A selection of Martin Horwood’s votes
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Generally voted for encouraging occupational pensions Show votes
2 votes for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, between 2010–2011.
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Almost always voted for reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax") Show votes
12 votes for, 1 vote against, 4 absences, between 2012–2014.
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Consistently voted for reducing central government funding of local government Show votes
4 votes for, 0 votes against, between 2010–2015.
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Consistently voted against paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability Show votes
0 votes for, 7 votes against, between 2011–2012.
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Generally voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs Show votes
3 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2010.
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Voted a mixture of for and against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes
4 votes for, 2 votes against, between 2010–2013.
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Recent appearances
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to Greening Government Commitments Annual Report 2013 to 2014, published in February 2015, what steps she plans to take to improve implementation of policy on procurement of construction timber and office furniture by government departments.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer given by Baroness Kramer on 18 June 2014, Lords Hansard, column 899, what her policy is on transferring the Public Estate Forest Land at Cinderford North Quarter site in the National Heritage Forest of Dean for development.
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Profile
Former Liberal Democrat MP for Cheltenham
Entered the House of Commons on 5 May 2005 — General election
Left the House of Commons on 30 March 2015 — General election
Expenses
Topics of interest
- Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Energy and Climate Change
- Home Department
- Transport
- Trade and Industry
- Consultants
- Departmental Expenditure
- Departmental Tendering Policy
- Departmental Paper
- Electronic Equipment: Waste Disposal
Other offices held in the past
- Member, Privacy and Injunctions (Joint Committee) (14 Jul 2011 to 12 Mar 2012)
- Member, Environmental Audit Committee (12 Jul 2007 to 6 May 2010)
- Member, Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee (27 Jun 2006 to 19 Nov 2007)
- Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (10 Mar 2006 to 6 May 2010)
- Member, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee (12 Jul 2005 to 27 Jun 2006)
Previous MPs in this constituency
Future MPs in this constituency
Public bill committees (Sittings attended)
Register of Members’ Interests
Last updated: 30 Mar 2015.
4. Sponsorships
(b) Support in the capacity as an
MP:
(b) Address of donor: private
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: standing order between 1 August 2014 and 1 July 2015, amounting to an annual value of £2,400
(b) Date of receipt: 1 August 2014
(b) Date of acceptance: 1 August 2014
(b) Donor status: individual
(b) (Registered 1 August 2014)
(b) Name of donor: Lord Matthew Oakeshott
(b) Address of donor: private
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £20,000 towards my re-election campaign and which I have donated directly to my local party.
(b) Date of receipt: 28 January 2015
(b) Date of acceptance: 28 January 2015
(b) Donor status: individual
(b) (Registered 11 February 2015)
8. Land and Property
50 per cent interest in a house in Cheltenham.
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