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Mr Andrew Bennett
Former Labour MP for Denton and Reddish

• Also represented Stockport North

• Entered Parliament on 28 February 1974 — General election
• Left Parliament on 11 April 2005 — did not stand for re-election

• Voting record
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Mr Andrew Bennett voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
• Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
• Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
• Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
• Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
• Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
• Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
• Voted for laws to stop climate change. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against university tuition fees. votes
• Voted moderately against a stricter asylum system. votes
• Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
• Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
• Voted very strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
• Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes

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• Quite often rebels against their party in their last parliament.

Most recent appearances

Postal Voting (5 Apr 2005)

“I thank my right hon. Friend for his statement. May I make it clear to him that the good news coming out of Birmingham is that the people who tried to cheat got caught? We must emphasise that. Lots of crimes are relatively easy for people to commit, but the crucial thing is that they get caught. Will my right hon. Friend emphasise that during the general election it is essential that...”

Council Tax Capping (23 Mar 2005)

“I congratulate my right hon. Friend on getting such low settlements for council tax right across the country—that is really good news—but will he accept that the capping mechanism is generally pretty crude and inefficient? Does he agree that, when we know the outcome of the Lyons review on council tax this time next year, we should reform council tax to create a far fairer system?...”

Orders of the Day — Prevention of Terrorism Bill: Clause 1 — Power to Make Control Orders (9 Mar 2005)

“Does my right hon. Friend accept that one of the problems with the House being given an opportunity to vote on an order is that such orders are not amendable and therefore it is not possible for the House to keep part of the Bill—or part of the Act, as it would then be—and to get rid of bits of it in a phased way? It is possible to have a statutory instrument that is amendable....”

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Numerology

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• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2005, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 65.89% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
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Expenses

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