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Nick de Bois

Nick de Bois

CON Conservative Former MP
Last served Enfield North (2010-05-06 – 2015-03-30)
50.3
Centrist
14 coded votes
961
Total votes
405
Ayes
556
Noes
0
Other

Parliamentary History

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

May 2012 3 votes
Division Date Vote
Question accordingly negatived. Amendment proposed : at the end of the Question to add: 17 May 2012 NO
The hon. Member for Redcar (Ian Swales) attacked Labour very effectively. I should like to pick up a point made by the right hon. Member for Barking (Margaret Hodge) , the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, who said that the welfare-to-work programme is unlikely to be good value for money. I differ from her on that. The big difference with the welfare-to-work programme is that we will not ... 17 May 2012 NO
To conclude, whether we are talking about an income tax cut for 24 million people, taking 2 million of the Perhaps the greatest tragedy of the Labour years in office was what we got for all the money that was wasted and all the debt that was racked up. Nothing. In addition, there was an infrastructure deficit that was as bad as the financial deficit. Long-term security of energy supplies? Nothing.... 16 May 2012 NO
April 2012 27 votes
Division Date Vote
Order. We are in danger of opening up the debate. We are just dealing with the allocation of time. I am bothered that the intervention was sidetracking you, Mr Harris. I am grateful for your instruction, Mr Deputy Speaker. I also question the fact that this debate is taking place on, essentially, the last day of the Session, given that the issue has always been subject to a one-line vote and is a ... 30 Apr 2012 AYE
(a) section7(2) (requirement to make market power determination) does not apply in respect of area C, (b) section14(4) (deemed application for licence where airport area becomes dominant) does not apply in relation to the operator, and (c) ’.— (Mrs Villiers.) Amendment made: 16, page 52, line 9, after first ‘or’, insert ‘proposed’.—(Mrs Villiers.) Amendment proposed : 6, page 52, line 11, at end i... 25 Apr 2012 NO
Question accordingly negatived. Amendment proposed : 9, page 13, line 17, at end add— 25 Apr 2012 NO
And I would agree if we had before us some regulation that would cover all airports, but we do not. So I am sorry: we have to start somewhere. Finally, I want to move on to the issue of emissions, which are of concern to us all. We all need to know that the CAA will pay proper regard to playing its part in meeting the 2015 targets, in a world in which emissions from aviation are going to increase,... 25 Apr 2012 NO
Division 538 24 Apr 2012 NO
I fear that the convergence programme began so that countries could converge with the Maastricht criteria to join the euro. As it is clear that we do not want to join the euro, we should in no way be talking about convergence. I shall not be supporting this motion, because I fundamentally disagree with what is on the front of the document—convergence. I do not think that our currency or our countr... 24 Apr 2012 AYE
Question accordingly agreed to. The Deputy Speaker then put forthwith the Questions necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded at that time ( Standing Order No. 83G ). Motion made, and Question put, That this House disagrees with Lords amendments 2B and 196B.— ( Mr Djanogly .) 24 Apr 2012 AYE
I just want to say that the lawyers do not have to take 25% of the compensation. All the costs are recovered from the defendants in a case that has been won. It is only those costs that are irrecoverable from the defendants that can sometimes be recovered. In a straightforward case there is no reason for anything to be recovered over and above that, and lawyers should not automatically take 25% of... 24 Apr 2012 AYE
Question accordingly negatived. Amendment made: 12, page 169, line 35, leave out ‘anything done’ and insert ‘any view expressed’.— (Mr Hoban .) Amendment proposed: 28, page 15, line 4, leave out clause 5.— (Chris Leslie .) 23 Apr 2012 NO
Question accordingly negatived. Proceedings interrupted (Programme Order, this day). Mr Speaker put forthwith the Questions necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded at that time ( Standing Order No. 83E ). Amendment proposed : 22, page 3, line 37, after ‘functions’, insert— 23 Apr 2012 NO
of those macro-prudential tools by this place and the other place. Hon. Members are right to call for a review of the use of those tools and a retrospective review of the Bank’s performance. That is important too. The economic growth element in the FPC’s objective is stronger and more restrictive than the growth element in the MPC’s objective. The MPC’s secondary objective “to support the economic... 23 Apr 2012 NO
5. Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion four hours after the commencement of proceedings on consideration on the second day.— (Mr Hoban .) I am surprised that the Minister has moved the programme motion formally, given that today—day one of what is supposedly two days for Report and the remaining stages of this Bill—we have five hours o... 23 Apr 2012 AYE
Division 531 23 Apr 2012 NO
Question accordingly negatived. Question put (single Question on successive provisions of the Bill), That clause 8 stand part of the Bill; and that schedule 1 be the First schedule to the Bill. 19 Apr 2012 AYE
Question accordingly negatived. Amendment proposed : 28, page 131, line 24, in schedule 1, at end insert— 19 Apr 2012 NO
Question accordingly negatived. The Chair then put forthwith the Question necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded at that time ( Standing Order No. 83D ). Question put, That the clause stand part of the Bill. 19 Apr 2012 AYE
Given that the UK is 94th in the world according to the World Economic Forum for the extent and complexity of our tax system, has my hon. Friend heard any proposals from the Labour party about how to make our tax rates more competitive or how to make our tax system simpler? I have to say that I have not. What I have heard from the Labour party is their resistance to any of our attempts to make our... 19 Apr 2012 NO
Let me move on briefly to other issues in the amendments. As I said earlier, passengers on business jet flights currently do not pay APD, whereas ordinary passengers aboard commercial flights do. We have recognised that anomaly, and are introducing fair changes to include business jet flights for the first time. I have touched briefly on the changes that we are making in relation to Northern Irela... 18 Apr 2012 NO
Question accordingly negatived. ‘No new Order shall be made under section 30(4) of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 which amends the current definition of “protected building” in the Act.’.— (Mr Bradshaw.) Brought up . 18 Apr 2012 NO
Question accordingly negatived. We come now to new clause 6. I call Mr Stuart to move it formally. 18 Apr 2012 NO
Question accordingly negatived. ‘No new Order shall be made under section 30(4) or 31(2) of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 which shall affect baked products when no attempt is made to keep the product hot for consumption.’.— (Stephen Gilbert.) Bro ught up . Question put, That the clause be added to the Bill. 18 Apr 2012 NO
I will give way to my hon. Friend the Member for Beverley and Holderness (Mr Stuart) . A two-week extension is not a large extension, but it is an extension none the less. However, the Government and the Chancellor must ensure that this is a genuine consultation. Ministers have heard what has been said tonight. They must think again, and reverse their proposal. If they say that they will do so, I ... 18 Apr 2012 NO
Does my hon. Friend not think that it a bit ironic that people who are suggesting that the previous Labour Government’s problems created the financial crisis are the same people—the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives—who were calling from less regulation? It is interesting how the Government are trying to rewrite history. I have often made the same point myself. I was on the Government Benche... 18 Apr 2012 NO
Question accordingly negatived. The Chair then put forthwith the Questions necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded at that time ( Standing Order No. 83D ). Amendment proposed : 76, page 2, line 4, at end insert— 18 Apr 2012 NO
his colleagues who are sitting on my right. I ask Members to give their own Minister some order when he is winding up a debate. Thank you, Mr Hood. As I was saying, there has been a 29% increase in the number of Britons given permission to work long-term in Switzerland, and the United Kingdom has become less competitive. As a result of our reforms—the additional measures that we are taking to cap ... 18 Apr 2012 NO
Question accordingly agreed to. Lords amendment 31 disagreed to . 17 Apr 2012 AYE
I agreed with everything the hon. Member for Wrexham (Ian Lucas) said. His views are shared by many Members on the Opposition Benches—and one or two on the Government Benches as well, I am sure. Under clause 43, a success fee under a conditional fee arrangement will not be recoverable from a losing party in all proceedings. Instead, it will be paid out of the damages of the injured person, meaning... 17 Apr 2012 AYE
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