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.

• Has never voted on replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system
• Voted for a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 3 absences, between 2015–2016
• Almost always voted against reducing central government funding of local government Show votes 0 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2016–2019
• Consistently voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 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

Last updated: 4 Sep 2019. Please share these votes responsibly.

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

Recent appearances

• Us Troop Withdrawal from Northern Syria 8 Oct 2019

  The Minister rightly says he is proud of DFID’s support in the region and he rightly speaks of the vulnerable persons resettlement scheme, but that is 20,000 people from Syria over the course of five years, and we have only one year’s commitment from the Government so far about what is going to happen after the end of that scheme next year. With 12 million displaced people from the...

• Business of the House 3 Oct 2019

  Tempting as it is to ask the Leader of the House whether he will change the Order Paper for Tuesday and bring the Agriculture Bill, the Fisheries Bill or any of the other missing Bills back into the House, I am not going to do that. Instead, I ask nicely whether he would consider supporting my plea to whoever it is we plea to that the Queen’s Speech includes a commitment to a travel fund...

• Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Leaving the EU: Creative Industries 3 Oct 2019

  What assessment her Department has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the UK’s creative, digital and media industries in the last three months.

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

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)
• Wild Animals in Circuses (No. 2) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• 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)
• Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• 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 152 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs. See all Thangam Debbonaire’s speeches
• Has received answers to 170 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 85.65% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above 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") 154 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)