{"id":22,"date":"2016-02-23T09:17:21","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T08:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelbailey.at\/uk-referendum-2016\/?p=22"},"modified":"2016-02-23T09:17:21","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T08:17:21","slug":"trying-to-establish-my-mps-stance-on-the-referendum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelbailey.at\/uk-referendum-2016\/2016\/02\/23\/trying-to-establish-my-mps-stance-on-the-referendum\/","title":{"rendered":"Trying to establish my MP&#8217;s stance on the referendum"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p>Rebecca Pow is the sitting MP for Taunton Deane, the constituency I last voted in, having succeeded the retiring LibDem MP at the last election. She is currently undecided according to the Spectator list, but her track record on EU integration votes suggest she is against further EU integration. <\/p>\n<p>Her voting record on &#8220;they work for you&#8221; shows she seems to stick closely to a party line. Of further interest was her comment about not allowing 16 and 17 year olds the right to vote&nbsp; (18 June 2015).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theyworkforyou.com\/mp\/25407\/rebecca_pow\/taunton_deane\">Rebecca Pow on They Work For You<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rebecca Pow is the sitting MP for Taunton Deane, the constituency I last voted in, having succeeded the retiring LibDem MP at the last election. She is currently undecided according to the Spectator list, but her track record on EU integration votes suggest she is against further EU integration. Her voting record on &#8220;they work &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelbailey.at\/uk-referendum-2016\/2016\/02\/23\/trying-to-establish-my-mps-stance-on-the-referendum\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Trying to establish my MP&#8217;s stance on the referendum&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,16],"tags":[141],"class_list":["post-22","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-electoral-reform","category-uk","tag-taunton"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trying to establish my MP&#039;s stance on the referendum - UK Referendum on EU Membership 2016 \u2013 A Briton in Austria speaks out\u2026<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/michaelbailey.at\/uk-referendum-2016\/2016\/02\/23\/trying-to-establish-my-mps-stance-on-the-referendum\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trying to establish my MP&#039;s stance on the referendum - UK Referendum on EU Membership 2016 \u2013 A Briton in Austria speaks out\u2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rebecca Pow is the sitting MP for Taunton Deane, the constituency I last voted in, having succeeded the retiring LibDem MP at the last election. 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