Tom Pursglove, former MP, Corby

How Tom Pursglove voted on greater regulation of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to extract shale gas.

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Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) to Extract Shale Gas

Parliament has voted on whether hydraulic fracturing (fracking) should be permitted at all, where it should be permitted, and how such operations ought be regulated.

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Tom Pursglove consistently voted against greater regulation of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to extract shale gas

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Major votes

On 19 Oct 2022: Tom Pursglove voted no on Ban on Fracking for Shale Gas Bill Show vote

Minor votes

On 16 Dec 2015: Tom Pursglove voted approving definitions of “protected groundwater source areas” and “other protected areas" that prevent fracking in National Parks, the Broads, areas of outstanding natural beauty, World Heritage sites, and near points where water is abstracted for domestic and food production purposes. Show vote

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