Mark Eastwood’s voting in Parliament
Mark Eastwood is a Conservative MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Conservative MPs.
This is a random selection of Mark Eastwood’s votes.
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Voted a mixture of for and against a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Show votes
3 votes for, 3 votes against, 4 absences, between 2021–2022.
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Generally voted for an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes
3 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2020.
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Has never voted on reducing central government funding of local government Details
0 votes for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, in 2021.
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Consistently voted for raising welfare benefits at least in line with prices Show votes
2 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2022.
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Voted a mixture of for and against paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability Show votes
1 vote for, 2 votes against, 3 absences, in 2022.
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Voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes
0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2020.
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Last updated: 17 Jan 2024.
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Recent appearances
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The Belarusian company Alutech has somehow managed to circumvent sanctions and set up in the UK, in direct competition with its business partner, Dewsbury-based Alunet, whose turnover has been halved from £30 million to £15 million and has shed jobs as a result of that unfair competition. Will the Minister agree to meet with me and directors of Alunet to discuss how we can resolve this...
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I recently held my third annual skills and apprenticeships fair at the iconic Pioneer House Kirklees College building in Dewsbury. Will my right hon. Friend visit the college and meet some of the apprentices, employers and college staff who helped make that event a great success?
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to (a) maintain and (b) enhance rural bus services in (i) Dewsbury constituency and (ii) West Yorkshire.
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Profile
Conservative MP for Dewsbury
Entered the House of Commons on 13 December 2019 — General election
Expenses
Topics of interest
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Department for Transport
- Department for Digital
- Culture
- Media and Sport
- Department for Business and Trade
- Treasury
- Medial Treatments: Innovation
- Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988
- Bookmakers: Additional Restrictions Grant
- WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
- Planning Permission
Other offices held in the past
- Member, Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill Committee ( 3 May 2023 to 23 May 2023)
- Member, Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Bill Committee ( 1 Feb 2023 to 8 Feb 2023)
- Member, Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill Committee ( 7 Sep 2022 to 12 Oct 2022)
- Member, Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill Committee (20 Jul 2022 to 7 Sep 2022)
- Member, Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill Committee ( 1 Dec 2021 to 14 Dec 2021)
- Member, Regulatory Reform Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 20 May 2021)
- Member, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union ( 2 Mar 2020 to 16 Jan 2021)
Previous MPs in this constituency
Public bill committees (Sittings attended)
Register of Members’ Interests
Last updated: 4 Mar 2024.
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from
UK sources
Name of donor: Highgrove Beds Ltd
Address of donor: High Grove Beds Group, Headlands Road, Liversedge WF15 6QA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets with hospitality to
Manchester City vs Leeds game at
Etihad Stadium, value £1,200
Date received: 6 May 2023
Date accepted: 6 May 2023
Donor status: company, registration 04531825
(Registered 15 May 2023)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Bristol City Supporters Club & Trust
Address of donor: Ashton Gate Stadium, Winterstoke Road, Bristol BS3 2LQ
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flight, trains, accommodation and ticket, value £625.40
Destination of visit: Germany
Dates of visit: 16-17 April 2023
Purpose of visit: In my capacity as Chair of the
APPG for
Safe Standing, to visit the Wolfsburg Stadium and see their safe standing seats in situ. I was accompanied by a representative of Calcomms, the APPG's Secretariat.
(Registered 21 April 2023)
8. Miscellaneous
From 1 March 2020, a member of the Dewsbury Town Deal Board. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 12 March 2020)
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