A selection of Andrew Love’s votes

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• 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 encouraging occupational pensions Show votes 2 votes for, 3 votes against, between 2004–2011.
• Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs Show votes 2 votes for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, in 2010.
• Voted for replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, between 2007–2015.
• Consistently voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 8 votes for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, between 1999–2012.
• Consistently voted for a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes 12 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2003–2012.

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Recent appearances

• Bill Presented: Clause 66 — VAT: refunds to certain charities 25 Mar 2015

  As we are talking about rumbling the Government, the election will be an opportunity to scrutinise the Chancellor’s claim about the £30 billion of savings. He has said there will be £12 billion savings from welfare reform but has indicated how only £3 billion will be found. He has said he will get £5 billion from anti-evasion and avoidance measures, but has indicated where only £3...

• Bill Presented: Clause 66 — VAT: refunds to certain charities 25 Mar 2015

  I thank the Minister for being so good with his time. All the measures in this year’s Budget stoke up demand for housing. It has little or nothing to say about supply. Will that not result in higher house prices?

• Bill Presented: Finance (No. 2) Bill 25 Mar 2015

  I want to make some brief comments on a number of issues that have come up in the debate so far: tax simplification, where the impression is being given that these measures will simplify taxation; avoidance and evasion, where there are major problems in delivering on the commitments the Government have given; welfare reform, where the Government’s track record is appalling; and the impact...

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Profile

Former Labour MP for Edmonton

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

Left the House of Commons on 30 March 2015 — General election

Party was Labour/Co-operative until 11 Apr 2005

• 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

• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Treasury
• Deputy Prime Minister
• Home Department
• Work and Pensions
• Housing
• Telephone Advice Lines
• Flooding
• Burundi
• Cyprus

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards (Joint Committee) (16 Jul 2012 to 12 Jun 2013)
• Member, Treasury Committee (12 Jul 2005 to 30 Mar 2015)
• PPS (Rt Hon Jacqui Smith, Minister of State), Department of Trade and Industry (13 May 2004 to 11 Apr 2005)
• Member, Regulatory Reform Committee (16 Jul 2001 to 12 Jul 2005)
• Member, Deregulation Committee (5 Jul 1999 to 11 May 2001)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (25 Jul 1997 to 11 May 2001)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Ian Twinn
• Austen Albu
• Evan Durbin
• Francis Broad
• John Chalmers
• Francis Broad
• Alfred Warren

Future MPs in this constituency

• Kate Osamor

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Pension Schemes Bill Committee (9 out of 10)
• Mutuals' Deferred Shares Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• 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)
• Financial Services Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
• Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Business Rate Supplements Bill Committee (6 out of 7)
• Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Housing and Regeneration Bill Committee (17 out of 17)
• Financial Mutuals Arrangements Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Child Trust Funds Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Patents Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Age-Related Payments Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Civil Partnership Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Sex Discrimination (Clubs and Other Private Associations) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Co-operatives and CommunityBenefit Societies Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Deceased Fathers) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Industrial and Provident Societies Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Divorce (Religious Marriages) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Adoption and Children Bill Committee (21 out of 23)
• Homelessness Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Homes Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
• Criminal Defence Service (Advice and Assistance) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)