David Heyes

Labour - Former Member for Ashton-under-Lyne

First elected: 7th June 2001

Left House: 30th March 2015 (Retired)


David Heyes is not a member of any APPGs
Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
2nd Nov 2010 - 30th Mar 2015
Public Administration Committee
16th Jul 2001 - 30th Mar 2015
Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee
2nd Nov 2010 - 30th Mar 2015


Division Voting information

David Heyes has voted in 1467 divisions, and 11 times against the majority of their Party.

24 Nov 2010 - Bookmakers and Planning (Haringey) - View Vote Context
David Heyes voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 5 Labour Aye votes vs 212 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 337 Noes - 217
24 Nov 2010 - Bookmakers and Planning (Haringey) - View Vote Context
David Heyes voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 6 Labour Aye votes vs 211 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 338 Noes - 216
24 Nov 2010 - Bookmakers and Planning (Haringey) - View Vote Context
David Heyes voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 14 Labour No votes vs 204 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 520 Noes - 27
24 Nov 2010 - Bookmakers and Planning (Haringey) - View Vote Context
David Heyes voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 13 Labour No votes vs 204 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 517 Noes - 26
4 Mar 2008 - European Union (Amendment) Bill - View Vote Context
David Heyes voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 24 Labour Aye votes vs 273 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 57 Noes - 329
17 Jul 2007 - Pensions Bill - View Vote Context
David Heyes voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 17 Labour Aye votes vs 297 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 250 Noes - 305
17 Jul 2007 - Pensions Bill - View Vote Context
David Heyes voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 18 Labour No votes vs 294 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 303 Noes - 253
14 Mar 2007 - Trident - View Vote Context
David Heyes voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 94 Labour Aye votes vs 226 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 167 Noes - 413
14 Mar 2007 - Trident - View Vote Context
David Heyes voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 89 Labour No votes vs 222 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 409 Noes - 161
7 Mar 2007 - House of Lords Reform - View Vote Context
David Heyes voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 152 Labour No votes vs 162 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 416 Noes - 163
1 Nov 2006 - Legislative Process - View Vote Context
David Heyes voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 10 Labour No votes vs 261 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 290 Noes - 199
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All Debates

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Sparring Partners
Bernard Jenkin (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Jeremy Hunt (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Alex Cunningham (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
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Department Debates
Department for Education
(3 debate contributions)
Department of Health and Social Care
(2 debate contributions)
Cabinet Office
(1 debate contributions)
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Legislation Debates
David Heyes has not made any spoken contributions to legislative debate
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Latest EDMs signed by David Heyes

12th February 2015
David Heyes signed this EDM on Monday 2nd March 2015

PASSENGER SERVICES, SAFETY AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ON THE FIRST GREAT WESTERN LINE

Tabled by: Geraint Davies (Independent - Swansea West)
That this House notes that despite record planned Government investment in rail, the South and West franchise holder, First Great Western (FGW), appears to be taking a backward approach to passenger services, safety and employee relations as new rolling stock will not include buffet cars, future staffing levels on trains …
41 signatures
(Most recent: 25 Mar 2015)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 15
Independent: 2
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Plaid Cymru: 1
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Commons initiatives

These initiatives were driven by David Heyes, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.

MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.


David Heyes has not been granted any Urgent Questions

David Heyes has not been granted any Adjournment Debates

David Heyes has not introduced any legislation before Parliament

David Heyes has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting


Latest 2 Written Questions

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Written Questions can be tabled by MPs and Lords to request specific information information on the work, policy and activities of a Government Department
1 Other Department Questions
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the electoral registration figures in each ward were in the recent confirmation dry run conducted in (a) Oldham Metropolitan Borough and (b) Tameside Metropolitan Borough.

The Electoral Commission informs me that the confirmation dry run involved matching all entries on the electoral registers against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Customer Information System database. Entries would be marked as green if they matched with DWP, amber if they were a partial match or red if there was no match.

The ward results for Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council were as follows:


The ward results for Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council were as follows:

Results for all wards are available on the Commission's website here: http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0003/163146/Confirmation-dry-run-2013-Results-Wards.xls

9th Jun 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with Public Health England over a possible nationawide roll-out of the recent Be Clear on Cancer pilot study for oesophago-gastric cancer in the North East.

We want to lead the world in cancer care and are investing over £750 million, over four years up till 2014-15, including £450 million in the early diagnosis of cancer, including oesophago-gastric cancers.

The earlier diagnosis money is designed to support earlier diagnosis of cancer by improving public awareness of cancer signs and symptoms through centrally funded Be Clear on Cancer campaigns; increasing general practitioner access to key diagnostic tests; and, to pay for extra testing and treatment in secondary care.

Be Clear on Cancercampaigns are tested at a local and regional level, before a decision is taken on whether to run them nationally throughout England. Following a local pilot which ran from April to July 2012, we ran a regional Be Clear on Cancer pilot campaign from 10 February to 9 March 2014 raising awareness of the signs and symptoms of oesophago-gastric cancer in the North East and North Cumbria. The campaign included television, radio, press and outdoor advertising. The findings of this pilot are being evaluated by Public Health England, who works closely with the Department and NHS England to ensure that health care professionals are targeted with campaign information to encourage earlier diagnoses and referrals, before a decision is taken on whether to roll out the campaign nationally throughout England.