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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 for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. 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 against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Energy and Climate Change, Transport, Communities and Local Government, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, International Development
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): High Speed 2 Railway Line, Gardens: Property Development, Iran, Economic Policy, Occupied Territories
(based on written questions asked by Alec Shelbrooke and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Disabled Persons' Parking Badges Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- 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)
- Budget Responsibility and National Audit Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
- Civil Aviation Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
Most recent appearances
- Cost of Living (14 May 2013)
“What is the hon. Gentleman’s reaction to the hon. Member for Lewisham West and Penge (Jim Dowd), who said that their party should support a referendum on Europe?”
- Cost of Living (14 May 2013)
“I rise to support the Gracious Speech. Without any shadow of a doubt, we live in a global economy. We have heard many speeches about the cost of living based on the domestic policies that are set nationally, and there is indeed an important debate to be had about that. However, like my hon. Friend the Member for New Forest East (Dr Lewis), I regret the fact that we will not discuss...”
- Cost of Living (14 May 2013)
“I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that point. That is a recent example of a country that we helped to liberate, but it led to issues for our embassy and that of the US. That paints a picture. However good the intentions to solve a crisis may be, the question is: what comes next? That is not to say that we should shirk our responsibilities towards humanitarian aid. More than 1...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 34 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 18 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 81.96% 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") 89 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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