A selection of Gwyn Prosser’s votes

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• Generally voted for a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes 9 votes for, 2 votes against, between 2003–2007.
• Consistently voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 7 votes for, 1 vote against, between 1999–2007.
• Voted against replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, in 2007.
• Consistently voted for encouraging occupational pensions Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, between 2004–2010.
• 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 11 votes for, 0 votes against, between 1997–2004.

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Recent appearances

• Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements 17 Mar 2010

  Norfolkline, SeaFrance and P&O Ferries have all attacked Dover Harbour Board's proposals to sell off the port of Dover, accusing it of abuse of power and threatening legal action through the courts. The people of Dover, the seafarers and the port workers all oppose privatisation. Does my right hon. Friend agree that to sell the port of Dover would be the wrong thing? I do not expect that he...

• Business of the House 11 Mar 2010

  Dover Harbour Board's plans to sell off the port of Dover to the highest bidder have been thrown into chaos and confusion this morning, following the announcement by P&O and the other major port operators that the board may have been misappropriating revenue funds, and that T2, the new terminal, might not go ahead. Will the Leader of the House consider an urgent debate about the issue so that...

• Kent Coast Railway Line — [Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair] 10 Mar 2010

  It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for North Thanet (Mr. Gale), who might be surprised to hear that I agree with some, but not all, of the points that he raised. I am not here to speak for other MPs' constituents, but I certainly want to speak up for my constituents in Dover. I have been using east Kent trains occasionally for 30 years since I first went down to Dover in 1979,...

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Profile

Former Labour MP for Dover

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

Left the House of Commons on 12 April 2010 — General election (stood again)

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

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009

Topics of interest

• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• Work and Pensions
• Transport
• Local Government and the Regions
• Health
• Transport
• Animal Welfare
• Sheep Exports
• Live Animal Exports
• Hospital Downrating Rules
• Animal Exports

Other offices held in the past

• Member, South East Regional Select Committee (4 Mar 2009 to 11 May 2010)
• Member, Home Affairs Committee (14 Jul 2005 to 11 May 2010)
• Member, Draft Mental Health Bill (Joint Committee) (22 Jul 2004 to 11 Apr 2005)
• Member, Home Affairs Committee (28 May 2004 to 11 Apr 2005)
• Member, Information Committee (28 May 2004 to 11 Apr 2005)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• David Shaw
• Peter Rees
• David Ennals
• John Arbuthnot
• John Thomas
• John Jacob Astor
• Duncannon
• George Wyndham
• Alexander Dickson
• Charles Freshfield
• Alexander Dickson
• Charles Freshfield
• Edward Barnett
• George Jessel
• Alexander Dickson
• Charles Freshfield
• William Nicol
• Henry Leeke
• William Russell
• Ralph Bernal
• Chelsea
• Edward Rice
• George Clerk
• Edward Rice
• John Reid
• Edward Rice
• John Fector
• John Reid
• John Halcomb
• Robert Stanhope
• Charles Thomson
• John Reid
• Charles Thomson
• Robert Stanhope
• John Reid
• Charles Thomson
• William Trant
• Charles Thomson
• Edward Bootle-Wilbraham
• Joseph Butterworth
• John Jackson
• Edward Bootle-Wilbraham
• Joseph Butterworth
• Edward Bootle-Wilbraham
• John Jackson
• John Smith
• John Trevanion
• John Smith
• John Trevanion

Future MPs in this constituency

• Charlie Elphicke
• Natalie Elphicke

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
• Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill Committee (7 out of 10)
• Identity Cards Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill Committee (11 out of 13)
• Marine Safety Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Health and Social Care Bill Committee (9 out of 14)