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[[Martin Caton]] has been the Labour MP for Gower since 1997.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/martin-caton/566 Martin Caton], www.parliament.uk, accessed 27 October 2013.</ref>
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[[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>
  
===Commons vote for fracking moratorium===
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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>
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==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.
 
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.
 
<ref> Full list of MPs available at: [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmhansrd/cm150126/debtext/150126-0002.htm Hansard], 27 January 2015 </ref>
 
<ref> Full list of MPs available at: [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmhansrd/cm150126/debtext/150126-0002.htm Hansard], 27 January 2015 </ref>
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==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==
 
*[[House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee]]
 
*[[House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee]]
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*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Water Safety and Drowning Prevention]], member <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/150929/water-safety-and-drowning-prevention.htm 'Water and Safety and Drowning Prevention Register'],''parliament.uk'', accessed 11 November 2015</ref>
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==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
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[[Category:Labour Party|Caton, Martin]][[Category:MP|Caton, Martin]] [[Category:British Politician|Caton, Martin]]
 
[[Category:Labour Party|Caton, Martin]][[Category:MP|Caton, Martin]] [[Category:British Politician|Caton, Martin]]

Latest revision as of 09:54, 12 November 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

  1. Martin Caton, www.parliament.uk, accessed 27 October 2013.
  2. South Wales Evening Post Gower MP Martin Caton is ready to stand down, 3 March 2012, accessed 11 May 2015.
  3. BBC News Gower, accessed 11 May 2015.
  4. Full list of MPs available at: Hansard, 27 January 2015
  5. 'Water and Safety and Drowning Prevention Register',parliament.uk, accessed 11 November 2015