A selection of Mike Gapes’s votes

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• Generally voted for paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability Show votes 10 votes for, 0 votes against, 5 absences, between 2011–2016.
• Generally voted against reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax") Show votes 0 votes for, 13 votes against, 5 absences, between 2012–2018.
• Generally voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 7 votes for, 2 votes against, 2 absences, between 1999–2016.
• Generally voted against reducing central government funding of local government Show votes 0 votes for, 6 votes against, 3 absences, between 2010–2019.
• Generally voted against greater restrictions on campaigning by third parties, such as charities, during elections Show votes 0 votes for, 5 votes against, 7 absences, between 2013–2016.
• Consistently voted for raising welfare benefits at least in line with prices Show votes 5 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2013.

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Recent appearances

• Business of the House 29 Oct 2019

  Will the Leader of the House ensure that all staff employed by Members of this House are given urgent advice about what might be necessary for them to do, particularly where their Member may be retiring or might not be re-elected?

• Points of Order 29 Oct 2019

  Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. I agree with the hon. Member for Lichfield (Michael Fabricant) because, when I came in in 1992 as a new Member, the first thing I did was vote for a Speaker, without knowing any of the candidates in any detail whatsoever. But surely the best way to resolve this issue is not to have a general election in December.

• Early Parliamentary General Election 28 Oct 2019

  We are apparently approaching the season of good will, when we are supposed to have Christmas parties in our primary schools and wish each other season’s greetings. I hope that people who want a season of good will have not been watching these exchanges. They say that turkeys do not vote for an early Christmas. That is probably true, but it is also apparent that some people have been on...

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Profile

Former Independent MP for Ilford South

Entered the House of Commons on 9 April 1992 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 6 November 2019 — Dissolved for election

Party was Labour/Co-operative until 11 Apr 2005; Labour until 30 Mar 2015; Labour/Co-operative until 17 Feb 2019

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP
• Newspaper articles written by this MP

Social Media

• @MikeGapes
• https://facebook.com/mikegapesmp

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Mike Gapes campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Home Department
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Home Office
• Health
• Department for International Development
• Israel: Visits Abroad
• Entry Clearances
• UK Border Agency
• Sri Lanka
• Yemen

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (10 Oct 2017 to 19 Mar 2019)
• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (10 Oct 2017 to 19 Mar 2019)
• Member, Foreign Affairs Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 19 Mar 2019)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (22 Jun 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee ( 5 Jan 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Foreign Affairs Committee ( 8 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (25 Jun 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Foreign Affairs Committee (12 Apr 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) (13 Jan 2010 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (10 Mar 2008 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (10 Mar 2008 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (10 Mar 2008 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (10 Mar 2008 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Chair, Foreign Affairs Committee (18 Jul 2005 to 12 Apr 2010)
• Chair, Foreign Affairs Committee (18 Jul 2005 to 12 Apr 2010)
• Member, Foreign Affairs Committee (12 Jul 2005 to 18 Jul 2005)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (11 Jul 2005 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Defence Committee (20 Oct 2003 to 12 Jul 2005)
• Member, Defence Committee (24 Nov 1999 to 11 May 2001)
• Member, Foreign Affairs Committee (27 Apr 1992 to 21 Mar 1997)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Neil Thorne
• Albert Cooper
• Arnold Shaw
• Albert Cooper
• James Ranger

Future MPs in this constituency

• Sam Tarry

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Chairman, Smart Meters Bill Committee (3 out of 6)
• Chairman, Offensive Weapons Bill Committee (4 out of 10)
• Overseas Electors Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
• Chairman, Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Bill Committee (1 out of 3)
• Chairman, Local Government Finance Bill Committee (5 out of 10)
• Live Music Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Terrorist Asset-Freezing Etc. Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Railways and Transport Safety Bill Committee (4 out of 18)
• Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Divorce (Religious Marriages) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• International Criminal Court Bill Committee (10 out of 10)