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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 Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. 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 automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. 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, Education, Work and Pensions, Home Department, Health
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Communication, Industrial Health and Safety, Departmental Public Consultation, BRIC Countries, Pupils: Disadvantaged
(based on written questions asked by Alok Sharma and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Financial Services (Banking Reform)Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- 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)
- Financial Services Bill Committee (18 out of 18)
- Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
- Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Business without Debate: Clause 56 — Commission for Equality and Human Rights (16 Apr 2013)
“On a point of clarification, the hon. Gentleman says that he has had 1,000 letters from his constituents. Have all those people specifically faced caste discrimination in this country?”
- Business without Debate: Clause 56 — Commission for Equality and Human Rights (16 Apr 2013)
“I will restrict my comments to the discussion of caste discrimination. As I said in my intervention on the hon. Member for Streatham (Mr Umunna), I think we can all agree that caste discrimination is wrong and abhorrent, as is any form of discrimination. I welcome the fact that the Government are making a real effort, taking the issue seriously and putting in place a programme of education....”
- Business without Debate: Clause 56 — Commission for Equality and Human Rights (16 Apr 2013)
“I have referred to the NIESR report, and clearly there is evidence that such discrimination is going on, and ultimately we need to ensure that there are remedies for it. As I was about to say, nearly half of the 36 incidents discussed are not covered by the area of equality legislation. Indeed, for many others there is scope to find the other remedies available.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 12 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 2 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 84.65% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 3 annotations 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") 34 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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