Mr Harry Barnes, former MP, North East Derbyshire

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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

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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.

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A selection of Mr Harry Barnes’s votes

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Voted a mixture of for and against university tuition fees Show votes 5 votes for, 2 votes against, 4 absences, between 1998–2004.
Almost always voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 6 votes for, 1 vote against, between 1999–2003.

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

Recent appearances

Written Answers — Solicitor-General: National Intelligence Database 7 Apr 2005

To ask the Solicitor-General what procedures (a) Government Departments and agencies and (b) local authorities with independent prosecuting authority for particular criminal offences use to forward details of convictions, cautions and intelligence on possible criminals to (i) the Criminal Records Bureau and (ii) the Police National Computer; what amendments to these procedures are proposed in...
Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Iraq 5 Apr 2005

What recent discussions he has had with the Foreign Secretary of Australia on policies in relation to the future of Iraq.
Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Iraq 5 Apr 2005

Is my hon. Friend aware that on four recent occasions in Question Time in the Australian Parliament the Australian Foreign Secretary has used my involvement with the organisation Labour Friends of Iraq in an attempt to undermine the stance adopted by the Australian Labour party? However, that has led only to establishing better links between Labour Friends of Iraq and the Australian Labour...