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Winterton has a mixed voting record on fracking.  <ref> [https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/10648/rosie_winterton/doncaster_central/divisions?policy=6741 TheyWorkForYou | Rosie Winterton], ''TheyWorkForYou'', accessed 28 December 2016. </ref>
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*26 January 2015: voted in favour of making fracking companies apply for an environmental permit before conducting exploratory drilling. She was absent for a vote on an amendment to the Infrastructure Bill to include an 18 month moratorium on fracking.
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*11 February 2015: voted against requiring more pre-conditions for where fracking can take place.
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*16 December 2015: voted against weakening regulations on fracking in protected areas and national parks.
  
 
==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==

Revision as of 12:04, 28 December 2016

Rosie Winterton

Rosie Winterton has been the Labour Party MP for Doncaster Central since 1997.

She is a former minister and has been the shadow chief whip since 2010.[1]

In the 2015 general election, Winterton was re-elected with a majority of 10,093. [2]

Winterton remains shadow chief whip following the 2015 Labour leadership election. [3]

Stance on fracking

Voting record

Winterton has a mixed voting record on fracking. [4]

  • 26 January 2015: voted in favour of making fracking companies apply for an environmental permit before conducting exploratory drilling. She 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 against weakening regulations on fracking in protected areas and national parks.

Affiliations

Notes

  1. Rt Hon Ms Rosie Winterton, www.parliament.uk, accessed 24 August 2013.
  2. Rosie Winterton Express, accessed 19 May 2015
  3. Who's who in Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet BBC News, Accessed 16 September 2015
  4. TheyWorkForYou | Rosie Winterton, TheyWorkForYou, accessed 28 December 2016.
  5. Rail APPG,www.parliament.uk, accessed 16 November 2015