A selection of Gordon Birtwistle’s votes

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• Generally voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs Show votes 1 vote for, 1 vote against, in 2010.
• Voted for a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2011–2012.
• Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2010.
• Generally voted against a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, 4 absences, between 2011–2014.
• Consistently voted for greater restrictions on campaigning by third parties, such as charities, during elections Show votes 11 votes for, 0 votes against, between 2013–2014.
• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 15 votes for, 6 votes against, 5 absences, between 2010–2014.

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Recent appearances

• Bill Presented: Clause 66 — VAT: refunds to certain charities 25 Mar 2015

  The hon. Lady says that the Conservative party will definitely increase VAT. What proof does she have of that? If she has proof, will she come clean about it today?

• Bill Presented: Clause 66 — VAT: refunds to certain charities 25 Mar 2015

  I thank the shadow Minister for inviting me to give my views on the fiscal situation. My constituency has seen unemployment fall from 7.5% to 2.5% and has received more than £50 million of Government money. I remember 1959, because I was 16 and had just started work. I canvassed for a guy called Arthur Davidson, who was a Labour Member, and he said the same old things that the Labour party...

• Opposition Day — [17th Allotted Day]: Compulsory Jobs Guarantee 11 Feb 2015

  In Burnley in 2009 we were classed as a basket case—a town that was going nowhere, or going down. That was at the time that the future jobs fund was happening. Last year we were cited as the most enterprising town in the UK. We have doubled the number of apprenticeships to 4,300 and the number of young people out of work has gone down by 47%. Surely that is the right way to go, not to force...

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Profile

Former Liberal Democrat MP for Burnley

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

Left the House of Commons on 30 March 2015 — General election

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• https://facebook.com/gordonforburnley

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• Health
• Business
• Innovation and Skills
• Home Department
• Defence
• Parliamentary Tours
• Employment Tribunals Service
• Human Trafficking
• Businesses: Government Assistance
• Badgers: Bovine Tuberculosis

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Kitty Ussher
• Peter Pike
• Daniel Jones
• Wilfrid Burke
• Gordon Campbell
• Arthur Henderson
• David Irving
• Philip Morrell
• Gerald Arbuthnot
• Fred Maddison
• William Mitchell
• Philip Stanhope
• Jabez Balfour
• John Slagg
• Peter Rylands
• Richard Shaw

Future MPs in this constituency

• Julie Cooper
• Antony Higginbotham

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Local Government (Religious etc. Observances) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Intellectual Property Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Growth and Infrastructure Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (4 out of 4)