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Parliamentary History

Liberal Democrat

Teignbridge

7 Jun 2001 – 6 May 2010 (8 yrs 10 mo)

Ideology spectrum

69.0

ProgressiveCentreConservative

Conservative — based on 13 coded votes across 1 axes (2% coverage).

Policy axis scores

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

Climate / energy 69

Medium confidence 13 votes

Voting trends (most recent 12 months of activity)

Voting record

October 2009 12 votes

Division	Date	Vote
New clause 17 proposes abolition of the Standards Board for England and the Adjudication Panel for England, which are two important and effective bodies. If that were to happen, councillors and members of local authority standards committees who look to the Standards Board for advice, guidance, training and direction about the conduct regime for local authority members would be cut adrift. In 2008...	13 Oct 2009	AYE
', their powers relating to insurance'.— (Ms Rosie Winterton.) Third Reading Queen's and Prince of Wales's consent signified . I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. I am aware that we do not have a great deal of time for Third Reading, but I would like to thank right hon. and hon. Members, especially those who participated in Committee, for their deep consideration of the clause...	13 Oct 2009	NO
Amendment proposed : 27, page 50, line 8, at end insert—	13 Oct 2009	AYE
(b) both current and proposed future spending. (4) Local spending reports shall be updated as frequently as is reasonably practicable but in any event at least once every two years. (5) The first report under this section must be laid before Parliament no later than 12 months after this Act is passed. (6) In this section the term "Local Spending Report" has the same meaning as in the Sustainable C...	13 Oct 2009	AYE
I am very well aware of the interest my hon. Friend has shown in the issue—as has my hon. Friend the Member for Stroud (Mr. Drew) —and I think there is a way we can ensure that the regional strategies and local spending reports take into account many of the concerns they have raised. I invite them both to a meeting with the Secretary of State and me to look at how we can take forward some of those...	13 Oct 2009	AYE
We are also aware of other issues around parish polls, which my hon. Friend did not necessarily mention, such as their scope and conduct. That is why we recognised in the "Communities in control" White Paper that we need to make the rules governing parish polls more accessible and better understood and to define their scope more clearly. That is why my Department is taking work on parish polls for...	13 Oct 2009	AYE
Proceedings interrupted (Programme Order, 8 June ) The Deputy Speaker put forthwith the Questions necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded at that time ( Standing Order No. 83E ). Amendments made: 21, page 13 leave out lines 20 and 21 and insert- '(5) Schedule 8A makes further provision about trusts in respect of which an order is made under subsection (1).'. Amendment 22, in pag...	12 Oct 2009	AYE
I was able to visit Ireland with Action on Smoking and Health just before the new law was introduced there. Does my hon. Friend agree that it has been introduced in a pain-free way, that most of the costs have been paid by the tobacco manufacturers and that businesses have not suffered? I agree with my hon. Friend and thank her for making that point. I attended a meeting with the Porthcawl cancer ...	12 Oct 2009	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 ). Amendments made: 21, page 13 leave out lines 20 and 21 and insert— '(5) Schedule 8A makes further provision about trusts in respect of which an order is made under subsection (1).'. Amendment 22, in page 17, line 15,...	12 Oct 2009	AYE
(d) NHS services must reflect the needs and preferences of patients, their families and their carers; (e) the NHS works across organisational boundaries and in partnership with other organisations in the interests of patients, local communities and the wider population; (f) the NHS is committed to providing best value for taxpayers' money and the most effective, fair and sustainable use of finite ...	12 Oct 2009	AYE
I will give way if my hon. Friends give me a moment. It has been suggested that removing the display of tobacco would impact on business by reducing footfall trade—that is, the sale of other items to customers who come to buy cigarettes. By definition, by the time that a customer is in the shop their foot has already fallen. Of course, the provisions in the Bill will apply equally to all tobacco r...	12 Oct 2009	AYE
Unfortunately, the Minister was very unhelpful in his summing up and he seemed to think that my hon. Friend was speaking complete rubbish. It is easy to dismiss remarks, buy my hon. Friend was obviously making very prescient comments. The Liberal Democrats will not oppose new clause 12. Although there is some regret about the fact that it has appeared so late in the day, I think that ultimately it...	12 Oct 2009	AYE

