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]
Contents
Stance on fracking
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
- All-Party Parliamentary Rail Group[6]
- All-Party Parliamentary Group on Science and Technology in Agriculture - Member [7]
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
- Website: http://tomblenkinsop.com
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomBlenkinsop
Notes
- ↑ Tom Blenkinsop, UK Parliament, 10 September 2013.
- ↑ Tom Blenkinsop Express, accessed 19 May 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Dods people, 'Arrivals, moves, departures', Civil Service World, accessed 3 November 2015
- ↑ TheyWorkForYou | Tom Blenkinsop, TheyWorkForYou, accessed 22 December 2016.
- ↑ Parliament Publications Register of Members’ Financial Interests as at 13 July 2015, accessed 23 July 2015.
- ↑ Rail APPG,www.parliament.uk, accessed 16 November 2015
- ↑ Membership List, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Science and Technology in Agriculture, accessed 16 November 2015
