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Revision as of 09:20, 23 December 2016

Tom Blenkinsop

Tom Blenkinsop has been the Labour Party MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland since 2010. He has been an opposition whip since 2011.[1]

In the 2015 general election, Blenkinsop was re-elected with a majority of 2,268. [2]

In November 2015 Blenkinsop was appointed as a member of the Commons Select Committee on Standards to replace the outgoing MP Geoffrey Cox. [3]

The same month, he was appointed to the Commons Select Committee on Privileges[3]and the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee. [3]

Stance on fracking

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Voting record

Blenkinsop has an inconsistent voting record on fracking. [4]

  • 26 January 2015: absent for a vote on making fracking companies apply for an environmental permit before conducting exploratory drilling. He was also absent for a vote on an amendment to the Infrastructure Bill to include an 18 month moratorium on fracking.
  • 11 February 2015: voted against requiring more pre-conditions for where fracking can take place.
  • 16 December 2015: voted against weakening regulations on fracking in protected areas and national parks.

Family

  • Joseph Blenkinsop, brother. An account manager at Bell Pottinger and a 2014 Labour Party candidate for Knightsbridge and Belgravia Ward council. Has been declared by Blenkinsop as involved in 'engaged in lobbying the public sector on behalf of a third party or client'.[5]

Affiliations

Contact

Constituency

  • Address: Harry Tout House, 8 Wilson Street, Guisborough, TS14 6NA
  • Telephone: 01287 610878
  • Fax: 01287 631894
  • Email: info@tomblenkinsop.com

Web & Social media

Notes

  1. Tom Blenkinsop, UK Parliament, 10 September 2013.
  2. Tom Blenkinsop Express, accessed 19 May 2015
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Dods people, 'Arrivals, moves, departures', Civil Service World, accessed 3 November 2015
  4. TheyWorkForYou | Tom Blenkinsop, TheyWorkForYou, accessed 22 December 2016.
  5. Parliament Publications Register of Members’ Financial Interests as at 13 July 2015, accessed 23 July 2015.
  6. Rail APPG,www.parliament.uk, accessed 16 November 2015
  7. Membership List, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Science and Technology in Agriculture, accessed 16 November 2015