Thangam Debbonaire’s voting in Parliament

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

This is a selection of Thangam Debbonaire’s votes.

• Voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2016
• Has never voted on replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system
• Voted against a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Show votes 0 votes for, 0 votes against, 22 absences, between 2015–2016
• Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2016
• Voted for a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2016
• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 38 votes for, 3 votes against, 19 absences, between 2016–2019

We have lots more plain English analysis of Thangam Debbonaire’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Thangam Debbonaire’s full vote analysis page for more.

Thangam Debbonaire has hardly ever rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 11 Feb 2019

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Students: Loans 20 Feb 2019

  To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to change the date for graduates with outstanding loans to the Student Loan Company to return information from the month of December to January.

• Northern Ireland Backstop 19 Feb 2019

  The Attorney General made a rather snippy remark, if I may say so, about my hon. Friend the Member for Torfaen (Nick Thomas-Symonds) having made a comment from the sidelines, and then implied that the solutions to this situation were as much in my hon. Friend’s hands as in the Solicitor General’s. He cannot have it both ways. Has the Solicitor General invited my hon. Friend to be part of...

• Free Childcare: Costs and Benefits — [Geraint Davies in the Chair] 19 Feb 2019

  Thank you, Mr Davies. I am very grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol North West (Darren Jones) and to other colleagues, who made excellent points. I will try to do what I always swore I would and not say things that others have covered. Both parents and early years providers in Bristol West report problems with the current system, including the cost to the economy in lost work...

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Profile

Labour MP for Bristol West

Entered the House of Commons on 8 May 2015 — General election

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

Social Media

• @thangammp
• https://facebook.com/debbonaire

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Thangam Debbonaire campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Home Office
• Department of Health
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Department for Education
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Refugees: Loans
• Asylum: Children
• Asylum
• Asylum: EU Law
• Refugees: Children

Currently held offices

• Opposition Whip (Commons) (since 18 Oct 2016)

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport) (14 Jan 2016 to 18 Oct 2016)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Stephen Williams
• Valerie Davey
• William Waldegrave
• Robert Cooke
• Walter Monckton
• Oliver Stanley
• Cyril Culverwell
• George Gibbs
• Michael Hicks-Beach

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Nuclear Safeguards Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Healthcare (International Arrangements) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Smart Meters Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Ivory Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Healthcare (International Arrangements) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Secure Tenancies (Victims of Domestic Abuse) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Agriculture Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
• Fisheries Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
• Digital Economy Bill Committee (9 out of 11)
• Children and Social Work Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 135 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs. See all Thangam Debbonaire’s speeches
• Has received answers to 148 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 85.71% 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 17–18 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") 101 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)