know from our history that about 40% of GDP is a sustainable level of Government spending. It is a level that I personally would like to see reduced further, but it is none the less a level that has been consistently affordable over the long run, certainly going back to ...	22 Apr 2013	AYE
Question accordingly agreed to. Lords amendment 78 disagreed to.	22 Apr 2013	AYE
I thought I made myself clear but I will say it again: it would not require primary legislation if the MOD decided it was appropriate and right to make any changes to the retirement age. The Minister is being very helpful. In answer to an earlier question, he alluded to the timetable that has started. Would it be reasonable to assume that the negotiations are intended to be concluded by the MOD du...	22 Apr 2013	AYE
Question accordingly negatived. More than seven hours having elapsed since the commencement of proceedings, the proceedings were interrupted (Programme Order, 15 April ). The Chair put forthwith the Questions necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded at that time ( Standing Order No. 83D ). Amendment proposed : 8, page 120, line 9, at end add—	17 Apr 2013	NO
On that basis, I ask the Minister—perhaps in his reply now or at some later time—to tell us whether that review has indeed been carried out and what information is already available to assure us that the reassurances given previously have been brought into play. Otherwise, we are simply being told that we are asking for unnecessary reviews and that all will be done. Let us see if it is done, as ma...	17 Apr 2013	NO
“frankly, the very people you are after here are very good at getting out of these things and...will find all sorts of imaginative ways of avoiding it.” That was why it could only work for a single year. Has the Minister looked down the back of the Treasury sofas to find the £900 million a year that is missing? What has gone wrong? I will come on to that point, and the hon. Gentleman will be satis...	17 Apr 2013	NO
What the Minister will accept is that this Government have done more than any other in recent times to help those who aspire to purchase their own home. The Budget announced financial support of £5.4 billion for housing, which builds on the £11 billion of support already committed during the spending review period. The Government are also taking significant action through our build to rent and aff...	17 Apr 2013	NO
Question accordingly agreed to. Lords amendment 37 disagreed to.	16 Apr 2013	AYE
Question accordingly agreed to. Lords amendment 35 disagreed to.	16 Apr 2013	AYE
On a point of clarification, the hon. Gentleman says that he has had 1,000 letters from his constituents. Have all those people specifically faced caste discrimination in this country? I will be very brief, because other colleagues want to speak. I want to address the issue of caste, and to compliment the hon. Member for Bedford (Richard Fuller) on the way he spoke and for the logic he brought to ...	16 Apr 2013	AYE
Question accordingly agreed to. Lords amendment 7 disagreed to	16 Apr 2013	AYE
I accept that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State, with his experience of the matter, understands that we need to find an article 4 system that actually works, rather than the well-intentioned but draconian outcome proposed by their lordships. Rightly or wrongly, concerns have been raised about how article 4 actually operates on the ground. That relates in part to the point my hon. Friend ...	16 Apr 2013	AYE
Division 203	16 Apr 2013	AYE
This is the reality for many people in this country—not for the Chancellor’s millionaire pals, but for the millions of ordinary people in this country who are facing the reality of unemployment and, for those in work, squeezed living standards, under-employment and increasing insecurity. The truly startling but unsurprising reality, confirmed by the OBR, is that people will be worse off in 2015 th...	15 Apr 2013	AYE
Division 201	15 Apr 2013	AYE

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