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Goodbye Tessa Jowell.


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Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Tessa Jowell voted on key issues since 2001:

Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes

Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes

Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes

Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes

Voted moderately against increasing the rate of VAT. votes

Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes

Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes

Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes

Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes

Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes

Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes

Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes

Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes

Voted moderately against encouraging occupational pensions. votes

Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes

Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes

Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes

Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes

Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes

Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes

Voted very strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes

Voted a mixture of for and against university tuition fees. votes

Voted against raising England?s undergraduate tuition fee cap to ?9,000 per year. votes

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So mnh are you praising Tessa for her voting History? Are you in favour of all the above? Have you cherry picked? I for one don't agree with all of the above but that doesn't take away from the fact that she Brought us the most successful Para Olympics ever and worked damned hard for her constituency.
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E dealer> Er actually I didn't mention the Olympics


Perhaps you should have done. She's resigned from this shadow cabinet position, and won't be taking another. That's all. It's in all the news reports.


From Wikipedia article on Tessa Jowell:


Shadow Minister for the Olympics

In office 11 May 2010 ? 11 September 2012

Leader Harriet Harman Ed Miliband

Preceded by Jeremy Hunt

Succeeded by Office Abolished

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Michael Palaeologus Wrote:

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> or, it shows that she put her career as a cabinet

> minister before the wishes of her Constituents.


How would you know what they were? Poll everyone on every issue?


Or do you assume you were elected with the electorate aware of your position in government and that you would have to vote with the government on every issue or resign your cabinet seat? This is the nature of our democracy.

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