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Alok Sharma
Conservative MP for Reading West
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Alok Sharma voted on key issues:
- Voted for replacing Trident. 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 for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
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More on their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Education, Business, Innovation and Skills, Work and Pensions, Home Department, Health
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Communication, Industrial Health and Safety, Departmental Public Consultation, Offenders: Berkshire, Children: Maintenance
(based on written questions asked by Alok Sharma and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
- Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Pensions Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Terrorist Asset-Freezing Etc. Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (1 Feb 2012)
“Tonight, the House will have a historic vote on whether households on benefits should be able to receive more than households in work. Does the Prime Minister agree with me that the introduction of a benefits cap should have the support of the whole House?”
- Opposition Day — [Un-allotted Day]: Energy Prices (11 Jan 2012)
“It is all very well for the right hon. Lady to lecture the Government, but in the last six years of the Labour Government, the number of households in fuel poverty rose by 2.8 million. Is she proud of that record?”
- Opposition Day — [Un-allotted Day]: Rail Fares (11 Jan 2012)
“At the start of the debate the hon. Member for Garston and Halewood (Maria Eagle) made a spending commitment to keep fares down. Will the hon. Lady tell us where the money for that would come from and, assuming she does not wish to increase the national debt, what she would cut to fund that commitment?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 24 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 62 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 88.72% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well 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 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") 17 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Jan 2012. More about the Register