UKIP's attendance record in the European Parliament is worse than that of their counterparts from the three major parties.
UKIP’s attendance record in the European Parliament is worse than that of their counterparts from the three major parties, according to data compiled by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).
Happy to sign-in and collect their allowances, UKIP’s nine MEPs have missed around a third of the votes in the European Parliament between 2009 and October 2013. They have also missed almost all of the ‘reports amended’ sessions in which MEPs lay down amendments to legislation.
This was once again demonstrated on Wednesday, when Europe voted on whether its Parliament should continue meeting in both Brussels and Strasbourg, after a long campaign highlighting the fact that it costs European taxpayers €180m to meet in two locations rather than one.
Despite UKIP claiming to be standing up for Britain against European bureaucracy, however, only four UKIP MEPs out of nine bothered to turn up to vote on the measure at all. And those that did turn up abstained – on a measure that would have trimmed spending and cut waste!
And yet despite only four UKIP MEPs turning up to vote on the ‘second seat’ rule on Wednesday, six UKIP MEPs signed in to claim their daily spending allowance.
In other words, some UKIP MEPs signed in and couldn’t even be bothered to abstain!
66 Responses to “UKIP MEPs laziest in Europe”
slightlypeedoff
Oh, and the accounts haven’t been signed off by any auditors for – wait for it – 19 (yes nineteen) years in a row! If the EU was a business, the owner would be in JAIL by now. What have you got to say about that you lot? UKIP are scroungers and lazy kippers… but the EU is great! hahaha
slightlypeedoff
Please don’t say, ‘it WOULD BE a DISASTER for the UK if we left’ you don’t know that for a fact, it’s merely your opinion. Ford stopped building vans in the UK to go to Turkey (outside) and still trade at the same rate! The FACT is, we buy more from the EU (and are one of Germany’s main customers) than they buy from us. We could still have free trade from day one (with other countries more likely to leave once the dam breaks) and we could end evil tariffs on African food imports and control our own fishing waters. We are not a major power which is exactly why we need to stop funding airports and sewers in Spain and Poland. I’m confident that the British people will look at the facts and than vote to leave but I respect your opinion.
Rallan
It’s really impressive that you use lots of swear words. It makes you seem so big and tough! You know, being so brave when you’re typing on an internet blog. I’ll bet you hit the keys extra hard, too. So impressive. Well done.
Cole
Mine’s a pint.
Jimmy
So Ukip are popular? Actually, they have a stunning 10% in most polls. They may do ok in 2014, but it will be a miracle if they win any seats at all in the general election.