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| − | [[Martin Caton]] | + | [[Martin Caton]] was the [[Labour]] MP for Gower from 1997 to 2015.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/martin-caton/566 Martin Caton], www.parliament.uk, accessed 27 October 2013.</ref> |
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| + | Caton announced he would not be contesting the seat in the 2015 general election.<ref> South Wales Evening Post [http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/Gower-MP-Martin-Caton-ready-stand/story-15384306-detail/story.html Gower MP Martin Caton is ready to stand down], 3 March 2012, accessed 11 May 2015.</ref> He was replaced by [[Liz Evans]] who lost to the [[Conservative]]'s [[Byron Davies]] by 27 votes.<ref> BBC News [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/W07000046 Gower], accessed 11 May 2015.</ref> | ||
==Commons vote for fracking moratorium== | ==Commons vote for fracking moratorium== | ||
Revision as of 15:50, 11 May 2015
Martin Caton was the Labour MP for Gower from 1997 to 2015.[1]
Caton announced he would not be contesting the seat in the 2015 general election.[2] He was replaced by Liz Evans who lost to the Conservative's Byron Davies by 27 votes.[3]
Commons vote for fracking moratorium
In January 2015 he was one of seven members of the influential House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee who voted for a moratorium on fracking for shale gas in January 2015. Most Labour MPs abstained. [4]
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Notes
- ↑ Martin Caton, www.parliament.uk, accessed 27 October 2013.
- ↑ South Wales Evening Post Gower MP Martin Caton is ready to stand down, 3 March 2012, accessed 11 May 2015.
- ↑ BBC News Gower, accessed 11 May 2015.
- ↑ Full list of MPs available at: Hansard, 27 January 2015
