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Parliamentary History

Labour

Bradford North

8 Nov 1990 – 6 May 2010 (19 yrs 5 mo)

Ideology spectrum

22.0

ProgressiveCentreConservative

Progressive — based on 18 coded votes across 1 axes (2% coverage).

Policy axis scores

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

Climate / energy 22

Medium confidence 18 votes

Voting trends (most recent 12 months of activity)

Voting record

July 2009 11 votes

Division	Date	Vote
Order. The hon. Gentleman's remarks may well be correct, but perhaps we will restrict ourselves a little more to the terms of the new clause. I think that I have made my point. On the other hand, the shadow Chancellor has a history of being enthusiastic about flat-rate taxes. He came into office saying that he would consider their introduction, but it was only when he did so that he realised how f...	7 Jul 2009	NO
Does my hon. Friend agree that there has been some talk in the past 48 hours that if this new clause is passed tonight, the following morning the Government will not be able to collect taxes, the markets will crash and government will grind to a halt? Does he not agree that these are tales to frighten children and that people should decide to vote tonight on the merits of the arguments and not on ...	7 Jul 2009	NO
Question accordingly negatived. Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 32(2) ), That the proposed words be there added.	6 Jul 2009	AYE
I cannot give way; I have very limited time. Another argument that is put forward is that the scheme will not help diminish fraud. Clearly the 24 European Union countries that have opted for an identity card scheme think that it will help attack fraud. It is not the key element, but it is one element. Of course, the Opposition want the scheme to be compulsory so that they can get their arguments a...	6 Jul 2009	NO
I have very little time, but I will. Will the Minister give me a guarantee that he will meet the consortium from Norfolk to discuss the issue at the earliest possible opportunity before the recess? I shall be happy to meet the hon. Gentleman and a representative from his constituency, although as I have inherited a large backlog of meetings from my predecessor, it may not be possible before the re...	6 Jul 2009	NO
Adjournment (summer)	1 Jul 2009	AYE
The convention is that it is only the hon. Member who secured the debate who intervenes, but I will give way. I am grateful to the Exchequer Secretary for giving way to me. Will the FSA also focus on the bespoke banking market in Northern Ireland, which is very different from the banking market elsewhere? Scotland also has different conditions. Will the FSA take those into account? I cannot answer...	1 Jul 2009	AYE
"This Act and any Statutory Instrument made under this Act shall cease to have effect on the first anniversary of the day on which the Act is passed." Let us say that we get Royal Assent by 31 July , and the body gets going, with staff being transferred, on 1 January . Seven months later, it ceases to have effect. That is an extraordinary idea. I shall give way in a moment. I accept entirely that ...	1 Jul 2009	NO
Question accordingly negatived. Proceedings interrupted (Programme Order, 29 June ). The Chairman put forthwith the Questions necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded at that time (Programme Order, 29 June , and Standing Order No. 83D ). Amendment proposed: 39, page 6, line 26, leave out subsection (3).— (Mr. Grieve.)	1 Jul 2009	NO
I give way first to the hon. and learned Member for Beaconsfield and then to the hon. Member for Stone (Mr. Cash) . The hon. and learned Gentleman makes a lawyer's point about section 2 of the Fraud Act 2006 not being around at that stage, but he knows very well that section 16 of the Theft Act 1968 was. The right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed (Sir Alan Beith) raised a question earlier about ...	1 Jul 2009	NO
Amendment 19 would omit subsection (6) of clause 8. I have said already that that subsection, on protocol, was meant to be helpful. Clearly, Members are not finding it helpful and we have agreed to look at it again to be helpful as the Bill progresses further through the House. Amendment 20 would substitute the Committee on Standards and Privileges for the Speaker's Committee on the Independent Pa...	1 Jul 2009	NO

