Karl Turner’s voting in Parliament

Karl Turner is a Labour MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs.

This is a selection of Karl Turner’s votes.

• Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration Show votes 16 votes for, 10 votes against, 23 absences, between 2010–2017
• Generally voted against increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 3 votes for, 17 votes against, 5 absences, between 2010–2015
• Consistently voted against university tuition fees Show votes 0 votes for, 4 votes against, between 2010–2016
• Generally voted for replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, 3 absences, between 2015–2016
• Almost always voted against a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Show votes 2 votes for, 44 votes against, 8 absences, between 2014–2016
• Consistently voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2011–2016

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

Karl Turner

Last updated: 19 Apr 2017

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Home Office: Home Office: Staff 26 Apr 2017

  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent staff there have been in (a) Immigration Enforcement, (b) UK Visa and Immigration and (c) Border Force in each year since 2012.

• Written Answers — Home Office: Refugees: Sponsorship 26 Apr 2017

  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many community groups have signed up to the Community Sponsorship scheme since it was launched.

• Written Answers — Home Office: Offenders: Deportation 26 Apr 2017

  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign offenders have been deported twice or more in each year since 2010.

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Profile

Labour MP for Kingston upon Hull East

Entered the House of Commons on 6 May 2010 — General election

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @KarlTurnerMP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Karl Turner campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Justice
• Transport
• Ministry of Justice
• Department for Transport
• Attorney General
• Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
• Tonnage Tax
• Shipping
• Cremation
• Railways: North of England

Currently held offices

• Opposition Whip (Commons) (since 18 Oct 2016)

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Attorney General (11 Jan 2016 to 26 Jun 2016)
• Shadow Minister (Justice) (18 Sep 2015 to 11 Jan 2016)
• Shadow Solicitor General (3 Dec 2014 to 11 Jan 2016)
• Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons) (11 Jan 2013 to 18 Sep 2015)
• Member, Home Affairs Committee (26 Nov 2012 to 4 Feb 2013)
• Member, Justice Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 21 Jan 2013)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• John Prescott
• Harry Pursey
• George Muff
• John Nation
• George Muff
• Lawrence Lumley
• Charles Murchison
• Thomas Ferens
• Joseph Firbank
• Clarence Smith
• Frederick Grotrian
• William Saunders

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Technical and Further Education Bill Committee (4 out of 8)
• Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill Committee (1 out of 3)
• Deregulation Bill Committee (16 out of 18)
• Offender Rehabilitation Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Deep Sea Mining Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Trusts (Capital and Income) Bill [LORDS] Committee (1 out of 1)
• Defamation Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Prisons (Property) bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill Committee (15 out of 18)
• Postal Services Bill Committee (19 out of 21)
• Health and Social Care Bill Committee (37 out of 40)

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• Has spoken in 22 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs. See all Karl Turner’s speeches
• Has received answers to 51 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• People have made 5 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 72 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Karl Turner’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 109 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)