Martin Caton
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]
Affiliations
- House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee
- All-Party Parliamentary Group on Water Safety and Drowning Prevention, member [5]
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
- ↑ 'Water and Safety and Drowning Prevention Register',parliament.uk, accessed 11 November 2015
