Natascha Engel

Labour - Former Member for North East Derbyshire

First elected: 5th May 2005

Left House: 3rd May 2017 (Defeated)


Natascha Engel is not a member of any APPGs
2 Former APPG memberships
Antisemitism, Civic Societies
Deputy Speaker (Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means)
3rd Jun 2015 - 3rd May 2017
Panel of Chairs
3rd Jun 2015 - 3rd May 2017
Backbench Business Committee
11th Jun 2014 - 30th Mar 2015
Liaison Committee (Commons)
19th Jul 2010 - 30th Mar 2015
Backbench Business Committee
15th May 2013 - 14th May 2014
Backbench Business Committee
16th May 2012 - 25th Apr 2013
Backbench Business Committee
22nd Jun 2010 - 1st May 2012
Committee on Reform of the House of Commons
20th Jul 2009 - 6th May 2010
Work and Pensions Committee
12th Jul 2005 - 6th Nov 2007


Division Voting information

Natascha Engel has voted in 1382 divisions, and 23 times against the majority of their Party.

27 Oct 2014 - Recall of MPs Bill - View Vote Context
Natascha Engel voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 41 Labour Aye votes vs 162 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 166 Noes - 340
28 Apr 2014 - High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Bill - View Vote Context
Natascha Engel voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 13 Labour Aye votes vs 185 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 50 Noes - 451
30 Jan 2014 - Immigration Bill - View Vote Context
Natascha Engel voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 10 Labour Aye votes vs 185 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 97 Noes - 241
31 Oct 2013 - High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill - View Vote Context
Natascha Engel voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 11 Labour No votes vs 74 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 350 Noes - 34
9 Jul 2013 - Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill - View Vote Context
Natascha Engel voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 5 Labour Aye votes vs 58 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 16 Noes - 294
26 Jun 2013 - High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill - View Vote Context
Natascha Engel voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 12 Labour Aye votes vs 82 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 37 Noes - 325
26 Jun 2013 - High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill - View Vote Context
Natascha Engel voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 7 Labour No votes vs 84 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 330 Noes - 27
15 May 2013 - Economic Growth - View Vote Context
Natascha Engel voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 11 Labour Aye votes vs 219 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 130 Noes - 277
11 Jul 2012 - Sittings of the House - View Vote Context
Natascha Engel voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 69 Labour Aye votes vs 138 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 241 Noes - 256
11 Jul 2012 - Sittings of the House - View Vote Context
Natascha Engel voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 66 Labour No votes vs 139 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 267 Noes - 233
11 Jul 2012 - Sittings of the House - View Vote Context
Natascha Engel voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 51 Labour No votes vs 141 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 280 Noes - 184
11 Jul 2012 - Sittings of the House - View Vote Context
Natascha Engel voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 46 Labour No votes vs 126 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 205 Noes - 228
24 Oct 2011 - National Referendum on the European Union - View Vote Context
Natascha Engel voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 19 Labour Aye votes vs 214 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 111 Noes - 483
24 Nov 2010 - Bookmakers and Planning (Haringey) - View Vote Context
Natascha Engel 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
Natascha Engel 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
15 Jun 2010 - Backbench Business Committee - View Vote Context
Natascha Engel voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 53 Labour Aye votes vs 57 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 171 Noes - 263
4 Mar 2010 - Chair (Terminology) - View Vote Context
Natascha Engel voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 27 Labour Aye votes vs 124 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 106 Noes - 221
2 Mar 2009 - Political Parties and Elections Bill - View Vote Context
Natascha Engel voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 93 Labour No votes vs 155 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 235 Noes - 176
7 Mar 2007 - House of Lords Reform - View Vote Context
Natascha Engel 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
7 Mar 2007 - House of Lords Reform - View Vote Context
Natascha Engel voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 126 Labour Aye votes vs 184 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 155 Noes - 418
7 Mar 2007 - House of Lords Reform - View Vote Context
Natascha Engel voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 132 Labour Aye votes vs 177 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 178 Noes - 392
7 Mar 2007 - House of Lords Reform - View Vote Context
Natascha Engel voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 156 Labour Aye votes vs 157 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 305 Noes - 267
14 Jun 2006 - Parliamentary and Local Elections (Choice of Electoral Systems) - View Vote Context
Natascha Engel voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 17 Labour Aye votes vs 68 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 72 Noes - 168
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All Debates

Speeches made during Parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. For ease of browsing we have grouped debates into individual, departmental and legislative categories.

