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Mr Somerset De Chair

Former MP for Paddington South

 

As a result of COVID-19, some MPs have been less able to vote in Parliament, and this will be reflected in their voting record.

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11th May to 2nd June 2020

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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.

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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.

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Recent appearances

  • Orders of the Day — Foreign Affairs 25 Jul 1951

    Mr. Somerset de Chair (Paddington, South)rose —

  • Orders of the Day — Foreign Affairs 25 Jul 1951

    On a point of order. The right hon. Gentleman has just said that he did not wish this debate to cover the affairs of the Middle East, but that, for the convenience of the Committee, he would make a statement about Persia which he could equally have made as a statement to the House before the debate began, when he would then have been subjected to ordinary question and answer across the Floor...

  • Orders of the Day — Foreign Affairs 25 Jul 1951

    Further to that point. It is precisely because we desire to cooperate by not dragging into the debate the general question of Persia and the Middle East that we wish to dispose of this point at once.

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Former MP for Paddington South

Entered the House of Commons on 14 November 1935 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 5 October 1951 — General election

Also represented Norfolk South Western

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