Denis Murphy, former MP, Wansbeck

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As a result of COVID-19, some MPs were less able to vote in Parliament in certain periods, and this will be reflected by absences in their voting record.

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11th May to 2nd June 2020

All MPs could vote remotely through an online voting tool. Votes cast remotely are shown as normal on the TheyWorkForYou voting record.

2nd to 9th June 2020

The option of online voting was removed, and a number of MPs may have been unable to vote because they were not physically able to attend.

10th June 2020 onwards

The requirements on proxy voting were relaxed, allowing MPs to designate another MP to cast a vote on their behalf.

If an MP votes by proxy, it is effectively exactly the same as if they cast the vote in person and it shows up on their TheyWorkForYou voting record.

MPs are not required to designate a proxy, and may instead pair with an opposing MP to miss a vote. Parliament does not record when two MPs have come to a pairing arrangement, so on TheyWorkForYou, they will both appear to have been absent for the vote.

We will update this information if the situation changes. See more detail on votes during the COVID-19 period here.

A selection of Denis Murphy’s votes

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Voted against replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, in 2007.
Almost always voted for a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes 9 votes for, 2 votes against, between 2003–2007.
Generally voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 5 votes for, 1 vote against, 2 absences, between 1999–2007.
Voted against increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2008.
Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes 9 votes for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, between 1997–2004.
Almost always voted for more EU integration Show votes 35 votes for, 1 vote against, 6 absences, between 2006–2009.

We have lots more plain English analysis of Denis Murphy’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Denis Murphy’s full vote analysis page for more.

Recent appearances

Vaccine Damage Compensation 8 Jul 2009

I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate and on his many years of excellent work, in this House, in trying to secure justice for individuals such as Mr. Robinson, a constituent of mine, who, six years agowhen he was a fit, young man of 43 yearshad to be vaccinated for hepatitis B as part of his work as a forensic scientist. Two days later he was taken ill, and...
Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Children: Maintenance 13 May 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many (a) complaints and (b) other representations his Department has received on the actions of bailiffs in the pursuit of child support arrears in the last 12 months; (2) how much has been paid to bailiffs in fees and charges by the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission and its predecessor for the pursuit of child...
Written Answers — Justice: Debt Collection 30 Apr 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many licensed bailiffs there are in each parliamentary constituency.