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Alec Shelbrooke
Conservative MP for Elmet and Rothwell
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Alec Shelbrooke 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 for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted 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: Communities and Local Government, Energy and Climate Change, Culture Media and Sport, Home Department, Justice
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Gardens: Property Development, High Speed 2, Economic Policy, Unsolicited Text Messages, Agriculture: Food Supply
(based on written questions asked by Alec Shelbrooke and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Budget Responsibility and National Audit Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
- Civil Aviation Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
- Coinage (Measurement) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Energy: Prices (22 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will bring forward proposals to reform domestic energy pricing to ensure higher charges are paid for higher consumption.”
- Energy and Climate Change: Domestic Energy Bills (17 May 2012)
“What steps he is taking to reduce domestic energy bills.”
- Energy and Climate Change: Domestic Energy Bills (17 May 2012)
“My right hon. Friend will be aware from his constituency, as I am aware from mine, of the pressure that people are coming under with their fuel bills. Will he outline for my constituents, as well as everybody else’s, what the electricity reform Bill will do to help keep costs down?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 29 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 6 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 84.21% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 1 annotation on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 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") 67 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register