Apart from information that we get from the daily Press and Television, not a lot is known about what our MP's do for us. Here is a break down of what David Ian Jones's, MP for Clwyd West, has shown interest in together with an indication of his voting habit.
How David Jones voted on Social Issues
- Generally voted against equal gay rights
- Generally voted for smoking bans
- Voted a mixture of for and against allowing marriage between two people of same sex
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to promote equality and human rights
How David Jones voted on Foreign Policy and Defence
- Almost always voted for use of UK military forces in combat operations oversea
- We don’t have enough information to calculate David Jones’s position on aninvestigation into the Iraq war.
- Consistently voted for replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system
- Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration
- Generally voted for a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU
- Almost always voted against strengthening the Military Covenant
How David Jones voted on Welfare and Benefits
- Almost always voted for reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax")
- Consistently voted against raising welfare benefits at least in line with prices
- Consistently voted against paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability
- Almost always voted for making local councils responsible for helping those in financial need afford their council tax and reducing the amount spent on such support
- Consistently voted for a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
- Almost always voted against spending public money to create guaranteed jobs for young people who have spent a long time unemployed
How David Jones voted on Taxation and Employment
- Almost always voted for raising the threshold at which people start to pay income tax
- Almost always voted for increasing the rate of VAT
- Generally voted for higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
- Generally voted for higher taxes on plane tickets
- Voted a mixture of for and against lower taxes on fuel for motor vehicles
- Consistently voted against increasing the tax rate applied to income over £150,000
- Generally voted for encouraging occupational pensions
- Generally voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions
- Almost always voted against a banker’s bonus tax
- Consistently voted against an annual tax on the value of expensive homes (popularly known as a mansion tax)
- Almost always voted for allowing employees to exchange some employment rights for shares in the company they work for
How David Jones voted on Business and the Economy
- Almost always voted for reducing the rate of corporation tax
- Almost always voted for measures to reduce tax avoidance
- Generally voted for stronger tax incentives for companies to invest in assets
How David Jones voted on Health
- Almost always voted against restricting the provision of services to private patients by the NHS
- Consistently voted for reforming the NHS so GPs buy services on behalf of their patients
- Generally voted for smoking bans
How David Jones voted on Education
- Consistently voted for greater autonomy for school
- Consistently voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year
- Almost always voted for academy schools
- Consistently voted for ending financial support for some 16-19 year olds in training and further education
- Consistently voted for university tuition fees
- Consistently voted for reducing central government funding of local government
- Consistently voted for an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency
- Almost always voted for fewer MPs in the House of Commons
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament
- Almost always voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs
- Generally voted against a wholly elected House of Lords
- Almost always voted for local councils keeping money raised from taxes on business premises in their areas
- Generally voted for greater restrictions on campaigning by third parties, such as charities, during elections
- Generally voted for fixed periods between parliamentary elections
- Generally voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords
- Generally voted against transferring more powers to the Welsh Assembly
- Almost always voted against transferring more powers to the Scottish Parliament
- Generally voted against more powers for local councils
How David Jones voted on Home Affairs
- Generally voted for a stricter asylum system
- Consistently voted against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests
- Consistently voted against introducing ID cards
- Consistently voted for the introduction of elected Police and Crime Commissioners
- Generally voted for requiring the mass retention of information about communications
How David Jones voted on Miscellaneous Topics
- Generally voted against greater regulation of gambling
- Voted a mixture of for and against measures to prevent climate change
- Consistently voted against slowing the rise in rail fares
- Consistently voted for selling England’s state owned forests
- Consistently voted for capping civil service redundancy payments
- Generally voted against Labour's anti-terrorism laws
- Consistently voted for the privatisation of Royal Mail
- Voted a mixture of for and against financial incentives for low carbon emission electricity generation methods
- Generally voted against requiring pub companies to offer pub landlords rent-only leases
- Almost always voted for restricting the scope of legal aid
- Generally voted for culling badgers to tackle bovine tuberculosis
- Consistently voted for allowing national security sensitive evidence to be put beforecourts in secret sessions
- Voted a mixture of for and against a statutory register of lobbyists
- Almost always voted for limits on success fees paid to lawyers in no-win no fee cases
- Generally voted against restrictions on fees charged to tenants by letting agents
- Almost always voted for the policies included in the 2010 Conservative - Liberal Democrat Coalition Agreement
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