June 2009 17 votes

Division	Date	Vote
On a point of order, Sir Michael— Order. We must deal with the votes now. The Front Bench— Order. It is for the occupant of the Chair to take the voices on these occasions and to decide what to do. As far as I am concerned, the Ayes have it. Amendments made: 27, in clause 5, page 3, line 23, at end insert	30 Jun 2009	NO
"it looks as though constitutional change has been done on a wing and a prayer. We on these Benches are very happy to supply the prayer, but we want to be assured of the quality of the wing."—[ Official Report, House of Lords, 11 June 2009; Vol. 711, c. 767 .] What the Justice Secretary's action tonight has demonstrated is that the wing is not qualified and is indeed plummeting to earth rapidly. T...	30 Jun 2009	AYE
The amendment would set up an effective, depoliticising and interim regime that would do much to improve the basis on which our pay is set, and as such it is entirely in the spirit of the Bill. I urge the Committee to support the amendment. It is fantastic. My hon. Friend says that it is fantastic. That tells us what is happening to Front Benchers. As a Front Bencher, I am now not sure whether I w...	30 Jun 2009	NO
Question accordingly agreed to. I have to tell the hon. Gentleman that no such power is vested in the Chair. We must proceed with the business on the Order Paper. If the next motion is moved, the House will come to a decision.	25 Jun 2009	AYE
Question accordingly negatived. Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No.117A(3) ) ,	25 Jun 2009	AYE
Question accordingly agreed to. Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No.117A(3) ),	25 Jun 2009	AYE
Question accordingly negatived. Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 31(2) ), That the proposed words be there added.	24 Jun 2009	AYE
If the House resolves to give the inquiry the authority to compel witnesses and to put them on oath, that is exercisable against any witness. Why is the House not being asked to provide that safeguard, so that the inquiry commands public confidence? In all the debates that we have had on this matter in recent months, the Franks inquiry has been cited as the model for getting to the heart of these ...	24 Jun 2009	NO
The funding formula needs to be reviewed from time to time. As the hon. Gentleman rightly said, the review was overdue, but it has now taken place. Part of the formula was set by the previous Conservative Government and it was enormously unfair to certain areas. We have put that right, which will result in Cornwall getting more money, as he recognised. He put his case fairly, as did the hon. Membe...	17 Jun 2009	AYE
Order. The hon. Gentleman is a very experienced Member of the House, so he will know that we do not refer to people who are not in the Chamber in that way. Our debate has become a little lively for this time of the afternoon. Interestingly, in many of our discussion we have discussed the potential for things to have an influence on local communities and for business rate supplement projects to be ...	17 Jun 2009	AYE
Against that background, I am sorry to have to say that we have to maintain that the Government have misjudged the mood and misread the evidence, and that if they disagree with the Lords they will make the Bill worse than when it came back to this House from the other place. That will be a missed opportunity and a great let-down, and it will send precisely the wrong signals to businesses in this c...	17 Jun 2009	AYE
The hon. Member for Putney asked how the full deferral of 60 per cent. could be delivered if the scheme is introduced halfway through the year. The deferral scheme will come into force at the end of July—that was made clear when it was announced. The scheme will offer the full deferral of 60 per cent. of the increase due to inflation and transitional relief by adjusting the instalments of business...	15 Jun 2009	NO
I am a new Minister, with less than a week's experience. I can honestly say that it is a steep learning curve, but I cannot think of a better debate to start with, especially as I represent the semi-rural constituency of north-east Somerset, or Wansdyke as it is known. In the best traditions of the House, this debate has been informative. I have heard some genuinely interesting things, some of the...	15 Jun 2009	NO
On the economy, we know what— [ Interruption. ] I am about to come to the hon. Member for Carmarthen, East and Dinefwr (Adam Price) , so he can keep calm. What were his views, along with all the nationalists? They proclaimed the great arc of prosperity that was to extend across the smaller countries—Ireland, Iceland and Latvia. The hon. Gentleman said that "small country success is everywhere...Ic...	10 Jun 2009	NO
If the hon. Lady will allow me, I shall finish this point, lest I have to start being rude to her. I want to make sure that where we can proceed in unity in the House, we do so. There is no point in trying to score partisan points just for the sake of it, but I reserve my position on that for the hon. Lady. I thank the Minister for giving way. I know that in his previous job, he was keen to modern...	10 Jun 2009	AYE
I will deal with that point in due course, but the point that I wanted to make related to my hon. Friend the Member for Regent's Park and Kensington, North (Ms Buck) , who spoke with great eloquence about the impact on families who face repossession, and the position of leaseholders. I congratulate her on the work that she is doing to protect her constituents from a local Conservative council, who...	9 Jun 2009	NO
Question accordingly agreed to. Bill read a Second time. Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 83A (7) ),	1 Jun 2009	AYE

May 2009 2 votes

Division	Date	Vote
Division 140	20 May 2009	NO
Question accordingly negatived. Main Question put.	20 May 2009	AYE

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