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Mr David Hinchliffe
Former Labour MP for Wakefield

• Entered Parliament on 11 June 1987 — 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 David Hinchliffe voted on key issues since 2001:

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

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• Sometimes rebels against their party in their last parliament.

Most recent appearances

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Dementia (22 Mar 2005)

“I understand from the Library that in nearly 18 years here I have asked 3,684 questions. Unfortunately, I have not received as many answers. One question that I have asked successive Governments on many occasions—and it is very relevant to dementia—is to define the boundary between means-tested social care and free NHS nursing care. In implementing the excellent Green Paper, will...”

Hospital-acquired Infections (2 Mar 2005)

“I believe that we should be even-handed. If the hon. Gentleman is going to campaign on the issue of MRSA, good luck to him, but is it not reasonable to ask why the motion makes no mention of the last Government's decision in 1983 to introduce competitive tendering, which drove down cleanliness standards in hospitals across the country as well as the wages of decent, hard-working cleaners?...”

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Continuing Care Report (22 Feb 2005)

“On the issue of long-term care, under the previous Administration there was a significant increase in the number of elderly people institutionalised in private care and nursing homes, and this Government have a proud record of moving in the opposite direction. Will the forthcoming Green Paper possibly set targets for a further reduction? Can my hon. Friend set out roughly how soon we will...”

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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 65.65% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• 1 person is tracking this MP.

Expenses

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