A selection of Kelvin Hopkins’s votes

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• Generally voted against increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 4 votes for, 17 votes against, 6 absences, between 2008–2019.
• Almost always voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 10 votes against, 1 absence, between 2010–2016.
• Almost always 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, 14 votes against, 3 absences, between 2011–2018.
• Consistently voted for paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability Show votes 12 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2011–2016.
• Almost always voted against replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 0 votes for, 5 votes against, 2 absences, between 2007–2016.
• Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2010.

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Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Treasury: Infrastructure 30 Oct 2019

  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Government has made of the implications for its policies of the recommendations made by the Institution of Civil Engineers in its paper entitled Reducing the gap between cost estimates and outturns for major projects and programmes.

• Health and Social Care: Topical Questions 29 Oct 2019

  If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

• Health and Social Care: Topical Questions 29 Oct 2019

  There were 1.2 million hospital admissions related to alcohol consumption in England in 2017-18—3% up on the previous year. Hospital admissions due to alcohol-related liver disease have increased by 43% in the last 10 years, and alcohol problems now cost the NHS an estimated £3.5 billion every year in England alone. Why have the Government not properly recognised the enormous and growing...

More of Kelvin Hopkins’s recent appearances

Profile

Former Independent MP for Luton North

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

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

Party was Labour until 1 Nov 2017

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

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Kelvin Hopkins campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

• Transport
• Department for Transport
• Justice
• Education and Skills
• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Govia Thameslink Railway
• Railways: Freight
• Railways: Franchises
• Probation
• Directly Operated Railways

Other offices held in the past

• Member, European Scrutiny Committee (30 Oct 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport ( 5 Jul 2016 to 7 Oct 2016)
• Member, European Scrutiny Committee (15 Jul 2015 to 18 Jul 2016)
• Member, Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee ( 6 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Draft Deregulation Bill (Joint Committee) (10 Jul 2013 to 11 Dec 2013)
• Member, Public Administration Committee (17 Jan 2011 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Transport Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 21 Mar 2011)
• Member, European Scrutiny Committee (25 Apr 2007 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Crossrail Bill Committee ( 5 Dec 2005 to 13 Nov 2007)
• Member, Public Administration Committee (16 Oct 2002 to 6 May 2010)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• John Carlisle

Future MPs in this constituency

• Sarah Owen

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Finance Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Kew Gardens (Leases) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Savings (Government Contributions) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Technical and Further Education Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Deregulation Bill Committee (13 out of 18)
• European Union (Referendum) Bill Committee (5 out of 6)
• Leasehold Reform (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Local Government Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Special Educational Needs (Information) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Health and Social Care Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
• Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Rights of Savers Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Railways and Transport Safety Bill Committee (18 out of 18)
• Aviation (Offences) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• High Hedges Bill Committee (1 out of 1)