A selection of Neil Turner’s votes

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• Voted for encouraging occupational pensions Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2004–2010.
• Voted against increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2008.
• Consistently voted for a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes 11 votes for, 0 votes against, between 2003–2007.
• Almost always voted for more EU integration Show votes 34 votes for, 1 vote against, 7 absences, between 2006–2009.
• Generally voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 1 vote for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, between 1999–2007.
• Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes 7 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, in 2004.

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Recent appearances

• Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements 10 Mar 2010

  Wigan has 19 Sure Start centres. Beech Hill primary school is following Westfield, Woodfield and Canon Sharples schools in being rebuilt, and all our secondary schools are being rebuilt through the Building Schools for the Future programme. Can my right hon. Friend guarantee that any Government led by him will continue to invest in our children, the citizens of my constituency and our country?

• Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: London G20 Summit 2 Mar 2010

  What assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the outcomes of the London G20 summit.

• Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: London G20 Summit 2 Mar 2010

  Will the Minister expand on that, and tell us whether any countries had been planning for that, and if they were, whether they thought that that was fiscally responsible and their patriotic duty?

More of Neil Turner’s recent appearances

Profile

Former Labour MP for Wigan

Entered the House of Commons on 23 September 1999 — Byelection

Left the House of Commons on 12 April 2010 — did not stand for re-election

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

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009

Topics of interest

• Health
• Defence
• Education and Skills
• Treasury
• Trade and Industry
• Health Services
• Policing/Crime Statistics
• Employment Statistics (Wigan)
• Uniforms
• Housing

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Communities and Local Government Committee (10 Mar 2009 to 11 May 2010)
• PPS (Rt Hon Jim Murphy, Secretary of State), Scotland Office (16 Oct 2008 to 30 Dec 2008)
• PPS (Mr Jim Murphy, Minister of State), Foreign & Commonwealth Office (28 Jun 2007 to 16 Oct 2008)
• PPS (Rt Hon Ian McCartney, Minister of State), Foreign & Commonwealth Office ( 8 May 2006 to 28 Jun 2007)
• PPS (Rt Hon Ian McCartney, Minister of State), Department of Trade and Industry ( 8 May 2006 to 28 Jun 2007)
• PPS (Rt Hon Ian McCartney, Minister without Portfolio), Minister Without Portfolio (10 Nov 2005 to 8 May 2006)
• PPS (Rt Hon Ian McCartney, Minister without Portfolio), Minister Without Portfolio (13 May 2004 to 11 Apr 2005)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Roger Stott
• Alan Fitch
• Ronald Williams
• William Foster
• John Parkinson
• Reginald Neville
• Henry Twist
• Francis Powell
• Nathaniel Eckersley
• Algernon Egerton
• Francis Powell
• Thomas Knowles
• Lindsay
• Thomas Knowles
• Henry Woods
• John Lancaster
• Nathaniel Eckersley
• Henry Woods
• James Lindsay
• Henry Woods
• Francis Powell
• Henry Woods
• Joseph Acton
• Ralph Thicknesse
• James Lindsay
• Ralph Thicknesse
• James Lindsay
• Charles Standish
• Peter Greenall
• Thomas Crosse
• William Ewart
• Charles Standish
• Richard Potter
• John Kearsley
• Richard Potter
• Ralph Thicknesse
• James Lindsay
• John Kearsley
• James Lindsay
• James Lindsay
• James Lindsay
• James Lindsay
• James Lindsay
• of Balcarres
• John Hodson
• Robert Leigh
• John Hodson
• Robert Leigh
• John Hodson
• Robert Leigh
• John Hodson
• Robert Leigh
• John Hodson
• Robert Leigh

Future MPs in this constituency

• Lisa Nandy

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Mortgage Repossessions (Protection of Tenants Etc.) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Local Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Business Rate Supplements Bill Committee (6 out of 7)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill Committee (14 out of 18)
• Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Education Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill Committee (5 out of 10)
• Age-Related Payments Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Civil Contingencies Bill Committee (5 out of 8)
• European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill Committee (3 out of 5)
• State Pension Credit Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Homes Bill Committee (10 out of 12)
• Private Security Industry Bill Committee (7 out of 7)