Margot James

Former Independent MP for Stourbridge

@margot_james_mp https://facebook.com/margotjamesofficial

31 Oct 2019

  • On 31 Oct 2019: Margot James was absent for a vote on Draft Representation of the People (Annual Canvass) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 — Data Matching — Paperless Process Show vote

29 Oct 2019

  • On 29 Oct 2019: Margot James voted to hold a General Election on the 12th of December 2019. Show vote
  • On 29 Oct 2019: Margot James voted for the proposed General Election to be held on the 12th of December 2019 rather than the 9th. Show vote
  • On 29 Oct 2019: Margot James voted not to allow opposition amendments to be made to the Early Parliamentary General Election Bill. Show vote

28 Oct 2019

  • On 28 Oct 2019: Margot James voted to hold a general election. Show vote

24 Oct 2019

  • On 24 Oct 2019: Margot James voted to express support for Conservative government's programme of legislation as set out in the Queen's Speech, prioritising leaving the European Union by the 31st of October 2019. Show vote
  • On 24 Oct 2019: Margot James voted in favour of the UK Government’s proposals for leaving the European Union. Show vote
  • On 24 Oct 2019: Margot James voted against a motion calling on the Government "to rebuild the economy so that it works in the interest of the many, not just handing out rewards to those at the top" and bring forward "a green industrial revolution to decarbonise the economy and boost economic growth". Show vote

23 Oct 2019

  • On 23 Oct 2019: Margot James voted to continue to empower GPs to commission services, retain a strong Care Quality Commission, to retain Healthwatch England, and not to reverse a decision to seek to cut admin costs for example by abolishing Primary Care Trusts. Show vote
  • On 23 Oct 2019: Margot James voted for financial regulations covering subjects including insider trading and trading transparency to operate in the same way after the UK withdraws from the EU as they did before. Show vote
  • On 23 Oct 2019: Margot James voted for international accounting standards, regulatory oversight and professional recognition of statutory and third country auditors to apply in UK law following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. Show vote
  • On 23 Oct 2019: Margot James voted to remove rights for EU, Swiss and Turkish nationals to pursue business activities in the UK following the UK's withdrawal from the EU. Show vote

22 Oct 2019

  • On 22 Oct 2019: Margot James voted to complete their consideration of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill within three sitting days. Show vote
  • On 22 Oct 2019: Margot James voted in favour of proposed arrangements for the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union including a default position of retaining European Union law during, and beyond, an implementation period ending on 31 December 2020. Show vote

19 Oct 2019

  • On 19 Oct 2019: Margot James voted not to withhold approval of the agreement with the EU on arrangements for the UK's withdrawal from the union union unless and until it is implemented in UK law. Show vote

17 Oct 2019

  • On 17 Oct 2019: Margot James voted to permit amendments, if selected by the Speaker, to be moved and voted on during a planned sitting of MPs on Saturday 19 October. Show vote

15 Oct 2019

  • On 15 Oct 2019: Margot James voted to transfer powers to set certain technical environmental regulations from the EU to the UK on the UK's withdrawal from the EU. Show vote

26 Sep 2019

  • On 26 Sep 2019: Margot James was absent for a vote on Adjournment of the House of Commons (Conservative Party Conference) Show vote

9 Sep 2019

  • On 9 Sep 2019: Margot James was absent for a vote on Early Parliamentary General Election Show vote
  • On 9 Sep 2019: Margot James was absent for a vote on Provision of Information on Both the Suspension of Parliament and Planning for Leaving the EU Without a Withdrawal Agreement Show vote

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