If you ever use the website, TheyWorkForYou, then you will be familiar with the short voting summary they provide for each MP.
The headline votes are things like the smoking ban, ID cards and the replacing of Trident – things which have been big news in the mainstream press.
I’ve taken a further look and found some other interesting issues on which you may be interested to see how your MP voted, and I intend to start a small series of posts highlighting some of these.
Today’s post shows all those MPs who voted AGAINST allowing Gurkhas the right to settle in the UK – conincidentally, all are Labour MPs:
Aberavon – Hywel Francis
Alyn and Deeside – Mark Tami
Bridgend – Madeleine Moon
Caerphilly – Wayne David
Cardiff South and Penarth – Alun Michael
Cardiff West – Kevin Brennan
Carmarthen West and South Pembs – Nick Ainger
Cynon Valley – Ann Clwyd
Delyn – David Hanson
Llanelli – Nia Griffith
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney – Dai Havard
Neath – Peter Hain
Newport East – Jessica Morden
Ogmore – Huw Irranca Davies
Rhondda – Chris Bryant
Torfaen – Paul Murphy
Vale of Clwyd – Chris Ruane
Wrexham – Ian Lucas
Ynys Mon – Albert Owen
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