Paul Blomfield’s voting in Parliament

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

This is a selection of Paul Blomfield’s votes.

• Almost always voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 10 votes against, 1 absence, between 2010–2016
• Consistently voted against reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax") Show votes 0 votes for, 17 votes against, 1 absence, between 2011–2018
• Consistently voted for raising welfare benefits at least in line with prices Show votes 5 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2013
• Almost always voted against a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Show votes 1 vote for, 42 votes against, 11 absences, between 2014–2016
• Generally voted against increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 3 votes for, 16 votes against, 7 absences, between 2010–2019
• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 50 votes for, 16 votes against, 30 absences, between 2012–2019

Last updated: 18 Jul 2019. Please share these votes responsibly.

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Paul Blomfield has hardly ever rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Ministry of Justice: Prisons: Rehabilitation and Reoffenders 31 Jul 2019

  To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking in prisons to (a) reduce reoffending rates and (b) improve offender rehabilitation.

• Written Answers — Home Office: Immigration: EU Nationals 25 Jul 2019

  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for administrative review have been made to the EU Settlement Scheme; how many of those applications were (a) successful and (b) successful due to new evidence or an error by the caseworker in the original decision.

• Kew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [Lords]: Youth Services 24 Jul 2019

  My hon. Friend is touching on the really important point of the sustainability of youth services, which depends on adequate workforce training. One impact of the deep cuts to local authorities has surely been the inability to continue the sort of training that we have seen in the past. Does she agree that, although we may welcome the 400 posts that I think I heard the Minister talk about...

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Profile

Labour MP for Sheffield Central

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

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @PaulBlomfieldMP
• https://facebook.com/paulblomfieldmp

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Paul Blomfield campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Home Office
• Department for Business
• Innovation and Skills
• Department for Exiting the European Union
• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Business
• Innovation and Skills
• Immigration: EU Nationals
• Human Trafficking
• Immigrants: EU Nationals
• Immigration
• Burma

Currently held offices

• Shadow Minister (Exiting the European Union) (since 9 Oct 2016)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee (17 Oct 2016 to 31 Oct 2016)
• Member, Education, Skills and the Economy Sub-Committee (1 Dec 2015 to 31 Oct 2016)
• Member, Business, Innovation and Skills Committee (8 Jul 2015 to 17 Oct 2016)
• Member, Able Marine Energy Park Development Consent Order 2014 Committee (17 Jun 2014 to 30 Oct 2014)
• Member, Able Marine Energy Park Development Consent Order 2014 Committee (11 Jun 2014 to 30 Oct 2014)
• Member, Business, Innovation and Skills Committee (2 Nov 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Richard Caborn
• Harry Morris
• William Boulton
• Philip Hoffman
• James Hope
• Charles Vincent

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Nuclear Safeguards Bill Committee (5 out of 6)
• Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Higher Education and Research Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
• Immigration Bill Committee (14 out of 15)
• Local Government (Religious etc. Observances) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Local Audit and AccountabilityBill Committee (7 out of 9)
• Growth and Infrastructure Bill Committee (12 out of 14)
• Mobile Homes Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (14 out of 14)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 79 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs. See all Paul Blomfield’s speeches
• Has received answers to 230 written questions in the last year — well 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.
• Has voted in 82.65% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 331 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)