Department Debates
Leader of the House
(134 debate contributions)
HM Treasury
(102 debate contributions)
Cabinet Office
(69 debate contributions)
Department of Health and Social Care
(64 debate contributions)
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Legislation Debates
Criminal Finances Act 2017
(8,836 words contributed)
Bus Services Act 2017
(2,918 words contributed)
Policing and Crime Act 2017
(1,986 words contributed)
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Latest EDMs signed by Natascha Engel

Natascha Engel has not signed any Early Day Motions

Commons initiatives

These initiatives were driven by Natascha Engel, 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.


Natascha Engel has not been granted any Urgent Questions

Natascha Engel has not been granted any Adjournment Debates

Natascha Engel has not introduced any legislation before Parliament

Natascha Engel has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting


Latest 7 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
4th Feb 2015
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to give 16 and 17 year olds the vote.

I am a strong advocate of lowering the voting age to 16. I look forward to a time when we have genuine cross-party consensus to give all 16 and 17 year olds across the United Kingdom the right to vote, and bring forward legislation to that effect.

3rd Jul 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether debt accrued by non-resident parents transfers automatically to the Child Maintenance Service for enforcement when the Child Support Agency is abolished.

Our first priority is to collect money for children who will benefit from regular ongoing maintenance payments, rather than the pursuit of historic arrears in cases where the children have now grown up.

However, where arrears of child maintenance are linked to an on-going child maintenance case on the 2012 scheme, we will move arrears in those cases to the Child Maintenance Service and pursue them as appropriate alongside the on-going maintenance case.

In cases where the arrears are not linked to an on-going 2012 case, and a parent with care does not request that their arrears are written off, we will transfer them to the Child Maintenance Service and pursue collection as resources allow.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what charges are incurred by those appealing against a benefit assessment ruling.

This is a matter for the Ministry of Justice.

They have no plans to introduce fees to bring an appeal to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support).

6th Jan 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the level of GP (a) recruitment and (b) retention was in (a) Derbyshire and (b) England in (i) 2010 and (ii) on the latest date for which figures are available.

The information requested is not available.

The annual National Health Service General and Personal Medical Services workforce census, published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre, shows there were 36,294 full time equivalent general practitioners (GP’s) working and training in the NHS in England as at 30 September 2013. This is an increase of 1,051 compared to the position in September 2010, the most recent figures after the General Election. The next census, reflecting the position in September 2014 will be published in March 2015.

The Government’s mandate to Health Education England requires them to ensure that 50% of trainee doctors (currently 3,250 based on current forecasts) enter GP training programmes by 2016. This will enable further increases in the GP workforce across England.

3rd Jul 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time is for all (a) NHS patients classified as urgent and (b) NHS cancer patients classified as urgent.

There are no National Health Service waiting time standards specifically for patients classified as ‘urgent'. It is the objective of this government to ensure that all patients receive timely and high quality care.

Clinical priority is – and remains – the main determinant of when patients should be treated within existing waiting times targets.

8th Jul 2014
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of whether changes made to child benefit legislation since May 2010 have resulted in unfair tax burdens falling on people who are living with a partner who has his or her own children in the household.

Child Benefit is paid for the welfare of the child/children in the household. If any partner in the household has income over £50,000 then they are required to register for the Higher Income Child Benefit Charge regardless of whether or not they are the biological parent.

This approach withdraws Child Benefit from those on high incomes, whilst leaving the majority of claimants completely unaffected by the changes. Those families with at least one taxpayer with an income over £60,000 can choose not to receive the Child Benefit, which means that they do not have to pay the tax charge at all.

3rd Jul 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will (a) review and (b) amend or provide an exemption to the five-year housing land availability test for councils who have land on the proposed High Speed 2 rail route.

High Speed 2 provides the opportunity to be a significant catalyst for locally-led growth and regeneration at proposed station locations, with the potential to support new homes and new jobs, benefiting from the new high-speed connections. This is illustrated by how High Speed 1 has helped extend regeneration and growth across East London and Kent. The Government will in due course be responding to the High Speed 2 Growth Taskforce Report on how best to work with local councils and Local Enterprise Partnerships to seize the regeneration opportunities from the new line.

This Government is a strong advocate of locally-led development. The Local Plan process helps councils shape where new development should and should not go. In that context, it does not make sense to exempt councils along the route from having an up to date Local Plan; councils should be in the driving seat to determine what it best for their local communities.