Ms Candy Atherton, former MP, Falmouth and Camborne

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As a result of COVID-19, some MPs were less able to vote in Parliament in certain periods, and this will be reflected by absences in their voting record.

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11th May to 2nd June 2020

All MPs could vote remotely through an online voting tool. Votes cast remotely are shown as normal on the TheyWorkForYou voting record.

2nd to 9th June 2020

The option of online voting was removed, and a number of MPs may have been unable to vote because they were not physically able to attend.

10th June 2020 onwards

The requirements on proxy voting were relaxed, allowing MPs to designate another MP to cast a vote on their behalf.

If an MP votes by proxy, it is effectively exactly the same as if they cast the vote in person and it shows up on their TheyWorkForYou voting record.

MPs are not required to designate a proxy, and may instead pair with an opposing MP to miss a vote. Parliament does not record when two MPs have come to a pairing arrangement, so on TheyWorkForYou, they will both appear to have been absent for the vote.

We will update this information if the situation changes. See more detail on votes during the COVID-19 period here.

A selection of Ms Candy Atherton’s votes

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Generally voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 3 votes for, 1 vote against, 3 absences, between 1999–2003.
Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes 8 votes for, 0 votes against, 3 absences, between 1997–2004.

We have lots more plain English analysis of Ms Candy Atherton’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Ms Candy Atherton’s full vote analysis page for more.

Recent appearances

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Fisheries 7 Apr 2005

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many cetaceans have been reported stranded during the 2004–05 season of the pair trawl sea bass fishery.
Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Fisheries 5 Apr 2005

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many dead harbour porpoises have been stranded on the coasts of Cornwall, Devon and Dorset in each of the past five years; and what the cause of these deaths was.
Written Answers — Transport: Kerrier Home Zone Project 23 Mar 2005

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects the North Kerrier Home Zone project to be completed.