Browsing through this site have come across a few things that our MP Kevin Barron has been up to. Think maltbyblogger readers will be interested in this and get a better idea of how Kevin Barron thinks and votes. Mb is particularly interested in the last one on this list !
(These are since 2001 and are not dated as to the earliest or latest)
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT
- Voted strongly for more EU integration
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals
- Voted very strongly for a smoking ban
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools
- Voted moderately for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests
- Voted very strongly for Labour’s anti-terrorism law
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament DISCUSS … !
That he hardly ever rebels against the party is not so surprising – when he “retires” from the House of Commons, where do you think he will go to next? Lord Kevin, it’s got a ring to it. Won’t get a peerage if he upsets the apple cart, will he? 🙂