A selection of Colin Breed's votes

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• Generally voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 4 votes for, 0 votes against, 4 absences, between 1999–2007
• Generally voted for a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes 8 votes for, 3 votes against, between 2003–2007
• Voted for increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2008
• Consistently voted against replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, in 2007
• Voted for encouraging occupational pensions Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2004–2010
• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 23 votes for, 5 votes against, 14 absences, between 2006–2009

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Recent appearances

• Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Bill: Clause 6 — Disclosure of financial assistance to the Bank of England 8 Apr 2010

  I rise to support the remarks made by the hon. Member for Fareham (Mr. Hoban). At one stage, many of us thought that the Bill might never come back here at all. Considerable work has been done on it by a lot of people and it includes some important aspects for consumers, so it would have been a great shame if it had not proceeded. The provisions are reasonable given that there has been...

• Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Bill: Clause 1 — Amendment of existing procedure in Sustainable Communities Act 2007 8 Apr 2010

  The Liberal Democrats fully support this modest but important Bill, as we supported the original Act. Twenty-six years ago, I was elected to a district council. We would not have needed such proposals then, but times have changed. In the intervening 26 years, not only has the way in which the electorate engages changed, but there has been over-centralisation of this place under both Labour...

• [Mr. Eric Illsley in the Chair] — Assistance to Communities 11 Mar 2010

  I entirely agree with the hon. Gentleman. One simple way of doing that would be to ensure that there is a sense of proportionality. The problem is that we sometimes have exactly the same rules for Oxfam as for a tiny organisation in a small town. We need a sense of proportionality about the way in which charities are administered and controlled.

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Profile

Former Liberal Democrat MP for South East Cornwall

Entered the House of Commons on 1 May 1997 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 12 April 2010 — did not stand for re-election

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009

Topics of interest

• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• Defence
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Health
• Transport
• Local Government and the Regions
• Foot and Mouth
• Affordable Housing
• Bovine TB
• Complaints
• Rural Bus Services

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Treasury Minister (8 Jan 2009 to 11 May 2010)
• Member, Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee) (20 May 2008 to 11 May 2010)
• Member, Treasury Committee (26 Apr 2006 to 11 May 2010)
• Shadow Minister, Treasury (21 Mar 2006 to 8 Jan 2009)
• Member, Armed Forces Bill Committee (24 Jan 2006 to 27 Nov 2008)
• Member, Defence Committee (14 Jul 2005 to 6 Jun 2006)
• Shadow Minister, Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (1 Jun 2005 to 21 Mar 2006)
• Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (28 May 2004 to 11 Apr 2005)
• Shadow Minister, Defence (26 Jan 2004 to 1 Jun 2005)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Robert Hicks

Future MPs in this constituency

• Sheryll Murray

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Financial Services Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
• Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (3 out of 12)
• Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Saving Gateway Accounts Bill Committee (0 out of 5)
• Finance Bill Committee (2 out of 18)
• Banking Bill Committee (12 out of 17)
• Finance Bill Committee (21 out of 24)
• Financial Mutuals Arrangements Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Finance Bill Committee (5 out of 14)
• Planning-gain Supplement (Preparations) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill Committee (8 out of 9)
• Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (13 out of 21)
• Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Bill Committee (4 out of 6)
• Gangmasters (Licensing) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Christmas Day (Trading) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Animal Health Bill Committee (5 out of 6)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 21 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs. See all Colin Breed’s speeches
• Has received answers to 20 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 54.89% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 7 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 43 people are tracking this MP
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 207 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)