Mr Joseph Batey, former MP, Spennymoor

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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.

Recent appearances

Oral Answers to Questions — Coal Industry.: Appeal Boards. 24 Jul 1941

asked the Minister of Labour the names of the members of the appeal courts recently established in the mining industry?
Oral Answers to Questions — Coal Industry.: Unemployed Miners. 24 Jul 1941

asked the Minister of Labour the number of miners unemployed in the county of Durham and also in Great Britain on the latest available date?
Oral Answers to Questions — Coal Industry.: Unemployed Miners. 24 Jul 1941

Is not that something strange, as we have had these figures hundreds of times? If we have had them before, why cannot we have them now?