A selection of Nigel Griffiths’s votes
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Voted a mixture of for and against replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes
1 vote for, 1 vote against, in 2007.
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Consistently voted for encouraging occupational pensions Show votes
2 votes for, 0 votes against, between 2004–2010.
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Consistently voted for more EU integration Show votes
38 votes for, 1 vote against, 3 absences, between 2006–2009.
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Almost always voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes
6 votes for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, between 1999–2007.
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Voted against increasing the rate of VAT Show votes
0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2008.
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Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes
11 votes for, 0 votes against, between 1997–2004.
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Recent appearances
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Will my right hon. Friend give a cast-iron guarantee that he will reject the policies of Conservative Euro MPs who tour America denouncing our national health service?
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Will the Prime Minister confirm that, at 8 per cent., the unemployment rate in the United Kingdom is far below the rate in the United States, of 9.7 per cent., in France, of 10.1 per cent., and in Spain, of 18.8 per cent? Will he assure the House that he will never adopt the policies of the Conservative party, which thinks that unemployment is a price worth paying?
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What estimate he has made of the number of wind energy projects approved by local authorities in the last two years; and if he will make a statement.
More of Nigel Griffiths’s recent appearances
Profile
Former Labour MP for Edinburgh South
Entered the House of Commons on 11 June 1987 — General election
Left the House of Commons on 12 April 2010 — did not stand for re-election
Expenses
Topics of interest
- Business
- Innovation and Skills
- Energy and Climate Change
- Health
- Home Department
- Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Gilmerton Core Store
- Autism
- Core Storage
- Departmental Publications
- National Geoscience Data Centre
Other offices held in the past
- Member, Public Accounts Committee ( 7 Nov 2007 to 11 May 2010)
- Parliamentary Secretary (11 May 2005 to 13 Mar 2007)
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry (17 Dec 2004 to 11 May 2005)
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Small Business), Department of Trade and Industry ( 4 Nov 2004 to 17 Dec 2004)
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry (11 Jun 2001 to 4 Nov 2004)
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Competition and Consumer Affairs), Department of Trade and Industry ( 5 May 1997 to 28 Jul 1998)
Previous MPs in this constituency
Future MPs in this constituency
Public bill committees (Sittings attended)
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