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Parliamentary History

Conservative

Enfield North

6 May 2010 – 30 Mar 2015 (4 yrs 10 mo)

Ideology spectrum

50.3

ProgressiveCentreConservative

Centrist — based on 14 coded votes across 3 axes (1% 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 1 votes

Climate / energy 25

Low confidence 4 votes

Voting trends (most recent 12 months of activity)

Voting record

January 2013 5 votes

Division	Date	Vote
We have only two minutes left and there are still a number of points to cover— I gave way five times. Let me take this opportunity to point out that we do not need to change, nor is it the case simply that we can make requests of Ofqual. Ofqual can consider them and has in the past made wise judgments. I should say that the shadow Secretary of State has consistently questioned the judgment of Ofqu...	16 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 11 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
Church of England Marriage (Amendment) Measure 2012 Motion for leave to bring in a Bill ( Standing Order No. 23 ) I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Charities Act 2011 to treat all religious institutions as charities; and for connected purposes. The Charities Act 2006, which was consolidated into the Charities Act 2011, removed the presumption that religious institu...	19 Dec 2012	AYE
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
Legal aid and advice	5 Dec 2012	AYE
I acknowledge the special role the League of Friends plays in the life of Clevedon community hospital, a point my right hon. Friend made in his speech. It has worked to raise a lot of money for the hospital and to ensure that it is retained as an important community health care resource. It is dismayed and disappointed, as are others in the local community, by the attitude of the PCT. I understand...	5 Dec 2012	AYE
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
I would like to thank the Minister for the clarity his letters provided on clause 16, which was helpful, because there was originally some confusion about that in the Bill. I thank the hon. Gentleman for his kind remarks and hope that I can provide further such reassurance on the clause this afternoon. With regard to amendments 22 to 28, the purpose of clause 16 is to prevent benefits from being p...	4 Dec 2012	NO

November 2012 10 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
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

October 2012 4 votes

Division	Date	Vote
Can the Minister confirm the amount of extra money which, under the Government’s proposals, we will send to the EU over the next two and a half years? According to my calculations and the House of Commons Library, it is an extra £1.3 billion between now and the next general election. Can he confirm that figure or tell the House what the figure is? It is true that the increase that we are talking a...	31 Oct 2012	AYE
“not only will you need a computer to work out your benefit entitlements, you’ll need a map”. Coming from a party that had 32 different benefits to work through, I find that quite an amazing comment. I give way, of course, to the Select Committee Chairman. It is all down to local councils to decide, but one of the complications is that the Government are localising council tax benefit, but central...	31 Oct 2012	NO
I am genuinely trying to understand this point and ensure that the Bill is as foolproof as possible. As I understand the Government’s case, the clinical need of people with mental health problems—the Bill clearly would not apply to people who did not have mental health problems—is trumping the absence of proper process, so the Bill is not an abuse of human rights. The difficulty that I have with t...	30 Oct 2012	AYE
The regulators of these activities, particularly the HSE and the EA, are long experienced and are acknowledged as world class in their field. That is not to say, however—I assure my hon. Friend again—that I would rule out any improvements to the arrangements. If my hon. Friend will permit me, I will take the observations he has made into consideration and investigate what further steps can be take...	24 Oct 2012	AYE

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