Mike Gapes’s voting in Parliament

This is a selection of Mike Gapes’s votes.

• Voted a mixture of for and against a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU Show votes 2 votes for, 5 votes against, 6 absences, between 2011–2016
• Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2010
• Generally voted against a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Show votes 1 vote for, 33 votes against, 20 absences, between 2014–2016
• 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
• Almost always voted against increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 3 votes for, 17 votes against, 7 absences, between 2010–2019
• Generally voted for replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, 4 absences, between 2007–2016

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Mike Gapes

Recent appearances

• Early Parliamentary General Election (No. 2) 9 Sep 2019

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• Early Parliamentary General Election (No. 2) 9 Sep 2019

  First, may I pay tribute to you, Mr Speaker, for what you have done standing up for representative parliamentary democracy against an arrogant and overbearing Executive? I do not have long. I want to make two points. First, there is an old adage: neither Washington nor Moscow. I say: neither Uxbridge nor Islington. In this time of national crisis, this country is in a very dangerous place,...

• School Funding: East Anglia — [Mike Gapes in the Chair] 3 Sep 2019

  Before the hon. Gentleman goes further, I should have said that the question is that this House has considered school funding in East Anglia.

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Profile

Independent MP for Ilford South

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

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

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• BBC News profile
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP
• Newspaper articles written by this MP

Social Media

• @MikeGapes
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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
• UK Visas and Immigration
• Yemen

Currently held offices

• Member, Panel of Chairs (since 22 Jun 2017)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (formerly Quadripartite Committee) (10 Oct 2017 to 19 Mar 2019)
• Member, Foreign Affairs Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 19 Mar 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 (formerly Quadripartite Committee) (10 Mar 2008 to 30 Mar 2015)
• 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

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

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

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 91 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs. See all Mike Gapes’s speeches
• Has received answers to 16 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 72.32% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 693 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)