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Scott Benton MP for Blackpool South, sh*tlist 🧵

1: Sewage: Voted to change Lords Amendment 45 of the Environment Bill allowing water companies to continue dumping raw sewage in out rivers:

votes.parliament.uk/Votes/Commons/…

2: Voted against free school meals during the school holidays during a global pandemic:

theyworkforyou.com/divisions/pw-2…

3: Voted to raise National Insurance in doing so breaking a Manifesto pledge:

theyworkforyou.com/divisions/pw-2…

4: Social Care Bill: New clause 49 Voted not to consider council payments in the calculations of care caps, meaning poorer people could pay more:

votes.parliament.uk/Votes/Commons/…

5: Scott Benton has so far received over £8k in gifts from various Gambling companies, many of them based offshore:

blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/politics/…

6: Scott Benton was found to have broken parliamentary rules by not declaring the income from his second job as councillor in Calderdale:

blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/politics/…

7: Scott Benton publicly fat-shamed a nurse whilst also being chair of the APPG on Eating Disorders:

independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…

8: Voted to pardon Owen Paterson (Standards Committee):

theyworkforyou.com/divisions/pw-2…

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9: No formal contact with the Board of Operators at Blackpool Airport as of 26th Oct 2021

10: Voted against blocking fire and rehire practices:

theyworkforyou.com/divisions/pw-2…

11: Voted to remove clause protecting bees and pollinators from pesticides:

theyworkforyou.com/divisions/pw-2…

12: Expressed support for anti-trans hate group LGB Alliance

13: Expressed support for fracking after previously saying he didn't support it before the general election. Voted against banning fracking in the Environment Bill:

theyworkforyou.com/divisions/pw-2…


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14: Defended ending UC uplift and abstained on vote to extend it:
inews.co.uk/news/universal…

15: Endorsed violence against peaceful protesters

16: Voted to cut £4 Billion from foreign aid:

theyworkforyou.com/divisions/pw-2…

17: Criticised the England football team for taking the knee:

conservativehome.com/2021/06/07/sco…

18: Voted against a minimum sentence for rapists:

theyworkforyou.com/divisions/pw-2…

19: Supported an early day motion asking for a review in abortion gestation periods:

edm.parliament.uk/early-day-moti…

20: Voted against a review into tax avoidance measures:

theyworkforyou.com/divisions/pw-2…

21: Voted against a Lords Amendment 42 of the Domestic Abuse bill to introduce a register of domestic abusers and stalkers:

votes.parliament.uk/Votes/Commons/…

22: Voted against an inquiry into the Greenshill lobbying scandal:

theyworkforyou.com/divisions/pw-2…

23: Voted to continue trade with states accused of committing genocide:

theyworkforyou.com/divisions/pw-2…

24: Voted against Lords' Amendment protecting the NHS from future trade deals:

theyworkforyou.com/divisions/pw-2…

25: Voted to disagree with motion to protect food standards in the Agriculture Bill:

theyworkforyou.com/divisions/pw-2…

26: Said Boris Johnson's position would be 'untenable' if he was aware that law breaking was going on at 10 Downing Street during lockdown then promptly changed his mind when found guilty:

https://twitter.com/GBNEWS/status/1485651064539992071?s=20&t=lqew85xD7Vj4FFuSvrtkCA&fbclid=IwAR0bO-hvgcbnBZCQYiQ3iZd6NxB4ucQv326jkpIQFK3nP9BLATSP-HSc5M4

27: Wants to bring back Death Penalty:

https://twitter.com/bbcpolitics/status/1468211594408595456?lang=en-GB

28: Lied on BBC Politics Now twice about asylum seekers being allowed to stay because they own a cat, and about economic migrant numbers:

fullfact.org/immigration/sc…

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29: Shared US Supreme Court pro-life ruling victory on Twitter:

thenational.scot/news/20235881.…

There's plenty more examples but that's enough for now! Please use your vote wisely at the next GE.

30: Published a promoted post on Facebook lying about his expenses and compared the false figure to Blackpool’s previous MP Gordon Marsden.

Scott Benton’s expenses were in actual fact far higher.

31: Scott Benton voted against extending Abortion Regulations in Northern Ireland.

theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=20…

32: Moaned about the council not having enough disabled parking bays the same day he’s shown to have been repeatedly using disabled parking bays and also had an MOT that was 2 months out of date.

33: Caught on camera offering to lobby ministers on behalf of the betting industry in return for payments and leak a gambling white paper.

tomorrowspapers.co.uk/times-front-pa…

34: Scott Benton found to have broken parliamentary rules a second time but blames unpaid intern on work experience.

blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/politics/…

35: Scott Benton had Tony Williams, leader of the Blackpool Conservative group suspended after he signed a no confidence vote against Benton.

Benton’s complaint was later thrown out.

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

36: Scott Benton looks to be facing a minimum 10 day suspension after lobbying sting and faces a possible by-election.

mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…