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Mr Joe Ashton
Former Labour MP for Bassetlaw
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- Entered Parliament on 31 October 1968 — unknown
- Left Parliament on 14 May 2001 — General election
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Mr Joe Ashton voted on key issues since 2001:
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted for laws to stop climate change. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Working Group on Provision for Former Members (2 May 2001)
“This is a rather unusual motion, and I am deeply grateful, as are the colleagues who have worked with me on this, to the Speaker, who provided guidance on how to set about tabling it, and my right hon. Friend the Leader of the House, who has been admirably supportive. The Labour Chief Whip has supported us, as have the Chief Whips of the other two main parties. Everybody has been very willing...”
- Working Group on Provision for Former Members (2 May 2001)
“Many people have said that; it just so happened that three Members were sitting in a tearoom when I made the suggestion, and that is how the group was formed. To give a couple of examples, Ossie O'Brien, the head of a further education college, came to the House after winning a by-election in Darlington. He was in for only three months because a general election was held after that period...”
- Working Group on Provision for Former Members (2 May 2001)
“That is exactly one of the problems that the working party should consider. Everybody could ask, "What about this or that? How will it work? What are the questions? What are the answers?" We do not know. We must meet and probe. The media say that Vauxhall make mass redundancies, as do the pit villages, and the workers who lose their jobs must put up with it. However, those people can go down...”
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- Has voted in 68.19% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation. (From Public Whip)
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