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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 strongly against more EU integration. votes
• Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
• Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
• Has never voted on equal gay rights. votes
• Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
• Voted moderately against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
• Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
• Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
• Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
• Voted against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
• Voted strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
• Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
• Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
• Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
• Voted for a stricter asylum system. votes
• Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
• Voted moderately against a smoking ban. 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, Treasury, Home Department

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Scientists, Members: Allowances, Departmental Information and Communications Technology, Science, Single Farm Payments

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

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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

Most recent appearances

Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Broadband (9 Feb 2012)

“What recent progress his Department has made on the roll-out of superfast broadband; and if he will make a statement.”

Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Broadband (9 Feb 2012)

“With such a massive budget deficit, we cannot rely on extra Government spending for ever more, so it seems to me that we have no choice: we have to rely on innovation—both innovative industries and the innovation of our people—to bring economic growth to every region. Today’s satellites can beam high-speed internet access to every region of Britain, instantly opening up...”

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Higher Education: Research (7 Feb 2012)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to promote the transfer of innovative university research to the commercial sector.”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 17 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 76 written questions in the last year — above 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 86.60% 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.
• 138 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Adam Afriyie’s activity.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 137 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Register last updated: 30 Jan 2012. More about the Register

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Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.