A selection of Dan Byles’s votes

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• Consistently voted against raising welfare benefits at least in line with prices Show votes 0 votes for, 5 votes against, in 2013.
• Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, between 2010–2012.
• Almost always voted for reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax") Show votes 13 votes for, 0 votes against, 4 absences, between 2012–2014.
• Consistently voted for encouraging occupational pensions Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2011.
• 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.
• Almost always voted for fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 5 votes for, 1 vote against, between 2010–2013. Absences for this policy may be affected COVID-19 restrictions.

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Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Ministry of Defence: Reserve Forces 20 Mar 2015

  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any recent study has been made of the value for money and operation of the Reserve Forces and Cadets' Associations.

• Amendment of the Law 19 Mar 2015

  I warmly welcome the Budget, and welcome the fact that the Chancellor resisted the urge, which all Chancellors face, to pull a pre-election rabbit out of a hat. Instead, we saw a competent Budget by a competent Chancellor that continues the excellent work of rebuilding Britain’s battered economy. The headline figures are very welcome: the deficit is falling; national debt as a percentage of...

• Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements 11 Mar 2015

  It has been an honour and a privilege to be the Member of Parliament for North Warwickshire for the past five years, and I am particularly proud that in that time crime in North Warwickshire has fallen. There are more doctors and nurses in the George Eliot hospital, and the number of schools rated as needing improvement has halved. Perhaps most importantly, unemployment in North Warwickshire...

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Profile

Former Conservative MP for North Warwickshire

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

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Energy and Climate Change
• Transport
• Defence
• Health
• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• High Speed 2 Railway Line
• Railways: Construction
• Electricity Generation
• Electricity
• Natural Gas: Storage

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee ( 1 Dec 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Energy and Climate Change Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Mike O'Brien
• Francis Maude

Future MPs in this constituency

• Craig Tracey

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Deep Sea Mining Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Energy Bill Committee (16 out of 16)
• Health and Social Care Bill Committee (40 out of 40)