July 2009 18 votes

Division	Date	Vote
Bill read the First time; to be read a Second time on Friday 16 October , and to be printed (Bill 147). Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57 ) Mr. Colin Challen presented a Bill to make provision for the introduction of a reward scheme for users of bus and rail services; and to extend the Bus Concessionary Fares Scheme. Bill read the First time; to be read a Second time on Friday...	21 Jul 2009	NO
I do not like to disagree with Mr. Speaker, but I think that you used those terms-or something like them, anyhow. I submit to the House that, whatever was said or not said, it is a point of fact that Mr. Michael Martin, in his last election, did not stand as a Labour candidate. Nor did he stand as a Labour candidate in 2001. He stood as the Speaker seeking re-election and therefore as an independe...	21 Jul 2009	NO
Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 83 (7) A),	21 Jul 2009	NO
Will the hon. Gentleman add to that list, why was it good enough for the electors of Glasgow, East to have a by-election during the summer last year? The Government are arguing differently from the Dispatch Box this year. You were, Mr. Speaker, kind enough a few minutes ago to say that the point that I made was a point of fact. It is indeed a point of fact— I do not like to disagree with Mr. Speak...	21 Jul 2009	NO
Question accordingly agreed to. On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Given that the title of the motion is "Select Committee on Reform of the House of Commons", how can the fact that the Government allowed only an hour and a half for debate and the Chairman of the Committee voted in favour of the closure give Back Benchers any confidence? Is that not an abuse of the House, and does not it nega...	20 Jul 2009	AYE
That leads me to my second question to the Deputy Leader of the House. I think that she may have gone some way to allaying my concern, which is that all the recommendations of the Committee, when it reports to the House on or after 13 November , should be put to the House to be decided on a genuinely free vote. I say that with the Patronage Secretary looking at me with a friendly smile. This has b...	20 Jul 2009	NO
Division 205	20 Jul 2009	AYE
Division 204	20 Jul 2009	NO
Diageo's proposal is twofold. The first part is to close the packaging plant in Kilmarnock-one of three in Scotland-along with the cooperage in Port Dundas that was mentioned. The second part is to make a new investment of some £100 million, creating 400 new jobs elsewhere in Scotland. I understand that, as my right hon. Friend said, this has been greeted in Kilmarnock, where the greatest number o...	15 Jul 2009	NO
The hon. Member for Eddisbury (Mr. O'Brien) and other Conservative Members have tried to deny it, but we have seen glimpses of a future Tory Government, with threats to those free services, and to the winter fuel payment in particular. He may wish to deny it, but we know differently, and so does the rest of the country. The national dementia strategy was published as recently as February this year...	15 Jul 2009	AYE
The similarity is there. How would a proper relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States be prejudiced if both countries had to meet the same standard-probable cause? The suggestion has been made that a number of high-profile extradition cases have been unbalanced and unfair. I cannot accept that. I believe that the evidence on these matters is important. At first glance, the Oppo...	15 Jul 2009	AYE
Diageo's proposal is twofold. The first part is to close the packaging plant in Kilmarnock—one of three in Scotland—along with the cooperage in Port Dundas that was mentioned. The second part is to make a new investment of some £100 million, creating 400 new jobs elsewhere in Scotland. I understand that, as my right hon. Friend said, this has been greeted in Kilmarnock, where the greatest number o...	15 Jul 2009	NO
Division 203	15 Jul 2009	AYE
I have to say that I have not heard my right hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield, Brightside (Mr. Blunkett) say that. I believe that the treaty is an effective modernisation of this aspect of the relationship between the US and the UK. The reason why we did that is quite simple—and I believe that the hon. and learned Member for Beaconsfield (Mr. Grieve) agrees that we need effective judicial co-o...	15 Jul 2009	AYE
Section 2 of the 1948 Act provided that a citizen of Eire who was a British subject immediately before 1 January 1949 could retain that status by making a claim in writing to the Secretary of State under certain conditions. That provision was replaced by section 31(3) of the British Nationality Act 1981, which allows those born in the Republic before 1949 to make a claim in writing to remain a Bri...	14 Jul 2009	AYE
Section 31(3) of the British Nationality Act 1981 currently provides for British subjects born in the Republic of Ireland before 1949 to make a declaration to retain the British subject status they acquired at birth. The new clause seeks to extend that provision to those born after 1949. I shall not repeat the historical background that my hon. Friend the Member for Thurrock (Andrew Mackinlay) has...	14 Jul 2009	AYE
Question accordingly agreed to. Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 83A(7) ),	13 Jul 2009	NO
As always, we have had a very interesting little exchange on these matters, but the contributions from Opposition Members have been unusually baffling and illogical. Of course, I agree with the hon. Member for Argyll and Bute (Mr. Reid) . He is quite right that we need to get this done as quickly as possible, but the contributions that we have heard from both Opposition Front Benchers demonstrate ...	13 Jul 2009	NO

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