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| + | Fitzpatrick has voted a mixture of for and against increased regulation on fracking. <ref> [https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/10199/jim_fitzpatrick/poplar_and_limehouse/divisions?policy=6741 TheyWorkForYou | Jim Fitzpatrick], ''TheyWorkForYou'', accessed 16 December 2016. </ref> | ||
| + | *26 January 2015: voted in favour of making fracking companies apply for an environmental permit before conducting exploratory drilling. He was 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 in favour of weakening regulations on fracking in protected areas and national parks. | ||
==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== | ||
Revision as of 09:46, 16 December 2016
Jim Fitzpatrick has been the Labour Party MP for Poplar and Limehouse since 2010. He was previously MP for Poplar and Canning Town from 1997 to 2010. In the 2015 election, Fitzpatrick retained his seat with a majority of 16,924 and 59 per cent of the vote. [1]
Fitzpatrick was appointed a shadow transport minister in 2010.[2] He resigned from this position in August 2013, in order to vote against a Labour amendment to a Government motion on Syria in the House of Commons, stating he was "opposed to military intervention in Syria, full stop".[3]
He is a former Labour minister for Defra.
Stance on fracking
Voting record
Fitzpatrick has voted a mixture of for and against increased regulation on fracking. [4]
- 26 January 2015: voted in favour of making fracking companies apply for an environmental permit before conducting exploratory drilling. He was 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 in favour of weakening regulations on fracking in protected areas and national parks.
Affiliations
- All-Party Parliamentary Group on Shale Gas Regulation and Planning - Member
- All Party Parliamentary Group on Unconventional Oil and Gas - is a longstanding member of this APPG since 2013, later appointed vice-chair
- Student Rights - a project of the Henry Jackson Society[5]
- All-Party Parliamentary Group on Science and Technology in Agriculture - Member [6]
- Secretary of Fire Safety All-Party Parliamentary Group [7]
Notes
- ↑ Poplar & Limehouse Parliamentary constituency BBC News, 8 May 2015, accessed 21 May 2015
- ↑ Jim Fitzpatrick, www.parliament.uk, accessed 24 August 2013.
- ↑ Labour frontbencher opposed to Syria military action 'full stop' resigns, theguardian.com, 29 August 2013.
- ↑ TheyWorkForYou | Jim Fitzpatrick, TheyWorkForYou, accessed 16 December 2016.
- ↑ About Us, Student Rights, 26 May 2014
- ↑ Membership List, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Science and Technology in Agriculture, accessed 16 November 2015
- ↑ Fire Safety Rescue APPG Register Feb 16, www.parliament.uk, accessed 18 February 2016
