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Adam Afriyie
Conservative MP for Windsor

• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election

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• Voting record
• Topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Adam Afriyie voted on key issues:

• Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
• Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against equal gay rights. votes
• Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
• Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
• Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
• Voted for a stricter asylum system. votes
• Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
• Voted strongly against more EU integration. votes
• Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
• Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
• Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
• Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
• Voted moderately against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
• Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
• Voted against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
• Voted strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes

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• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Topics of interest

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Business, Innovation and Skills, Innovation, Universities and Skills, Transport, Health, Treasury

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Scientists, Members: Allowances, Departmental Information and Communications Technology, Chief Scientific Advisers, Science

(based on written questions asked by Adam Afriyie and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Finance Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
• Welfare Reform Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• National Lottery Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Welfare Reform Bill Committee (9 out of 12)
• Civil Aviation Bill Committee (3 out of 3)

Most recent appearances

Written Answers — Health: Health Services: Berkshire (16 May 2013)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has recently received representations from NHS Berkshire about (a) the future of Heatherwood Hospital, Ascot and (b) the strategic priorities for healthcare services in East Berkshire. [R]”

Provisional Collection of Taxes: Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation — Amendment of the Law (20 Mar 2013)

“The economic strategy adopted by the Chancellor is the right one. On the one hand, we must deal with the massive deficit left by the Labour Government. On the other, we must kick-start the economy. With a budget deficit of £120 billion that is mounting by the day, it would be utterly reckless to borrow more. That is the road to ruin and we must avoid it at all costs. I am optimistic...”

Provisional Collection of Taxes: Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation — Amendment of the Law (20 Mar 2013)

“Opposition Members have a real cheek in raising cheap points like that. This Government are doing everything they can to dig this country out of a hole of Labour’s creating. Labour Members should remember that and should be ashamed of such comments. My hope for our nation is that we will feel proud and self-confident; that it will be a nation where enterprise, employment and economic...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 10 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 11 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 86.08% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 5 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 141 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register

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Expenses

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